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Happy Turkey Day to all those in the United States who celebrate!

The competition will be broadcast live on Twitch, as all eight teams will be vying for a $140,000 prize pool and bragging rights with the title of Team USA. Credit: Ubisoft "The US Nationals Finals and partnership with Caesars Entertainment has been an exciting step in our ongoing vision for Rainbow Six esports," said Robb Chiarini, Esports[...]

They've finally revealed their new project for Magic: Secret Lair. It's sure to be a doozy.

Over the weekend in Oakland, California, South Korean esports team Gen.G took home the PUBG Global Championship beating China's Four Angry Men The feat was strangely accomplished as the team had not secured an overall victory (a Chicken Dinner) all throughout day two The team was dominant throughout the first day and essentially held onto[...]

According to the accounts, it seems there was a big disconnect between the PR departments and the esports team And while there were concerns over the budget, everyone assumed the league would go probably one more year before getting their budget cut in 2020. Credit: Blizzard But apparently the decision to end HGC and cut down on[...]

Wizards of the Coast has finally issued a statement apologizing for the seeming erasure of character Chandra Nalaar's bisexuality in Greg Weisman's book.

This is the fate of poor Rhonas, the "indomitable" snake-headed god of the Egyptian-styled plane of existence called Amonkhet.

Ilharg, the harbinger of the End-Raze, the Gruul guild's interpretation of the end of days, and one ham of a hog.

Wizards of the Coast has announced a smattering of additions to their Banned and Restricted List for Magic: The Gathering.

In what is currently the cutest esports promotion of the year, Hello Kitty has joined Team Fnatic, and will be releasing special drops featuring the character It's probably also the weirdest one of the year as well, as they will be dropping some special gear and other promotional stuff The Fnatic X Hello Kitty promotion[...]

This is my ongoing monthly segment where I check in on how Magic: The Gathering: Arena is from a player perspective. But first, a clarification.

On November 14th, Wizards of the Coast sent out an email to Arena users, stating that data had been compromised..

There will be spoilers for "War of the Spark: Forsaken" ahead, so be warned.

In the latest round of "well, that's an interesting partnership" news, Lexus has joined on as the major sponsor of The Esports Awards As part of the partnership, Lexus will provide supercars from Black Panther and Men in Black International films plus the GS F 10th Anniversary Edition at the Esports Stadium Arlington Audience members[...]

Autumn Burchett had been instructed by a Wizards of the Coast official to remove the basic land cards from their deck before playing in the main event in MagicFest Richmond.

based team of DarkZero Esports Neither team has won this championship, both #1 in their region, so either way, we're getting a brand new Rainbow Six Siege Pro League champion at the top of their game Who will it be? Credit: Ubisoft Pro League Grand Finals: DarkZero Esports vs Natus Vincere For map one we headed to Consulate,[...]

DarkZero Esports Map one took us to the Border with the teams banning Montagne, Thatcher, Mira, and Valkyrie Both teams traded off defense wins to start us off with a 1-1 tie They traded off wins again to go 2-2, but then DarkZero opened up some flaws in their defenses and took two victories in a[...]

This week, Team Vitality decided to show off the outside of their new esports complex in Paris, France which they have dubbed the V.Hive While they were more than happy to boast about it, as you'll read below, and show off the outside, we've seen nothing from the indoors As of right now, it sounds[...]

I wrote an article around this time a year ago about how Chainer is the best of the best among reanimator commanders within Magic: The Gathering.

Here are the complete results from the four quarterfinals matches that took place today while most of you were sleeping. Credit: Ubisoft Quarterfinal Match: DarkZero Esports vs FaZe Clan Probably one of the most anticipated fights of the tournament, we started at the Bank for the first map with Montagne, Echo, Hibana, and Mira banned[...]

Activision Blizzard has released a brand new set of dates for the Call Of Duty League, revealing its full 2020 schedule.

Today,  the Strong Museum of Play, located in Rochester, NY, and home to the Toy Hall of Fame, inducted three new toys and games into their ranks.

This is a commander who embodies the Merlin trope to a T.

Yesterday, was the first day that the ban list updates started rolling out.

In news that should surprise absolutely nobody, MagicFest Lyon was dominated by players who used "Food"-based decks.

An article was posted on Bleeding Cool's "Comics" hub about how Magic: The Gathering is becoming an institution that isn't supporting its player base.

With such a diverse card pool and so few bans, players have been busy working to try and exploit the format.

This past Tuesday evening 33 of the cards from Theros: Beyond Death were leaked and promptly spoiled. We won't be spoiling them here.

The venue will be hosted by the home team, the Minnesota Røkkr, which is owned and operated by WISE Ventures Esports and the Wilf Family, owners of the Minnesota Vikings While a formal schedule hasn't been released yet, we're guessing we'll see all 12 league teams in action during the weekend at some point[...]

Secretlab has formed a new partnership, this time with League Of Legends esports team T1 to release their own special edition gaming chair Being created in both the Titan and Omega series chairs, they sport the team logo with their colors The chairs were designed to celebrate the team's success over the years, as they[...]