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We already know the superstars going to San Francisco in two weeks’ time to compete at the 2016 World Championships: Lee "Faker" Sang-hyeok, Song "Smeb" Kyung-ho and Sren "Bjergsen" Bjerg. But which top talents aren’t going to Worlds? Let’s take a look at 15 players who—in an alternate reality—could be …

Bungie and Major League Gaming are kicking off Destiny’s new expansion—and a new metagame—with a mix of live and online Crucible tournaments, beginning with yesterday’s inaugural MLG Destiny Exhibition in Columbus, Ohio. Peaking at around 65,000 viewers in the fifth and final game, the match brought together twelve PvP players …

ESL’s annual trip to the east coast of the States has been a staple of the competitive Dota 2 scene for a few years now. Often serving as the first major LAN event of the new season, it has always offered up surprises, such as Vega Squadron coming out on …

The conclusion of The International 6 effectively saw the end of the Dota 2 season for another year. What follows every TI is a huge roster shuffle window that never fails to provide drama. There have been very few teams of note that have escaped unscathed. Read more on Red …

Coming into Saturday’s draw for the Worlds group stages, we speculated on multiple possible scenarios for a Group of Death. Could we see a group with EDG, SKT or G2? What about Flash Wolves, SKT and RNG? Read more on The Rift Herald >>>

The Swiss games industry had a turnover of 226m CHF (178m) in 2015, according to the latest report by the Swiss Interactive Entertainment Association (SIEA). The market has declined by 7.6 per cent compared to 2014, due to a ‘rise in online sales’ (which are not included in the study). …

Eichenwalde, the first new map in Overwatch, has now wended its way from the PTR to the live servers. The German castle brings a unique flavour of attack and defence to the game’s Hybrid mode, affording defenders the opportunity to rain hell from on high and attackers the opportunity to …

This week brings us patch 6.18, which is the patch that Worlds is going to be played on. There are some huge changes in here for champions that are big in the competitive scene as well as the release of Yorick’s rework. This patch is very obviously focused on the …

When the Smash player known as Mr. Lz won his first major, Paragon 2015 Project M (PM) singles, he was only 13 years old. That’s impressive until you remember that Mozart composed his first symphony at age eight. Still, we thought Mr. Lz’s accomplishments were far and away impressive enough …

Some esports made it big financially through support from their game developers or from third parties like sponsors. The fighting game community (FGC) is looking in a different direction: crowdfunding. Read more on ESPN >>>