League of Legends has shared a dev update outlining its plans to bring WASD controls to the game, in what has been called “the biggest change in the game’s history” by members of the community. LoL will be adding WASD “in the next few patches.”

Riot outlined their reasoning in the dev video, as well as the implementation and the intentions behind the change, stating that the intention is to capture new players who are not used to League’s idiosyncratic control scheme.

Continue reading WASD controls are coming to League; Community loses its minds

Heroic have announced that EWC 2025 will be Andrey ‘tN1R’ Tatarinovich’s last appearance with the organisation due to an unknown organisation triggering his buyout clause.

According to the self-titled “CIS influencer,” harumi, tN1R will be heading to Team Spirit with Major-winning anchor, Myroslav ‘zont1x’ Plakhotia, losing his spot in the lineup. If so, Spirit will have to make adjustments to their roles, with tN1R typically taking more active positions.

tN1R will be tasked with bringing more firepower to the Spirit roster, who have traditionally lived or died based on the performances of their rifling prodigy Danil ‘donk’ Kryshkovets.

Continue reading Where does tN1R’s exit leave Heroic?

Fragadelphia’s October LAN, Frag x BLOCK2, has sold out in a matter of minutes, with several prominent orgs snapping up tickets to the Philadelphia LAN, many of whom are EU teams.

In the VRS system, all LANs benefit from a modifier called “LAN factor.” This metric makes LAN wins hugely valuable to the ranking system, resulting in EPIC.LAN 45 attracting FUT, Iberian Soul, The Last Resort and others, and Fragadelphia x LVL UP EXPO 2025 attracting eventual winners NiP.

Continue reading NA scene shares mixed reactions to EU invasion of Fragadelphia

Despite VCT EMEA Ascension teams struggling to gain any traction in the Pro League, Nongshim RedForce is bucking the trend in the Pacific region. 

Are they an example of the Ascension system working, or are they still victims of Valorant’s tough promotion system?

Nongshim RedForce clutch Group Stage success

They may not have finished at the top of their group, but third place was enough to secure them a spot in the VCT Pacific Playoffs. 

Nongshim RedForce achieved three wins against two losses in Group Alpha, winning eight maps and losing five across the four weeks.

Continue reading Nongshim RedForce are due to start their VCT Playoffs journey, but is this a win for Ascension or a continuation of the brutal promotion system?

ESL have confirmed that Katowice’s iconic Spodek arena will return to the Counter-Strike fray as the host of ESL Pro League Season 24 for the playoffs of the event. The ESL Pro League Season 2024 Finals will be a three-day event, spanning from October 9-11.

The news confirms what fans had long expected. After ESL announced “that Katowice would ‘Counter-Strike is returning to Katowice & the Spodek Arena in 2026” on a Twitter/X post in July, savvy CS fans deduced that it likely meant Pro League would be hosted at the venue, as they were the only ESL events not to have an announced venue as of the date.

Continue reading ESL confirm Katowice as ESL Pro League Season 24 venue; First arena Pro League since 2019

Battlefield 6’s first open weekend has ended. As the world waits for the Battlefield 6 Open Beta to reopen on Thursday, Darragh Harbinson records his experience with the game and what to look forward to in Open Beta Weekend #2.

Jumping into Early Access on August 7, I had a hard shell of scepticism surrounding my expectations. Of course, I had seen Battlefield 6’s esports-style Multiplayer Launch Event and knew that most esports pros and content creators had a positive experience, but after seeing so many ugly launches, especially for Unreal Engine 5 games, I managed my expectations.

Continue reading BF6 Hands-on: Battlefield 6 has justified the hype, but can it keep its players?

Battlefield 6 has already broken beta records, hitting over 500,000 concurrent players on Steam in its first few days. 

Amid this success, former Blizzard President Mike Ybarra claimed that the game will “boot stomp” Call of Duty this year. Is this claim likely to hold weight, or will Call of Duty retain its position as a pillar of the FPS genre?

Comparisons between Battlefield 6 and Call of Duty show classic titles may fall behind the curve

In his critical post, former Blizzard President Mike Ybarra is firing shots at the game titles formerly under his leadership.

Continue reading Battlefield 6 vs Call of Duty: is the FPS genre hitting a new standard?

It’s Week 6 at the Esports World Cup, and that officially means we’re at the business end of the seven-week event. EWC Week 6 sees Tekken 8, Rocket League, PUBG, and TFT all in action in Riyadh.

We have all the info to keep you up-to-date with what’s happening at the Esports World Cup.

Rocket League at EWC 2025

Date: August 14-17
Prize pool: $1,010,000
First place: $400,000

Format:
Group Stage: Four groups of four, double-elimination.

Continue reading Week 6 at EWC: Tekken 8, Rocket League, PUBG, and TFT formats

The BLAST Bounty Fall LAN kicks off at BLAST Arena Studios on August 14th. 

Eight teams are set to fight for the title and complete their Bounty prize pool. Which teams are most likely to end the week as winners?

BLAST Bounty Fall LAN qualified teams

Eight teams qualified for the BLAST Bounty Fall LAN through the Closed Qualifier. All Closed Qualifier teams were selected by the VRS (Valve Regional Standings) Global System. 

Continue reading BLAST Bounty Fall LAN: Which teams qualified, and who should you watch?

One wonders whether the reality of Tier 3 may be setting in for s1mple, with anti-cheat issues being only the tip of the iceberg in terms of “what online gaming is all about.”

Continue reading s1mple: “now we know what online gaming is all about.” Is the reality of Tier 3 setting in for s1mple?