Shawn Berry 
Cloud9 has acquired Evil Geniuses’ CS2 BLAST Premier slot, accelerating EG’s apparent esports exit. According to a statement from BLAST, the bidding process for the slot was “competitive.” With the update in membership, these are the BLAST Premier partnered teams: Astralis, NIP, G2 Esports, OG, Team Vitality, NAVI, FaZe Clan, Complexity, Team Liquid, Heroic, BIG, … Read more
Chinese Dota 2 is back on top as Azure Ray dismantled Gaimin Gladiators with a reverse sweep in ESL One Kuala Lumpur’s grand finals. Before the tournament started, Azure Ray’s roster shuffle had Dota 2 competitors calling for a DQ from ESL One Kuala Lumpur as the team changed three players after TI 2023. With Valve taking a step back from … Read more
The prominent discussion around Twitch between creators and viewers recently has been the rise in sexual content after several streamers reached the platform’s home page while appearing to stream “topless” while actually fully clothed. Following the sudden rise of this new meta, a few creators being banned for it, and numerous online discussions about what’s … Read more
It certainly looks like Activision is standing firm on its DMCA of Scump, the most popular professional Call of Duty player of all time. While the DMCA stands, Scump claims to have talked to the CDL about the situation and the takedown, and that those talks were positive. Still, don’t expect to see Scump’s watch … Read more
It only takes a cursory look at YouTube viewership trends across 2023 to discover the phenomenon of AI covers. Streamer Johnathan ‘jschlatt’ Schlatt has sensationally decided to fight back with a genuine cover of Frank Sinatra’s ‘My Way,’ released Dec. 15, so good that it defies belief. The song accompanied a video titled ‘This NEEDS … Read more
No longer will you need to cower in corners, cover corridors with claymores and mines, and tryhard with locked-in comms that’d put the CDL to shame: The Tyr has finally received its nerf only ten days after Warzone 3’s release by disabling its Snakeshot Ammunition. While the topic of skill-based matchmaking continues to overshadow other … Read more
League of Legends fans can agree that this past year has had plenty of ups and downs, from unique champion releases to incredible new game modes and controversies and complaints alike. In an open letter to the community, Riot Games’ Pu “Pupulasers” Liu outlined the many things that he learned throughout his first 15 months … Read more
Baldur’s Gate 3 is flush with plenty of romance storylines, from fleeting fancies in taverns to the truly heartwarming love stories with companions that we adore role-playing games for. Yet, thanks to a Reddit post on Dec. 14, we understand that the unreachable Jaheira is still desired by many players. The thread was created by … Read more
Baldur’s Gate 3 is a critically acclaimed and highly beloved title by almost everyone who’s played it. As such, it is no surprise that many players want to play it, and several of those players would rather play it for free via Xbox Game Pass. In a recent IGN interview, Larian Studios Founder Swen Vincke … Read more
What started as an invitation for players to peer at upcoming goodies for new builds ended up as a deleted tweet from the official LEGO Fortnite account on Dec. 14, 2023. Despite deleting the tweet, the damage was already done. It turns out Epic released the information too soon. Whoops. Twitter user iFireMonkey screenshotted a … Read more
