eSports

Provincial government offering financial assistance to esports players taking courses for the "design, development, marketing and innovation industry" Ontario is devoting $1 million for esports scholarships over the next two years, the provincial government announced today. The financial assistance will go to students in esports programs who are taking courses…

By nurturing the youth, we ensure the future of what we treasure. That’s plausibly what the folks at Rocket League believe when they introduced the Collegiate Rocket League. For starters, collegiate esports isn’t just your average amateur league, instead, it’s a well-funded, consistent, and sustainable playing field for university undergraduates…

Collegiate esports company ESPORTSU has announced the Collegiate Esports Commissioner’s Cup (CECC), a scholastic esports event that will take place in Atlanta from May 6-8. The event represents a partnership between ESPORTSU and all of Atlanta’s major esports organizations and is the latest move in a push for the city…

Qualcomm and ESL Gaming have just announced a multi-year partnership to “provide accessible and high quality mobile esports experiences for both new and veteran competitors.” The Snapdragon Pro Series isn’t a chipset, but rather a series of mobile esports competitions across North America, Europe, the Middle-East, China, North Africa, and…

Esports tournament organizer ESL Gaming has teamed up with Qualcomm to run a mobile gaming league. The Snapdragon Pro Series will have three tiers of competition — Open, Challenge and Masters — and have around $2 million in prize money at stake. Tournaments will be held in six regions: North…

Esports company ESL Gaming has launched its first dedicated mobile esports league. The result of a partnership between ESL and wireless technology firm Qualcomm, the Snapdragon Pro Series will be spread across six global regions and offers participants $2 million in prizes.  For ESL, the league is the culmination of…

How the turntables.. BOOM Esports stood victorious at the GAMERS GALAXY Invitational Series Dubai 2022 after defeating several regional favorites. For the uninitiated, BOOM Esports defeated Team Secret, Nigma Galaxy, OG, Tundra Esports, and the legendary Team Spirit. Now that’s an achievement in our books if we have to say…

The Smash Summit 4 Finals have just concluded, giving a promising player his first Major win for Smash Ultimate. The event is one of the biggest for Smash and fighting games as a whole. Sparg0 taking home the title was a bit unexpected, and likely had a decent win if…

Over the past year, streamers on Twitch have had to contend with a rise in “hate raids,” attacks by anonymous users flooding their stream chats with insults and harassment. In particular, the raids targeted women, streamers of color and other marginalized individuals, prompting Twitch to refresh and reinforce its safety…

Garena’s Battle-Royale juggernaut Free Fire has established itself as one of the most popular mobile esports titles out there. With over 800 million downloads since it was released in 2017, the game isn’t stopping to roll in terms of widespread success globally. A new version of the game was even…