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Boy, there's just a level of smarm on display...

Blizzard finally decides to ban the college Hearthstone team that called for a Blizzard boycott too

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Did it bother you that Blizzard had punished Blitzchung over his Hong Kong liberation stunt but planned to permit American University players who similarly...

Blade & Soul’s latest update brings Halloween, crafting system updates, and new PvP equipment

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I was pretty sure the only major thing coming soon to Blade & Soul was the game's Halloween event, but the patch notes that...
Please come back.

World of Warcraft: Classic is getting Dire Maul today ahead of the rest of Phase 2

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Sorry, guy; you might know Mordenkainen's Magical Watchdog, but you never actually said you were casting it, so now there's ogres. Among other things, anyhow. Yes, World...
We're the good guys this week, right? No? Well, we're going anyway.

Rumor: Riot is working on an anime and digital card game based on League of Legends

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Are you ready to explore the rich lore of Runeterra? Because you - wait, what do you mean "what the heck is a Runeterra?"...

Blizzard solves its ‘one company, two policies’ problem by hiding pro players and canceling an event

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While many gamers are now looking ahead to BlizzCon for its reveals after the Hearthstone Hong Kong esports fiasco, I'm far more curious about...
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Blizzard finally addresses Hong Kong esports fiasco, reducing bans and reinstating prize money

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All week, we've been covering the absolute chaos surrounding the punishment of pro Hearthstone esports player Ng “blitzchung” Wai Chung, whom Blizzard banned along...

League of Legends tells casters and pro players to avoid ‘sensitive issues’ at the World Champs

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So Riot's not having a good week with the whole China thing either. While the League of Legends studio was able to successfully fend off...

Blizzard won’t punish the US college Hearthstone players who protested in support of Blitzchung – so they quit

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On Wednesday, we reported that a Hearthstone collegiate team from American University in Washington, D.C., had staged a brief protest in support of Hong...

Analysts fret over Blizzard’s prospects following wildly unpopular ban of Hong Kong Hearthstone esports star

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Anger over the "international incident" sparked by Blizzard's ban of a Hong Kong Hearthstone pro player and apparent firing of two Taiwanese commentators over...

Previewing KurtzPel’s new character, Lime, plus a peek at the patch and 2v2 tourneys

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KOG Games' early access MMO KurtzPel is due for a big patch, as we noted this past weekend, and it's coming in the form...
Just absolute galaxy brain

WoW Factor: The shabby ethics of Blizzard’s ‘Hong Kong liberation’ ban

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Hooo boy, this was not an article I really expected to write this week. So, by now everyone's surely seen the news that Blizzard banned...

Blizzard bans Hearthstone esports player and fires casters over pro-Hong Kong protest

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I suppose it was just a matter of time before the current Chinese political mess spilled over into gaming, but it's done so now:...

San Francisco Shock wins the 2019 Overwatch League Grand Finals and $1.1M in a clean sweep

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The 2019 season of the Overwatch League came to a close with yesterday's grand finals, which saw the #1-ranked Vancouver Titans square off against...
I do crimes.

Australian police are investigating crimes linked to an Overwatch esports team

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The obvious old joke to be made was that if esports were real sports, they'd be linked to organized crime. Alas, the joke no longer...
I got your thing.

Fight or Kite: Guild Wars 2 PvP – where good intentions and stubbornness meet

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Earlier this month, Guild Wars 2 Game Director Mike Zadorojny had an interview with PCGamesN in which he discussed a number of items - most...

Not So Massively: How unrealistic expectations hobbled Heroes of the Storm

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I find myself in the odd position of feeling compelled to both defend and criticize Heroes of the Storm. The game's taken a huge...

WoW Classic: Character transfers, new realms, Twitch records, and most popular classes

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If you thought that the second week of WoW Classic's operation would be any less hectic than the first, you're in for some disappointment....

World of Warcraft Classic now has its world-first level 60 player

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The rush to endgame in World of Warcraft Classic has crowned the first person to cross the finish line. After a marathon of 79...

Leaderboard: Do you buy the ‘Grand Daybreak Unification’ theory?

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Yesterday, MMO blogger Wilhelm Arcturus of The Ancient Gaming Noob dropped a fun conspiracy theory in the comments of our piece on EVE Online...

Mechwarrior Online shares details for the unofficial player-run 2019 Comp Championship Series

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Did you know that EVO, the massive fighting game esports tournament, started as a smaller community thing? Back then it was called Battle by...

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