eSports

A professional Counter-Strike: Global Offensive pro player who goes by the name Simon “smn” Beck was recently banned by the ESEA for cheating. Until recently, Beck was on the official CS:GO roster of Alternate, one of the best teams in Germany at the moment. Alternate had a pretty good run in the European ESEA Main division this past season where they placed fourth. ...

A lot of changes are currently happening on the Call of Duty Advanced Warfare eSports scene, with more than a few teams racing to complete their rosters before MLG Columbus kicks off. The latest major team to announce their full roster is none other than FaZe, who was two players short until recently. The organization announced yesterday that Patrick “Aches” Price ...

More and more League of Legends players are now using various third-party software programs that provide boosts to their gameplay performance and allow them to climb the ladders faster. One such piece of software goes by the name of Bot of Legends and is arguably the most popular program of this kind, or at least it was. Following some recent events, ...

The 6th annual IeSF World Championship concluded earlier today with Newbee taking home the title. The Chinese team faced off in the final against a team comprised out of some of the best Dota 2 players from Romania and managed to defeat them with a clean 3-0. While the outcome of the whole championship isn’t a surprise to anyone, Newbee ...

Halo will have to wait a bit longer before it will be able to step back onto the eSports scene as 343 Industries announced that the Championship Series has been delayed. The Halo Championship Series is a new league created with the release of the Master Chief Collection and was supposed to kick off today, November 16th. However, matchmaking issues with ...

Optic Gaming now has one of the most powerful Call of Duty Advanced Warfare rosters out there thanks to a couple of recent acquisitions. About a week ago, there were rumors saying that the organization will be bringing in two very talented players soon: Matt “Formal” Piper and Ian “Crimsix” Porter. There was also sufficient evidence that these weren’t just mere rumors, but ...

Pretty much every MOBA out there features several game modes, each with its specific rules and restrictions. If you’re a Dota 2 or League of Legends player, you’re likely already familiar with some of the Draft Modes. These modes allow teams to take turns picking their heroes (or champions) before the actual game begins. In some of these modes players have the ...

The best Dota 2 teams from all over the world will compete in the ASUS ROG DreamLeague tournament this Monday. At least, that was the original plan until ASUS announced that two of the best teams from China will not be able to make it unfortunately. Both LGD and Invictus Gaming will not be able to travel to Sweden for the ...

Hacks are not a common occurrence in competitive online games as developers make sure to provide players with a fair play experience. Sure, there have been many attempts in the past to create hacks for some of these games, most notably for World of Warcraft and Starcraft 2. A more recent example can also be seen in Hearthstone, where botting ...

Remember when League of Legends was infamous for having one of the worst player communities of any game out there? And remember when Riot vowed to turn things around and show that LoL can have a friendly and helpful community? Well, it seems like the company managed to keep its promise of not tolerating player toxicity anymore because things have ...