Excel Esports founder and current Los Ratones general manager Kieran Holmes-Darby will appear on Season 2 of Love is Blind.

The 28-year-old is one of the male contestants on the UK version of the reality television show on Netflix.

The original US version is ranked as the most-watched streaming original series of all time.

You are seeing this correctly friends, my brother @KieranHDarby is starring in the upcoming second season of @LoveisBlindShow UK, coming soon on @netflix https://t.co/FKr6j8gU6W pic.twitter.com/35yyeMGCou

— Joel (@JoelHDarby) July 30, 2025

Kieran will be part of a cast that has an equal number of single men and women, all looking for love.

Continue reading Los Ratones general manager Kieran Holmes-Darby to appear on Love is Blind

The Mobile Legends: Bang Bang (MLBB) Mid Season Cup, held as part of MLBB Esports World Cup tournaments, has already peaked at almost 1.9 million viewers. 

Incredibly popular in South-East Asia, MLBB regularly attracts extremely high viewership figures. Its global popularity has made the Mid Season Cup one of the most popular tournaments at the Esports World Cup, outshining esports such as Valorant and League of Legends.

If MLBB is so big, why do Western countries often not hear about it?

Continue reading MLBB Esports World Cup viewership surges, eclipsing other EWC tournaments

The United Kingdom Ministry of Defence (MoD) has announced “a new first-of-its-kind” esports tournament to develop knowledge and skills.

Continue reading UK Ministry of Defence targets “critical cyber skills” in esports collaboration

The much-anticipated update to Valorant, migrating the esports title to Unreal Engine 5, has arrived. It comes with a significant download and system requirement changes, leaving gamers wondering how it affects performance.

Continue reading Valorant migrates to Unreal Engine 5 in update – Does it hurt performance?

Marvel Rivals has announced Twitch drops associated with Marvel Rivals Ignite 2025: Mid-Season Finals, starting August 6.

Continue reading Marvel Rivals Ignite 2025: Mid-Season Finals to have Twitch drops

The Pokémon TCG Pocket Wisdom of Sea and Sky expansion is officially out as of today with all-new Johto cards.

However, the release day excitement has been dampened after it was discovered that immersive Ho-Oh EX featured stolen fan art.

One of the rarest cards in the expansion featured artwork that had traced over 2021 work created by fan-artist lanjiujiu.

The new Pokémon TCG Pocket Immersive Ho-Oh artwork appears to be traced from 2021 fan-art by lanjiujiu.

Continue reading Pokémon TCG Pocket removes stole immersive Ho-oh and Lugia art

An 8.8 magnitude earthquake off the south-east coast of Russia has brought about Tsunami waves that have disrupted the rollout of Elden Ring Nightreign’s 1.02 patch

Continue reading Elden Ring Nightreign two-player co-op delayed due to Tsunami warning

Patch 25.15 Notes have been released for League of Legends.

The latest update is part of the Spirit Blossom Beyond season and will see the release of the Spirit Blossom Springs skins for Ahri, Sona, Sett, Teemo, and Volibear.

It also sees much-needed changes to the death screen on the Koeshin’s Crossing map and the return of the ARURF mode.

There’s also a huge change to Baron, which should help junglers in Smite battles, especially in pro play.

Continue reading Tank support nerfs and huge Baron change in League of Legends 25.15 patch notes

Riot Games has revealed the new set for Teamfight Tactics (TFT), K.O. Coliseum with the 15.1 patch notes.

The update sees the release of Power Ups, unique to each champion, and the Role Revamp as well as some quality of life updates.

Here is everything coming to the game on Wednesday, July 30th, with the huge 15.1 TFT patch.

And remember, you can bet on the $500k (£375k) TFT tournament at the Esports World Cup next month on esports betting sites.

Continue reading Teamfight Tactics K.O. Coliseum is out! 15.1 patch notes

Vladislav Artemiev, rating 2748, was taking on fellow Grandmaster Levon Aronian, rating 2812, in Chess at the Esports World Cup when his heart rate reached a stratospheric 168 bpm in the contest in Riyadh. Faced with no time left on the clock, the Russian rushed to take his moves before ultimately running out of time and losing Game 1 of their contest.

Chess’s roots date back to the 7th Century, but the Esports World Cup has introduced a number of modern measures to spice up the Chess tournament at the event.

Continue reading Chess player’s heart rate tops out at 168bpm in opening clash at Esports World Cup; Carlsen and Hikaru win opening matches