eSports Archives

The Esports Awards revealed their plans this morning for an all-online version of the 2020 ceremony and changes to the format Like a lot of events, the awards are no exception to the problems caused by the COVID-19 outbreak, so there will be no in-person ceremony this year Kicked off by a new spotlight shows[...]

Like in all esports, some communication is required for good and fulfilling gameplay That being said, Arena doesn't quite need an emote system to work optimally between two random strangers I know that I've gone many games without emoting to my opponents, or them emoting to me I mostly ignore those happy few who do emote. But[...]

Wizards of the Coast's Head Designer for Magic: The Gathering has made a statement regarding Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths.

It takes a certain kind of human being to cheat at an esports racing game when you are literally an expert in racing real cars A German professional driver named Daniel Abt was scheduled to participate in the Formula E Race at Home Challenge, which has been running since April 18th and is set to[...]

Today, Wizards of the Coast gave us a Secret Lair drop to reveal for Magic: The Gathering, to massive acclaim.

From their secret lair in Seattle, Wizards of the Coast entrusted us with a secret that we wouldn't be allowed to tell you about - until now!

48 players from different teams will be dropped into the Call Of Duty: Warzone map and fight one giant game of pro-esports battle royale in a winner-take-all 10k prize competition If you're into the game and want to see some of the top players in the league duke it out over a quick cash prize,[...]

With traditional sports on temporary hiatus due to the global COVID-19 pandemic, esports competitions have become the current outlets for those who crave the excitement of sporting events Athletes themselves have found a great outlet within the esports community, which gives them the opportunity to still play and be competitive, just in a different way! The[...]

We decided to take another look at this deck list, as well as document its natural progression to a more tuned Magic: The Gathering deck.

If you're not familiar with this line, these controllers are specifically designed for every esports team tied to a real NBA team as part of the league As you can see examples here from the Venom for the Charlotte Hornets, the Jazz Gaming for the Utah Jazz, and the King's Guard for the Sacramento Kings[...]

Yet another Hearthstone event moves to online competition as the Hearthstone Masters Tour behind qualifiers this week.

From seemingly out of the blue, Wizards of the Coast has announced a new Masters-style Magic: The Gathering set called Double Masters.

Wizards of the Coast, creator of the Magic: The Gathering trading card game, has released their notes on Magic: The Gathering: Arena.

Magic: The Gathering's new concept of a Companion creature is an interesting one to consider, especially in Commander.

Like a lot of esports organizations, the staff was forced to take things remotely after COVID-19 put a stop to everything Which includes the AWC Battle for Azeroth season being held entirely online According to organizers, the program was originally planned to culminate in a multi-region LAN tournament this summer But the move to online-only[...]

Wizards of the Coast tends to design and develop their Magic: The Gathering cards with very few oversights.

After a month's wait, Wizards of the Coast has finally released their newest Magic: The Gathering set in a physical form.

Yesterday evening, EVO announced a brand new event to replace their canceled 2020 event in Las Vegas as they will be holding EVO Online.

"As esports are global and inherently digital, we are uniquely positioned to continue this legacy, hold our tournaments online, and even improve the format for players, fans, and partners By heavily increasing broadcast hours of the ESL Pro Tour, we aim to deliver even more esports content than before to entertain and support the RTS[...]

We never thought we'd be writing this sentence: The BBC has started to run esports tournaments for Rocket League Not that there's anything wrong with that or the game, we just assumed we'd be writing that about Sky Sports, ITV, or even Channel 4 long before the flagship British Broadcasting Corporation decided to do it[...]

At a selling rate of one item per minute, Magic: The Gathering has been ranked as the number one most popular game sold on eBay.

Earlier today ReKTGlobal announced their new joint venture with TalentX to form a new Esports management company TalentX Gaming is the newest gaming talent agency for esports athletes and streamers This "talent first" company will help esports talent with development and social media monetization — something TalentX has done with the popular social media platform[...]

You can read more about the new format and how the tourney will work out below. Credit: PUBG Corp. "In order to ensure the safety of everyone, which is of paramount importance to us, we have decided to completely reimagine the first season of the PMPL Americas as an online competition," said James Yang, Director of PUBG[...]

How would you like to earn yourself an exclusive limited-edition weapons charm from the Call Of Duty League?

This morning, Ubisoft announced a brand new Rainbow Six Siege esports league focused on the North American market With the Rainbow Six Pro League being retired, the Rainbow Six North American League will focus on two specific regions, Canada and the United States, along with the North American Challenger League So far we know that[...]

This is the sixth and final installment of our review of the top cards in Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths Limited.

With other tournaments and events moving into a digital format, it's pretty easy for them to continue to run an esports event through an online format The two big questions at this point become first, who will still compete in the tournaments, and second, what games will remain and what will change This year had[...]

Sixteen teams will face off in this tournament, which will be comprised of the eight North American teams that qualified for the now-canceled PGS Berlin: Americas Qualifier (Soniqs, Exodus, Oath, Houston Hardshifts, LiViD Gaming, 303 Esports, Team Clueless, Radiance), and eight invited teams to balance out the brackets The remaining eight teams will qualify from[...]

Both companies have entered into a three-year deal to bring esports events to the social-streaming platform, which will see some of the biggest esports tournaments organized by both organizations through at least 2022 That's a pretty major deal right now considering how Youtube has become more aggressive toward getting more esports-related events to stream exclusively[...]

Over here at Bleeding Cool, we have been writing down our top ten picks for cards in Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths Limited, by color.