Activision Blizzard lays off 50 staff due to pandemic's effects on eSports
The focus is shifting to online events and remote viewing
Alienware terminates partnership with Riot Games over sexual harassment allegations
Alienware branding has been removed from all League of Legends broadcasts
Fortnite team kicked from tournament following ill-advised tweet
Don't bite the hand that feeds you
Nvidia launches Reflex latency-reduction tech for Overwatch
It can halve system latency, claims Nvidia
Eight-year-old Fortnite player given $33,000 and $5,000 PC for turning pro
He started playing Fortnite at the age of four
Female COD Mobile eSports pro murdered by male player in Brazil
The murderer recorded and shared the killing
Virtual cycling championship bans two riders for cheating
A new form of competing, a new form of cheating
League of Legends teams are paying top dollar for the world's best players
Esports have never been bigger
Family faked video showing six-year-old boy's Warzone ban to go viral
Activision faced abuse over the non-existent ban
The Army National Guard will help bring esports labs into high schools
Through a collaboration with Generation Esports, Intel, and Asus
Nvidia Reflex Tested: Low Latency Revolution?
Nvidia is making concerted efforts to expand their GeForce feature set beyond raw performance. Features like DLSS and ray tracing are heavily pushed, and today we'll be checking out whether Reflex is something you should care about.
Asus ROG Swift PG259QN Review: Hitting 360Hz
The Asus ROG Swift PG259QN is the first monitor to hit a 360Hz refresh rate, giving us motion clarity that's unlike anything we've seen with LCD panels before. It also does it using an IPS panel, not a TN.
Gigabyte shows off Aorus 15P laptop designed for pro gamers
Light, fast, and powerful
Dota 2 sets esports prize pool record, again
The biggest tournament in esports history is on hold
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez wants to end the US Army's controversial Twitch channel
Using an amendment to the House Appropriations bill
Valorant Takes Aim at the King
I've been excited to play Riot's Valorant for a long time, and not just for the sake of the game itself. I'm a long-term Counter-Strike player and my hope with Valorant was not just that Riot would make a game I love, but one that would give another game I love a boot up the backside.
Just How Much Faster are Intel CPUs for Gaming?
Today we're going to compare the Ryzen 7 3700X and Core i5-10600K in a number of games, but we'll be doing so with low or esports level of quality settings in games such as Fortnite, World of Tanks, Rocket League, and about half a dozen other competitive titles.
Formula E driver disqualified after eSports pro took his place in virtual race
Other drivers were suspicious from the start
Rainbow Six Siege continues to thrive in 2020
It'll probably never be perfect, but it still makes for a very rewarding shooter
Match-fixing charges brought against five CS:GO players
Corruption keeps making its way into eSports
Valorant breaks into esports with its first tournament hosted by ESPN
First ever televised tournament for a game still in beta testing
Twitch suspends streamer for discharging a firearm on air
Keep your booger hook off the bang switch, Son