We take a look at Mortal Kombat 11's DLC characters in the competitive landscape. A pretty contentious topic in FGC is DLC, or purchasable, characters and their viability in competitive play. One could, and some do, argue that developers and publishers have an innate incentive to...
After a brief delay, Fortnite Champion Series (FNCS) Twitch Drops are now available for viewers of the competition. Epic Games began offering FNCS Twitch Drops back in Chapter 2 - Season 1. Fans of competitive Fortnite could both witness high-level gameplay and collect some in-game items as...
FaZe Clan, the competitive esports and gaming lifestyle organization is at it again. Today, the North American based company announced its newest apparel line, called the “Bunker Collection.” This new set of apparel, which follows the Blackout 2.0 collection, will be available to the public...
Bobby Kotick will remain the CEO of Activision Blizzard until at least March 31, 2023 per a new employment agreement, according to a recent SEC filing. However, the new agreement comes with a voluntary salary reduction of 50%. Additionally, Kotick’s target annual bonus has been...
Blazt returns to the CDL, this time as a Warzone player. Streaming and content creation have been a great avenue for former professional Call of Duty players. Wuskin, Karma and Blazt have all taken this approach, and it seems to be paying off. Blazt has specifically...
Philippines–headquartered esports and gaming talent agency Tier One Entertainment announced that it has secured a Pre-Series A financing round led by venture capital firm Gobi Partners through its Gobi-Core Philippine Fund, a joint-venture fund with Core Capital. In addition, entertainment and record label Warner Music Group joined...
Virtus.pro has announced through Twitter that its Fortnite roster has been disbanded. Dmitriy “Hurmaxx” Geynts, Kirill “kiryacheFN” Griyshin, Jamal “jvmsidxx” Saydaev and Dmitry “Siberiajkee” Voronin have been holding up Virtus.pro’s Fortnite battles since April 2020, when kiryacheFN joined the esports organization to complete the lineup. Virtus.pro...
Chinese live streaming platform Huya announced Wednesday that the company has signed a sponsorship deal with Wuhan-based League of Legends Pro League (LPL) team Rare Atom (RA). Huya’s logo will be placed at the right shoulder of RA’s team jerseys. Financial terms of the deal...
PUBG and PUBG Mobile publisher Krafton, Inc. has donated Rs 1.5 Crores (roughly $202.4K USD) to the PM CARES Fund via its Indian subsidiary to help combat the COVID-19 pandemic in the country. Changhan Kim, CEO of the South Korea-based game developer and publisher, wrote...
Editor’s note: The following opinion piece from Dr. Tobias M. Scholz was written prior to the announcement that the ECI would halt its esports certificate plans based on negative feedback from the community. The night of April 27, was restless for me due to the...