Esports News
GameWaves rides in to save the NLC
Image Credit: Riot Games If you felt a cold draft coming from the Northern EMEA regional scene lately, it wasn’t just the Scandinavian winter. The NLC has been in a bit of a tailspin. After months of “will they, won’t they” uncertainty following the departure of the...
VALORANT Patch 12.09 address Neon’s pro dominance and Shotgun balancing
Image Credit: Riot Games Neon has been a bit of a problem for VALORANT‘s balance for some time, and Riot acknowledged as much last week. It teased some changes coming to Neon to nerf its aggressiveness and favoring of the shogun, and now the balance patch has come....
Rivalry trading halted as esports betting giant faces extinction
The UK has been the home of many elite esports tournaments. Image Credit: Riot Games The Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) has officially issued a failure-to-file cease trade order (FFCTO) against Rivalry Corp. The order effectively freezes all trading on the...
Jynxzi’s tournament reminds western League of Legends where it came from, with incredible viewing numbers
Image Credit: Twitch Nicholas “Jynxzi” Stewart‘s League of Legends tournament absolutely blew up over May 11th, with the stream highlighting just how massive the event was for LoL as a whole. It’s by far the biggest Western LoL event this year, with only international...
Overwatch heroes are clocking in to their boring day jobs for 10th anniversary skins
Image Credit: Blizzard If you have ever wondered what a world-shaking Omnic general does when he isn’t plotting the liberation of his kind, Blizzard finally has an answer: he does the dishes. Overwatch is leaning into a delightfully mundane concept for its latest...
Esports Integrity under scrutiny following month of unprecedented sanctions
Image source: ESL / X In April, the Esports Integrity Commission (ESIC) issued an unprecedented number of sanctions for match-fixing and irregular betting in esports. The agency concluded some longstanding cases and also flagged up new suspicions in a sign that the...
Riot is giving away Inkshadow Yi as a Twitch Drop for Jynxzi’s LoL Tournament
Image Credit: Riot Games Nicholas “Jynxzi” Stewart is hosting a 30-player League of Legends tournament today, and just tuning in is enough to walk away with free in-game loot, with Twitch drops enabled for the stream, as confirmed by Riot Games on socials. How to get...
Putting a ring on It: Embark makes The Finals esports official
Image Credit: Embark Studios For the last couple of years, The Finals has felt like that incredibly talented friend who won’t commit to a career path. It has the destruction, the game-show flair, and the high-octane combat, but the competitive scene always felt a bit...
The viewbot Cold War: Kick’s boss isn’t buying Twitch’s new rules
Image Credit: Kick If you thought the rivalry between Twitch and Kick couldn’t get any pettier, Edward Craven just raised the bar. The Kick co-founder is currently taking shots at Twitch’s latest attempt to solve its oldest problem: viewbotting. Twitch CEO Dan Clancy...