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Due to Coronavirus, Paris Eternal Homestand has no venue, will be delayed or canceled

Homestand stage set up and torn down before other acts. This is not the first disrupted Overwatch League Homestand, with multiple being canceled throughout China and Korea earlier this year, and...

New York fans comment on their first Overwatch League experience and how it changed their lives

▲ Hammerstein Ballroom filled at capacity during the opening week of OWL. Image via Stewart Volland The Overwatch League stepped outside the Blizzard Arena this season. It also marked the first time...

TXWES rolls out Esports Communication academic degree

. Competition involves teams for Overwatch, Hearthstone, Smash Ultimate, FIFA, and Rocket League. Creation is home to the TXWES Content Creation teams who develop and distribute digital media for YouTube...

Riot Games postpones Mid-Season Invitational to July, cancels all Rift Rivals events due to Coronavirus

Riot Korea too announced that all competition would be put on hold starting this week. Other esports and gaming events aren't immune to the virus' outbreak either. From Overwatch League to TwitchCon...

[Official] T1 signs Brax, formerly known as CS:GO pro, "swag," as first VALORANT player and content creator

coronavirus. VALORANT has been compared to CS:GO with a touch of Overwatch, a more serious style tactical shooter (like CS:GO) with unique skills based on character class (like Overwatch). The information...

The LEC relocates Spring Split finals to Berlin as safety measure against Coronavirus

starting March 9, and the removal of fan meet-and-greets after matches in the LCS and LEC. But that's just a small part of competitions affected by the disease. The Overwatch League moved all its...

Riot cancels Valorant gameplay capture event over Coronavirus concerns

against contemporaries like Overwatch, CS:GO, and others. Valorant has been making waves around the FPS community, with a number of pros (including CS:GO’s Swag) declaring their intentions of making a mark. It’s already stoked something of a rivalry with Counter-Strike, due to its similarities in gunplay....

Part 2 with ESPN's Jacob Wolf: "I try to remember my hard work and busting my ass got me here and that's the most important thing to me."

this space. Are there any up and coming journalists that you read at the moment? I really like Adam Fitch. He's great from Esports Insider. Volamel, I love his work. He writes a lot about Overwatch...

[Demo Review] Valorant: Riot Games' ambitious title to compete against Overwatch and CS:GO

My initial reaction to the early Valorant gameplay video was that it was a lot like Overwatch, a role-based, hyper FPS game. This is because in the footage, a player was able to create walls, revive...

[Valorant] Interview with the developers - Part 1: "If we didn’t think it’ll succeed, we wouldn’t have even developed it."

genuineness. Valorant seems closer to an original FPS style like Counter Strike rather than a casual FPS like Overwatch. Why did you choose that direction? Joe: There are many ways to compete and...

Riot Games reveals VALORANT: watch gameplay of the free to play FPS, releasing this summer

directions for her. The design of VALORANT mixes the realistic gunplay of popular shooters like CS:GO and Call of Duty with the stylized, more toony feel of games like Team Fortress 2 and Overwatch. As...

Part 1 with ESPN's Jacob Wolf: "I would like to think at least that at the past four years I've proven what I can do in terms of being a good reporter in really difficult moments."

offseason moves and roster trades. During NYXL's homestand in the opening week of the Overwatch League season, Inven Global's Chris Cuevo had an extensive chat with Jacob Wolf. Part 1 of this...

Swag retires from pro CS:GO, will become “best in the world” at Project A

likely not be the last player attracted to Project A. The game is expected to have some talent drain on other major FPS esports, including Overwatch, CS:GO, Rainbow Six, and others.

IEM Katowice Playoffs to be played without an audience due to Coronavirus

audiences from attending matches at LOL Park, with the LJL announcing they would be following suit. Meanwhile, matches in the Asian region of the Overwatch League have been outright canceled, though...

[Official] T1 signs Smash Ultimate's #1 ranked player MKLeo

is joining a globally known roster of players withLee "Faker" Sang-hyeok andJae-hyeok "Carpe" Lee. This also places T1 expanding outside of major esports such as League of Legends and Overwatch. With...

ESL to screen fans for Coronavirus at IEM Katowice

available for guests and that visitors will be educated on hygiene measures. Coronavirus' impact on esports Coronavirus has already had a massive impact on esports as a whole. The Overwatch League was...

Kerry LaRose & Kaeo Milker talk Blizzard's partnerships with ESL & DreamHack; Warcraft 3: Reforged

for quite some time. When newer game genres, such as battle royale, or even Blizzard's Overwatch, enter the competitive space, does that affect the approach of creating the optimal rts esports...

The LJL will play the remainder of its Spring Split without spectators due to coronavirus

of Legends other publishers have moved events from high-risk countries. The Overwatch League has tried moving around its China-based homestands, and last week Hearthstone esports announced that its planned Masters Tour in Indonesia would be moved to Los Angeles to avoid as much risk as possible....

Riot delays Mid-Season Invitational announcement due to Coronavirus

LCK. In other esports, Overwatch League’s APAC homestand games in China and Korea have been canceled, with plans still TBD as to when they will be made up.

Overwatch’s newest event features Ashe but latest patch reveals a new feature

▲ Fresh, new content for Overwatch. Image via Blizzard Entertainment. To most people's surprise, there is another update to Overwatch. In this update, it features an entirely new event, and a new...