• Gwent, Elder Scrolls Legends & Shadowverse: Challengers to Hearthstone

    Gwent, Elder Scrolls Legends & Shadowverse: Challengers to Hearthstone

    Many trading/collectible card games have been released in the past years, yet the number of games with success is very low with notable exceptions of Magic: the Gathering and Yu-Gi-Oh!. This fate has been broken by Hearthstone, incredibly successful title of Blizzard Entertainment, and attracted many other companies in...
  • Rift Rivals 2017 Finals: How TSM Dismantled UOL

    Europe did not have a great four days at Rift Rivals by any stretch of the imagination. With a grand total of six wins and twelve losses in the group stages, their representative, Unicorns of Love, held half of their wins, and looked to prove that they were just...
  • Phoenix1 vs Immortals - NA LCS Week 5

    Phoenix1 vs Immortals: How to Make Immortals Bleed

    We enter week 5 of the NA LCS, as we move on from week 4. It was predicted as a one-sided slaughter. It wasn’t even supposed to be a contest. With the first ranked team versus the bottom tier of the ladder, Phoenix1 shouldn’t have even posed a challenge....
  • Competitive PlayerUnknown's BattleGrounds: Rough Path to Esports

    Competitive PlayerUnknown’s BattleGrounds: Rough Path to Esports

    With the full game still having to be released, PlayerUnknown’s BattleGrounds (PUBG) is making huge waves in the gaming community. With millions of copies sold in the Alpha/Beta, with no end in sight, many are wondering how long until PUBG becomes the new emerging competitive Esport game. Although many would...
  • Magic The Gathering vs Hearthstone

    Magic The Gathering vs Hearthstone: Comparing the Competitive Scene

    In the previous article we have discussed the rigour of the Hearthstone Championship Tour 2017. In this article we are going to compare the competitive scene of Magic The Gathering vs Hearthstone. Why Compare Magic The Gathering vs Hearthstone? Magic: The Gathering is one of the well-known card games...
  • Becoming the Best Hearthstone Player

    Becoming the Best Hearthstone Player: An Ardous Journey

    In 2016, eSports are expected to generate revenues of $500 million and have around 150 million viewers. As a market with potential growth and full of business opportunities, the companies are watching closely the eSports scene. In the recent years, there have been significant acquisitions such as Amazon buying...
  • CLG vs Immortals

    CLG vs Immortals: Battle for the Throne and What We Learnt

    The opening match of week 4 of the NA LCS had a lot riding on it, as we move on from week 3 . Both Counter Logic Gaming and Immortals had quite a bit to prove, as they had much to disprove as well from their past seasons. With...
  • CEO 2017: Super Smash Bros Melee Tournament Roundup

    Super Smash Bros Melee at CEO 2017 was an experience. While the ending was a bit predictable, the journey through the tournament was exciting and worth taking – just as we discussed in our tournament preview. Upsets happened from pools on up, and some lesser known players got to...
  • Junkrat Trump Card in Overwatch Competitive Match

    EnvyUs vs X6: Junkrat and Unpredictability in Competitive Overwatch

    Key Round is a series of articles in which I analyze one round that shaped an entire match. Following our first post on the East Meets West showdown (Lunatic Hai vs Rogue), we recap how a Junkrat surprise pick turned the tables in a Overwatch competitive match between EnvyUs and X6-Gaming (Apex’s Season 3,...