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VALORANT Patch 4.03 Overhauls Deathmatch Mode
Riot Games focused its VALORANT Patch 4.03 effort on improving the Deathmatch experience, fixing Brimstone’s ultimate, and getting rid of a few annoying bugs and exploits. VALORANT Patch 4.03 Deathmatch Upon reception of the player base’s feedback, Riot Games has implemented some changes to the Deathmatch mode in Patch 4.03. It was, is, and always […]
Super Smash Bros. 
Let’s Make Big Moves sets the Ultimate tone In 2020
This past weekend, the first major Super Smash Bros. Ultimate tournament took place. Let’s Make Big Moves (LMBM) took place in New York City as the first S-tier tournament for 2020. What’s more, LMBM sets the tone for what Smash Ultimate tournaments will look like for the rest of the year. Many of the top-ranked […]
Smash Ultimate ends the year with Ultimatum 2
Super Smash Brothers Ultimate will be highlighting yet another esports stadium soon. On Dec 28, Smash Ultimatum 2 wraps up the year in a two-day spectacle of brawls. The first Ultimatum was the first esports event organized in Esports Stadium Arlington, dubbed the largest dedicated esports facility in North America. Ultimatum 2 will take place […]
Rivalry Features: MKLeo vs. Samsora
In the competitive world of Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, very few are as established as Leonardo “MKLeo” Lopez Perez and Ezra “Samsora” Morris. Often regarded as the best players in the world, the two clashed many times last year. Tensions always seem to run higher than normal when these titans square off. And while there […]
Culture 
The local roots of Smash Bros. esports
Strolling through the corner of DreamHack Rotterdam reserved for fighting titles, it’s easy to tell that something different is going on here. Rows of tables filled with bright, old-fashioned screens and a miscellany of electronics fill the space. Where in other hallways gaming competitions are trying to mimic major sports events, the scene here is […]
MkLeo clutches Smash Ultimate Summit 2
Smash Ultimate Summit 2 comes to a close. Leonardo “MkLeo” Lopez Perez took first place for the second straight Ultimate Summit. Along with a repeat championship, he also takes home the lion’s share of the $44 thousand prize pool. Congratulations to the BACK-TO-BACK #UltimateSummit Champion, @Mkleosb!!! ? pic.twitter.com/vMLed0YNBR — Beyond the Smash (@BTSsmash) October 28, […]
Smash Ultimate Summit 2
Smash Ultimate Summit 2 is here. From Oct. 24 to Oct. 27, sixteen top Smash Bros. Ultimate players will gather at the Beyond the Summit house in Los Angeles. They will compete for over $40 thousand in prize money and one of the most prestigious titles in Smash Bros. esports, Summit Champion. Format These sixteen […]
More Games 
Riot’s Project L and the FGC’s evolution
Riot Games revealed their intentions announcing their creation of a fighting game at EVO 2019. Alongside League of Legends, the biggest competitive scene in esports, the currently named “Project L” is set to be the new baton carrier in a genre predominantly represented by Capcom’s Street Fighter. Once Project L drops, the fighting game genre […]
Getting into Esports: Super Smash Brothers
The Super Smash Brothers series is one of Nintendo’s most popular games. Dedicated fans of both Super Smash Bros Ultimate and Super Smash Bros Melee compete in tournaments almost every day. With the December 2018 release of Super Smash Bros Ultimate, more tournaments have popped up. By June of 2019, over 14.7 million copies of […]
Zackray wins Ultimate at The Big House 9
Super Smash Bros. experienced one of its most exciting tournaments to date this weekend. The Big House 9 found great success in both the Ultimate and Melee side. On Smash Ultimate, 17-year-old Sota “Zackray” Okada took down giant after giant on his way to the biggest Smash tournament win by a Japanese player. He did […]
