Last week, the professional representation body was formed League of Legends players in North America, the LCS Players Association, announced intentions to strike over Riot’s plans to destroy the North American Challenger’s League. It’s a commendable attitude about moves that will cost dozens of people their jobs, but not all league The player appears to ...
Earlier this week League of Legends Players voted “overwhelmingly” to go on strike against plans to make rule changes that would reduce the North American Challenger’s League – which formed just last year – from 16 teams to seven. The week in games: System Shock, Street Fighter 6 and more The LCS Players Association, the ...
The esports company has turned around Wall Street mockeryFaZe Clan, is at the center of another controversy as its members squabble over the recent signing of stranger things Actress and Twitch streamer Grace Van Dien. Loud members like Nordan “FaZe Rain” Shat criticized the signing as a money grab, while Van Dien said Rain wasn’t ...
Snoop Dog is abandoning Faze Clan, the consequences of which could be dire for the esports company. If you’re not lucky, you’ll also get bad luck on top: That’s about how those responsible for Faze Clan must feel at the moment. Having recently been threatened with being delisted by the NASDAQ, perhaps the most prominent ...
The Justice Department has taken Activision Blizzard to court, alleging the publisher’s esports leagues may have underpaid their workers/players through an exploitative “competitive balance tax.” This mini Sega arcade cabinet full of retro games would make a great gift The tax signed by both Activision and every team in theirs years ago call of Duty ...
A few weeks ago we covered some of the news that most shook the competitive landscape of Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. Both Leonardo ‘MkLeo’ López and Gavin ‘Tweek’ Dempsey left their respective teams (T1 y TSM) for a termination of contract. Today the news is much more positive and it is that these two players ...
On March 1, the International Olympic Committee announced the first details Olympic Esports Series 2023, the next step in the venerable sports association’s tentative move into the esports arena. (It previously hosted an Olympic Virtual Series along with the Tokyo 2020 games.) Beginning with qualifications this month and culminating in live finals in Singapore in ...
and Very good news for lovers of music, video games, dance and Olympic sports. Ubisoft has announced an incredible collaboration with the World DanceSport Federation (WDSF) to bring Just Dance 2023 to the Olympic eSports Series. The players will be selected as a result of the template of participants of the Just Dance World Cupsince ...
The folks at VGC first reported that qualifying for the 2023 Olympic Esports Series has now begun. The in-house Olympic committee has announced that the 2023 series will feature nine different virtual sports, all in partnership with international federations and game publishers.Watch the trailer for Children of the Forest here.Qualification for the 2023 Olympic Games ...
We have been hearing for many years that there is a strong push to make video games Olympic sports. This dream of many finally came true. The Olympic Committee officially announced the Olympic Esports Series (OES) and which games will be part of this competition. Sadly, many players are going to be disappointed by the ...
