Dmitry “sh1ro” Sokolov became the Most Valuable Player of the entire IEM Katowice 2021 tournament. Following the success of Gambit Esports after defeating Virtus.pro in the IEM Katowice grand finals, their 19-year-old awper sh1ro got his career’s first MVP award. Gambit’s run in the tournament has been...
On Feb. 28, former NFL and MLS executive Matt Hill joined esports-focused digital media licensing platform ESPAT AI as its new chief executive officer. Prior to Monday’s announcement, Hill spoke with The Esports Observer about his journey back into the esports industry, the potential of...
Media holding company and esports tournament organiser WePlay Esports has entered into a partnership with the fighting-game website DashFight. The deal will see both parties collaboratively host the Ultimate Weekend Brawl (UWB), a new recurring Mortal Kombat 11 event that pits players against one another for a...
Esports investment in February 2021 dropped significantly year-over-year (YoY) but still proves that the industry, despite recent hardships, inspires confidence in the future. According to Esports Insider’s calculations, around $28.8m (~£20.6m) of disclosed esports investment was committed in February 2021. Nearly half of that money —...
Find out who qualified in the last round of FNCS Chapter 2 - Season 5. It all comes down to this as trio teams across Fortnite’s seven competitive regions scrambled in the final Fortnite Champion Series (FNCS) Qualifier looked to further their case for the semi-finals....
Lining up the top performing offlane heroes of the 7.28c patch in Dota 2. The introduction of the 7.28c update changed the offlane meta. A heavy nerf to Batrider rendered him completely useless in the meta. Light nerfs to a few popular heroes like Beastmaster, made...
Here is what happened in the Upper Division of the CIS Tiebreakers. After the heavy dominance of Virtus.Pro and Natus Vincere, we got to see two more amazing series. Let’s take a look at some of the most interesting things that happened in both of them. Team...
After benching Luke "Kendrew" Kendrew on Feb 12, Na`Vi has released its R6 Siege team captain on Feb 28. Na`Vi have announced their R6 roster will be parting ways with team captain, Luke "Kendrew" Kendrew. A former rugby player, Kendrew's competitive spirit pushed him to great achievements...
Gambit Esports won this year’s Intel Extreme Masters World Championship. Gambit Esports won the $400,000 grand prize today at IEM Katowice by defeating Virtus.Pro (VP). This is the biggest win for the organization since their incredible victory over Immortals at PGL Krakow back in 2017. Gambit...
Epic has banned an entire trio for bypassing an in-game mechanic. Many players and viewers within the competitive Fortnite community are questioning Epic's decision to punish a European team for avoiding the shakedown mechanic. The situation played out mere moments after the Fortnite Champion Series (FNCS)...