Activision Blizzard is dealing with a fan revolt and intense public scrutiny after punishing Blitzchung — a Hong Kong-based esports competitor who voiced support for Hong Kong's protesters during a Blizzard-run event on October 5. Blitzchung, whose real name is Chung Ng Wai, is a grandmaster-level player in "Hearthstone," Blizzard's very popular digital card game.

While Avengers: Endgame keeps breaking records, 2019 has been hard in terms of generating box office revenue outside of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Overall, the film industry hit a six-year low to open this year and theater chains across the nation are feeling the strain. An unlikely lifeline has emerged, however, in the form of e-sports.

In an attempt to top last summer’s in-game rocket launch event, Fortnite’s Season 9 finale over the weekend featured a colossal kaiju monster vs. mech showdown. As spectators watched the two giants fight over key locations on the map, the one-time event ended with the mech driving a sword through the beast’s head in heroic fashion reminiscent of Voltron, Power Rangers, and Pacific Rim.

It is the largest prize pool in the history of e-sports, with $30m shared amongst the winners.

Last month in Thailand, a tournament was organized for game Speed Drifters from 15-18 August and surprisingly, a squad of 3 monks won that tournament.

Soul Mortal, melted the heart of every Indian as he announced to donate his entire share of prize money from the event to the Indian Army.

You wouldn’t find your usual television programs while channel surfing in South Korea because you might stumble upon Starcraft gaming leagues airing live on national TV.

Riot Games' League Championship Series is an esports phenomenon. But do its contracts treat players fairly?

Back in 2011, Jonathan Belke was a professional gamer. He had modest success with strategy game StarCraft 2, culminating in a 1,000 euro prize at the ESL Pro Series in his native Germany. But while many of Belke's fellow pros struggled for cash, he found a lucrative side career: betting on matches. In February of 2014, he said on Reddit he made five figures in euros, exponentially more than his tournament winnings — though he didn't bet on his own matches.

Top video game players in South Korea are household names. Millions of people tune in to watch game competitions on television. The largest Internet portal, Naver, has its own section covering the results.

Last month, surrounded by around 45,000 fans in a Seoul stadium built for the World Cup, Samsung White put the final dagger into Star Horn Royal Club's dreams, claiming a championship live on ESPN 3.

Yesterday, ESPN 2 aired a live broadcast of a video game. A bunch of people on the Internet did not like what they saw. That alone is not news. A similar thing happened last year when the channel promoted the championship of a different video game, DOTA 2, which — like the game that was broadcast this weekend, Heroes of the Storm — is near-unwatchable unless you’ve played it, or games like it. For most channel-surfing viewers, it’s an easy invitation to yell, “Nerds!” and then keep clicking.

Although the main event of ESL One Frankfurt kicks of Saturday, June 20 a very important Seeding Bracket will take place at the ESL One studios two days prior the LAN stage will start. 

A convenient combination of tools wants to take the guesswork out of esports fandom.

Look around the eSports world lately, and it's clear that Venture Capital (VC) money has made its way into the picture.

It’s the same as every other startup.

Vulcun, AlphaDraft, and Unikrn give eSports fans the chance to play fantasy leagues and place bets on big eSports events.

Nathan Lindberg is the Vice President of Sales for Curse, a Huntsville-based company specializing in add-ons and other video game services. The company credits Nathan for growing Curse's direct sales team from four to 25 people in three years. Curse is active in eSports, and Lindberg discusses how eSports should look at past sports media successes to allow future growth.

Kim Phan shares the secrets of the studio's success with the competitive gaming community

Evil Geniuses are sometimes described as the New York Yankees of eSports, a backhanded sort of compliment that both grants that EG consistently field one of the strongest, most star-studded lineups around, but also that they owe their reputation to their deep pockets.