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Team Secret CEO John Yao talks esports and COVID-19 in interview
When people think of esports, they think of organizations, players, and teams. They think of the impact all three key points can make and fans reminisce. They travel back in time to a moment of roaring fans, shouting hosts, bright lights, and a thick atmosphere of unending passion. That is esports. An unending stream of […]
Dota 2 
Team Secret wins Gamers Without Borders 2020 charity tournament
Last Sunday, Team Secret won the Gamers Without Borders 2020 charity tournament. The team swept Natus Vincere with a 3-0 match score in Grand Finals and secured first place with only one loss during the entire competition. After the event, Team Secret split the $750 thousand winnings between two charities, the Gavi, The Vaccine Alliance, […]
Valorant 
VALORANT Patch 0.50 brings big changes
Riot Games officially released the newest patch notes for VALORANT Patch 0.50. The VALORANT closed beta received a massive amount of changes that affect the agents, weapons, maps, and the meta. Patch 0.50 targets ability costs for VALORANT agents Phoenix, Brimstone, Sage, Raze, and Jett. In addition to agent changes, big updates to the map […]
Overwatch 
Through the Eyes of the DPS: Junkrat
Explosives-obsessed international criminal Jamison Fawkes, better known as Junkrat, is Roadhog’s friend in crime and Overwatch’s leading demolitionist. In Overwatch, the character is a heavy-hitting projectile damage hero who can easily wipe out a team and make quick getaways. Junkrat is equipped with explosives and traps. However, with the heavy damage he dishes out, he […]
Betting 
Activision Blizzard partners with Sportradar securing betting integrity
Activision Blizzard has signed a multiyear partnership with Sportradar. This partnership was established to help secure betting integrity and globally monitor esports titles Overwatch and Call of Duty. Sportradar will develop an integrity program for these games to stop and prevent betting-related corruption. Suppressing match-fixing and inside information abuse will be the focus of this […]
Team B8 with Dota 2 legend Dendi breaks records
Dota 2 Team B8 has broken records but not the kind that fans hoped for. B8 has historically marked itself as the team with the longest losing streak. The organization has lost 24 competitive games consecutively. Dota 2 fans fear for the future of Daniel “dendi” Ishutin and his team. Dendi and his team have […]
CS:GO 
New CS:GO update changes the game and community
On May 4, Valve released a game-changing CS:GO update. The appearance of Valorant in the video game industry may have pushed Valve to improve its own title. The FPS games’ kill feed icons have been tweaked to cover new in-game achievements. These three new kill feed icons added are for blind shooters, kills through smoke, […]
Bounty Hunt, BLAST’s first ever Dota 2 tournament
Esports tournament organizer BLAST has announced its first Dota 2 tournament, Bounty Hunt, in today’s esports news. Bounty Hunt features a prize pool of $150 thousand and a $5 thousand cash prize for the audience. This competition starts on June 9 and concludes on June 13. Despite being known purely for competitive CS:GO, BLAST aims […]
Industry 
New esports directory makes it on Twitch
Recently, the release of the Valorant open beta made esports news by breaking viewership records on Twitch. It even made fans realize they need a better optimized dedicated streaming section for esports. Yesterday, Twitch implemented a new esports directory function letting viewers find and choose their favorite esports titles effortlessly. The community has been asking […]
BMW partners with the 5 biggest esports organizations
Multinational automobile company BMW has created an “allied” partnership with five of the most prominent esport organizations in the world. The branding alliance sits between five organizations that each have League of Legends teams. These teams include G2 Esports, Cloud9, FunPlus Phoenix, T1, and Fnatic. Passion drives us to get better in life. BMW and […]
