Following a 3-0 victory over U.S. player Brian "bloodyface" Eason this past weekend, Chinese Hearthstone player Li "VKLiooon" Xiaomeng claimed the top spot in the Hearthstone Grandmasters Global Finals.
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A pro FIFA player has been taken out of the running for the North American qualifiers for the FIFA Ultimate Team Champions Cup ... thanks to a ridiculous bug in FIFA 20. This is the annoying nightmare currently faced by gamer Giuseppe Guastella, who took to Twitter to air his grievances with EA.
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It's not been a great week for the Super Smash Bros. Ultimate community. Yesterday we reported on the story of a 15-year-old girl who was harassed after defeating a pro player at a Smash Bros. tournament. Now it appears that same pro player is embroiled in a controversy of his own.
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After winning a match during the 2019 Hearthstone Grandmasters Event, Ng Wai "Blitzchung" Chung expressed his support of the Hong Kong pro-democracy protests. Following the steam, Activision Blizzard removed Chung from the tournament, banning him from Hearthstone esports for a period of one year.
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Super Smash Bros. Ultimate is movin' on up in the world of fighting games. Less than a year after its release, it's managed to nab the premier spot in the biggest fighting game tournament in esports.
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Fortnite's newest World Cup champion is a 16-year-old from Pennsylvania, who ran away with the game's season-ending tournament this past weekend and secured not only a trophy, but $3 million for his efforts.
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Do you think you're pretty good at Mario Kart 8 Deluxe? If so, you'll get a chance to prove it over the next two days, thanks to a new tournament Nintendo is about to launch that'll run through Sunday, Jan. 19.
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The Fortnite community is in an uproar again, all thanks to a group of pro players who were found to be cheating during the Fortnite Champion Series. Videos surfaced of two pro teams clearly colluding with one another to outlast the other teams, which put an end to the teams' involvement in the FCS.
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A few weeks back, a relatively unknown Smash Bros. player named Bocchi took the world by surprise when she managed to beat pro player Ally at AON #27, a local Super Smash Bros. Ultimate tournament held in New York.
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While Fortnite continues to be one the biggest games on the market, many of gaming's biggest streamers are beginning to pull away from the battle royale phenomenon in a noticeable way. Two of more high profile examples of this would be CouRage and Myth. Both expressed an interest in branching out.
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Fans at this year's Fortnite World Cup got to see something that doesn't happen very often; a competitor being removed from the tournament for blatantly cheating while playing.
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"Monk" and "gamer" are two words you rarely see paired together. Three Buddhist monks subverted expectations, entering and winning a Garena Speed Drifters competition earlier this month.
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It looks like FaZe Jarvis is once again back in the news, but this time, it's not because of anything the former Fortnite pro and content creator did. Rather, it's because another major player in the esports community weighed in on his situation.
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Geoff Robinson, also known to StarCraft 2 esports fans as "iNcontroL," passed away this past Saturday, according to a report from Kotaku​.
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Blizzard has been in the news recently for a number of controversies, but the most recent one is perhaps more embarrassing than scandalous.
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Just last week, Dr Disrespect came under fire for labeling his streams in a misleading manner. He had been putting the word "drops" in stream titles, which led many disappointed viewers to believe that he was giving away keys to access the closed beta for Riot Games' Valorant. He has now responded.
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At the 2019 Esports Awards last night, one streamer was recognized above all others as Streamer of the Year. On the honey yellow stage in Arlington, Texas, the mayor of the city handed over the trophy to none other than Guy "Dr. Disrespect" Beahm.
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Kurt "Kurt0411" Fenech is a competitive esports player and streamer with a bit of a reputation for having an attitude in the face of defeat. His profanity-laden rants, blow-ups, and conduct during Electronic Arts-sponsored events have led to him butting heads with EA in more than one instance.
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It's always exciting when the EVO fighting video game tournament announces their annual lineup. This year's no different, though the games lineup announced for EVO 2020 brings some surprises. For instance: Mortal Kombat 11 has been snubbed by the competition after only a year of its release.
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According to the U.S. Patent And Trademark Office's online database, Anheuser-Busch has filed a trademark application for the phrase "the official beer of esports."
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According to the Hollywood Reporter, Tfue, one of the world's most popular Fortnite: Battle Royale players, has filed a lawsuit against his gaming organization. Turner "Tfue" Tenney today initiated the process for suing FaZe Clan, the esports organization he signed with in April 2018.
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Here's something you probably didn't see coming. Farming Simulator, a game that is exactly what it sounds like, is joining the likes of DOTA 2, CS:GO, and Overwatch as a title with an official esports league.
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A few weeks back, Blizzard suspended a pro Hearthstone player for making pro-Hong Kong comments during a livestreamed event. Now we're learning the backlash to that decision goes beyond players: at least one company, too, has withdrawn its support for Blizzard.
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According to LG Hyena, a Rainbow Six Siege player on the Luminosity Gaming squad, Ubisoft left his team completely in the dark about competing in the Siege Pro League. As a result, Hyena took to Twitter to make his unhappiness known.
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How far would you go to protest a weird law? Would you give up tens of thousands of dollars, just to prove a point? That's what Street Fighter 5 pro Momochi did this past weekend, winning a tournament while also forfeiting over $45,000 in prize money.
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Can you imagine the stress an NFL kicker must be under when it's time for a last-second field goal attempt? That experience is reportedly right on par with how esports players feel when they're competing on a big stage, according to a new study.
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After ten months of dropping into Kings Canyon and World's Edge, Apex Legends has set its sights on something bigger: esports. Unfortunately, not all players will be able to take part.
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