ESports

We’re still getting stuck into Call of Duty: WW2, but tucked away in the game’s Normandy Beach social space is a bizarre esports treat: the 1v1 pit. The Pit, situated out on the beach and sealed in from the player-soldiers running around on the beach by impassable wooden barriers and …

A redditor has run the numbers to work out how much it’d cost to get a full collection of Hearthstone’s cards. According to IComeBaringGifs, who has done a frankly terrifying amount of research, you would need $1700 – $1900 to complete a Hearthstone Standard collection. This doesn’t include the cards …

The British Esports Association has today announced that it has joined the Sport and Recreation Alliance, a sports industry body that works to support its members and collaborate with government and policy makers in sports. It’s a big step forwards for esports, as the Sport and Recreation Alliance works with …

Dota’s 7.07 update, known as the Duelling Fates update, is now live. This is one of the biggest patches for the last year or so, bringing two new heroes, four reworked heroes, a new matchmaking system and a new talent tree for nearly every hero in the game. Also joining …

PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds could find itself banned from China amid claims that the game is too violent and ‘deviates from the values of socialism’. These claims come from China’s Audio-Video and Digital Publishing Association, who claim the game is too violent, too bloody and indeed, deviates from the values of socialism. …

Riot Games is introducing a variety of financial changes to the EU LCS in 2018, while revealing that franchising for Europe is planned for 2019. In a blog post on their website, Riot have revealed that, although foundations for a better financial future are in place they’re a little way …

Riot Games has shed light on its plans for the EU League of Legends Championship Series (EU LCS) in 2018, and revealed big changes to the format. First, the EU LCS will be moving away from, its current best of three format, shortly after the NA LCS revealed that it …

SK Gaming triumphed over Virtus.Pro to be crowned victors of EPICENTER 2017 at the grand finals in St. Petersburg, Russia. SK has been a dominant force this year, with the EPICENTER win being the team’s sixth championship win of 2017. They played with a stand-in, Ricardo ‘boltz’ Prass, but were …

Astralis has signed a deal with C7 Brands that will name C7 as Astralis’ official hydration partner. C7 Brands have said they’ll be providing Coco Fuzion 100, a carbonated coconut water to the team. Coco Fuzion is the UK’s first carbonated coconut water, and are looking to leap into the …

Li ‘Vasilii’ Wei Jun, a professional League of Legends player for Newbee, has been fired from his team and banned from playing the game after he livestreamed himself assaulting his girlfriend. Wei Jun was streaming League of Legends last night and his stream captured his girlfriend criticising him for repeatedly …