Controllers only.

The 2021 season for the Call of Duty League is making the move to the personal computer, or PC for short. The league, which was typically played on the PlayStation 4, will make its PC debut for this upcoming 2021 season.

There's just one small catch.

Even though the league will be playing on PCs in 2021, players will not be allowed to use a mouse and keyboard.



That sure is a weird thing to mandate. Why move to PC...

New tournaments join returning tournaments.

Electronic Arts and FIFA just announced a larger and "evolved" EA Sports FIFA 20 esports series. This means new competitions and returning football (soccer for some of us) league tournaments. This also means online tournaments that will replace the EA Sports FIFA 20 Global Series including the FIFA eWorld Cup. These new additions and returning competitions are an extension of the popular EA Sports FIFA Stay and Play Cup.
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Today we take a look at some of the strongest mid-laners in Dota 2 that will help you gain MMR or simply win games in normal Dota 2 matches.

The meta of Dota 2 changes frequently, and it’s nothing like it was a few years ago. Still, the mid position is the second most important position in the game, and that’s why it’s called the position 2.

Almost no pub game starts without a fight for who will take the mid lane, because people know how much of an impact...

Twelve teams participated in the first season of Flashpoint 1. The tournament started on March 13th at the FACEIT Studio in Los Angeles and, after five weeks, has finally come to an end.

The Grand Finals saw the Danish team Mad Lions compete against the Brazilian squad MIBR.

It’s been 20 months since MIBR won a title, and they had a fair shot at Flashpoint 1. The Danes made a heroic comeback and defeated MIBR 2-1 to win $500,000 as the Champions of Flashpoint...

The Dota 2 Pro Circuit was left in disarray because of the coronavirus pandemic. Almost the whole world is in lockdown, and there are travel bans everywhere.

This means only one thing; the show must go on - online!

ESL One Los Angeles is already halfway through the group stage, and it was amazing so far!

The EU and CIS teams have given the viewers some great entertainment because we’ve seen some veteran dominance, shocking upsets, and heartbreaking...

Gaming is political.

Dominique "SonicFox" McLean won the Mortal Kombat 11 Pro Kompetition finals held on March 8. The competition was a joint venture between WBIE, NetherRealm Studios, and Intersports. The finals were held in Chicago at the Park West theater. SonicFox, playing as The Joker, went up against CGL NinjaKilla_212 in the Grand Finals. SonicFox bested CGL NinjaKilla_212 to take home the Final Kombat 2020 trophy and the $40,000 first place prize.

The...

Fears over the coronavirus are to blame.

Capcom officially cancelled three Capcom Pro Tour events today. The company made the announcement via Twitter. The reason for the cancellation should be obvious by now if you have been following some our latest stories.

The cancelled events include:

• Brussels Challenge 2020 (was March 20 - March 22, 2020)
• Norcal Regionals 2020 (was April 10 - April 12, 2020)
• April Annihilation 2020 (was April 10 - April 12, 2020)

Capcom says...

Viewing is limited to online only.

While the Intel Extreme Masters (IEM) Katowice event is still to continue as scheduled, nobody will be allowed to watch the action in person. This almost literal eleventh hour change of plans came directly from an order issued by Polish authorities. This is all being done as a precautionary measure against the coronavirus (COVID-19).

In short: Find something else to do with your time. Those running the event say that they are currently...

Do you run a city? Inquire within.

Valve is already on the hunt for cities that want to host the 11th Annual International Dota 2 Championships, or "The International" for short. The International will be held in the Summer of 2021. The first event was held in Cologne, Germany in the far off time of August 2011. Though already exceptionally popular right from the get-go, The International has only grown in scale in each of the following years.

The International...

The video games industry has grown at an astonishing rate in recent years. According to a recent report, the size of the global video game market will accrue to $90.1 billion in 2020. Some elements of the gaming market are dramatically increasing in revenue and sales due to increased public coverage and high sponsorship proceeds. Read on to know more about them.


Esports make use of new media to capture new audiences
Purpose esports are watched by millions of people each...

The future is crystal clear.

A new blog entry by the Counter-Strike: Global Offensive team at Valve, suggests that the developer is looking for more transparency in 2020. Not only are they being transparent with the community about these new initiatives, but they are pushing professional teams and tournaments to be more transparent with you.

Valve took community feedback to a blog posted back in August. The blog entry, entitled "Keeping Things Competitive," focused...

FIFA and esports, a match made in money heaven.

EA and FIFA announced today the launch of the EA Sports FIFA 20 Global Series on the Road to the FIFA eWorld Cup. I am almost 100% certain that is the full title of this planned nine-month long competition. A prize pool for this is already over $3 million.

The EA Sports FIFA 20 Global Series will span more than 20 football leagues running local events throughout the world. If you live in an area where these events are being...

Another year, another batch of broken esports records.

Valve announced today that the ninth annual Dota 2 International Championships (The International 9) has smashed records? Which records? A lot of esports ones.

First off, this marks the first back-to-back victory for any team in the history of The International. That's right, OG won it all this year just as they did in 2018. I'm sure a lot of fans had that spoiled for them thanks to a random email from Twitch. Good...

Smoking is bad, but violence...?

Gears 5 will not include any depictions of smoking. The upcoming third-person shooter, slated for release on September 10 on PC and Xbox One, does away with all tobacco use after a push from the Truth Initiative. The anti-smoking organization, Truth Initiative, approached Turner, the company that owns the rights to broadcast Gears 5 ELeague esports matches. Turner, after speaking with Truth Initiative, spoke to The Coalition about the removal of the...