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Kalshi’s esports markets traded $231.8 million across 4.05 million individual trades in June 2026, spread across 28 distinct series covering seven titles. With the danger of sounding like I’m flogging a dead horse, the $231.8 million traded does not equal total money risked, such is the nature of…
Evo Vegas happened just this week, and while the tournament was a great success with lots of announcements benefiting the fighting game community, it also highlighted a growing pain point for the scene. Let’s start with a positive! Evo intends to support locals around the world, essentially…
The fourth Major of the Call of Duty League (CDL) season brought an end to Call of Duty: Black Ops 7’s regular season, a season that has proven to be one of the most competitive since Activision’s first-person shooter switched to a franchised model. For the first time in nine years, Call of Duty’s…
The Esports Foundation (EF) and Sony Group Corporation have announced an expanded collaboration for the Esports World Cup 2026 (EWC), taking place in Paris, France from July 6 through August
BLAST, a competitive entertainment company focused on esports, has announced more than $133 million in revenue for 2025, representing more than 40% year-over-year growth. The company says it remained profitable
Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves burst onto the fighting game scene in April 2025 just in time to build up the hype ahead of Evo Vegas that summer. It took one of the Main Stage spots, and the Top 8 was insanely fun to watch due to the veteran players giving it their all … Continued
I have never been a fan of 2XKO. I’ve made that pretty clear in my recent debate with my colleague over the survival of 2XKO. Hint: I said it won’t make it past 2027. However, this was based on Riot’s shortcomings in the game’s launch and marketing strategy, as well as the dwindling number of ……
There has been a lot of chatter about Evo Vegas losing its prestige. Even Arslan Ash himself has mentioned this before. After a Saudi Arabian company purchased Evo and announced a massive circuit expansion, many pros and fans felt the hype around the event was dying. Once the culmination of the…
Nicolas Maurer can’t quite remember the name of the tournament. A small Call of Duty LAN – somewhere in Paris – the kind where the musk of stale energy drinks and hum of a room full of machines linger longer than the name – left its mark on the man who would go on to … Continued
The Esports Foundation has named OBSBOT the Official Camera and Webcam Partner for the Esports World Cup 2026, bringing the company’s AI-powered imaging technology to the event this summer in
A new multi-country study from ESL FACEIT Group, Hero Esports, and Niko Partners estimates that 400 million Gen Z consumers regularly engage with esports, underscoring the growing influence of competitive
I’ll admit, I was skeptical of Invincible VS. Not because it looked particularly bad or anything, but because I feel we already have too many fighting games in the esports scene already. However, my mind was completely changed at Evo Vegas 2026. First, I had the opportunity to play the game, which…
Riot Games has officially added streaming platform KICK to its global roster of broadcast partners, expanding digital distribution, co-streaming opportunities, and community engagement for its competitive esports portfolios.
Riot’s 2v2 fighter 2XKO had the spotlight at Evo Vegas 2026 as one of the games on the Main Stage thanks to its impressive number of competitors. Out of those 1,080 fighters, Jo’siah “Hikari” Miller came out on top. The Top 8 for 2XKO was stacked. Dominique “SonicFox” McLean and Lenwood “Inzem”…
Nobody would be surprised to see Saul Leonardo “MenaRD” Mena II win the Street Fighter 6 tournament at Evo Vegas 2026. He’s considered one of the best SF6 players in the world right now. However, his journey to Evo this year was totally out of the ordinary for him. Luckily, MenaRD has the right…
VALORANT Masters London concluded on June 21st with a five-map thriller between Pacific’s Paper Rex and VCT Americas’ Leviatán. But it wasn’t the event favorite, comprised of a loyal core of VCT legends, that lifted the Masters London trophy in the end. It was Leviatán who came out on top with a…
Strike Fighter League (SFL), a professional air combat digital sport combining flight simulation with physical immersion, has announced its second Online Tournament Series (OTS-2), broadcasting live from Las Vegas on
Viewership is frequently used to determine whether a notable esports tournament is a success or a failure. High figures often grab the headlines, with some tournaments peaking at several million viewers, matching or exceeding those of traditional sporting spectacles. Between June 19th and 21st…
Tundra Esports exiting Dota 2 this year was definitely not on our bingo cards. The roster has already won four trophies this season and remains a solid top-five team in the world, but Tundra still decided to sell its roster to 1win Team before the Esports World Cup and The International. Naturally…
Strike Fighter League (SFL) is the world’s first professional air combat digital sport that combines elite human performance and physical immersion with cutting edge simulation — creating an entirely new
