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2 weeks ago | 
esportsinsider.com | Davide Xu
Esports Awards has announced the Decade Awards, a special edition of the awards show that celebrates the icons, teams and moments that have defined the esports industry over the last 10 years. The special edition will see the evaluation window focus on long-term impact, consistency and influence across esports. The Decade Awards will have a total of 14 categories, including Esports Game of the Decade, Streamer of the Decade, Esports Team of the Decade and more.
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2 weeks ago | 
hotspawn.com | Davide Xu |Nicholas James |Ethan Cohen
With LoL esports entering the midway point of the 2025 season, here are the best top laners of recent times, ahead of the second international tournament of the year, the Mid-Season Invitational.
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1 month ago | 
esportsinsider.com | Davide Xu
Armor King has been confirmed to be the next DLC character for Tekken 8 during popular FGC game festival Combo Breaker 2025. Shown during the full trailer for Fahkumram, Armor King will be making its debut in the Autumn as a season 2 character. The official date for the release, however, has yet to be revealed.
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1 month ago | 
esportsinsider.com | Davide Xu
The first-ever Esports World Cup (EWC) VALORANT tournament will feature 16 teams competing for a share of its $1.25m (~£922,918) prize pool. On top of the prize money, the representatives from the four VCT regions (Americas, EMEA, China, and Pacific) will square off for crucial Club Championship points, which will increase the esports organisations’ chances to earn extra prize money.
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1 month ago | 
esportsinsider.com | Davide Xu
European esports organisation Team Vitality has continued its dominant streak in the Counter-Strike 2 (CS2) scene by winning Intel Extreme Masters (IEM) Dallas 2025. Taking place at the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Centre in Texas, Team Vitality defeated MOUZ with a clean 3-0 victory, taking revenge for last year’s result where the team finished runner-ups. Mathieu ‘ZywOo’ Herbaut won the Most Valuable Player (MVP) award, extending his collection to 26.
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1 month ago | 
esportsinsider.com | Davide Xu
North American esports organisation Evil Geniuses (EG) has announced it will allow its VALORANT team to compete in the Esports World Cup (EWC), but will not do any coverage on EWC-related matches. EG made its stance clear through a public statement posted on X, stating that the organisation will only be supporting the team from a “competitive standpoint only”.
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1 month ago | 
esportsinsider.com | Davide Xu
Call of Duty’s World Series of Warzone (WSOW) has announced its return for 2025, with top trios fighting for a share of its $1m (~£741,688) prize pool. The competition will see qualifiers take place globally starting on June 20th, via the In-Game Open, as players begin their journey to lock a spot at the WSOW Grand Final. The Call of Duty: Warzone 2025 WSOW season will be based on Verdansk, the game’s first map, which was brought back last month.
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1 month ago | 
hotspawn.com | Jordan Ashley |Davide Xu
In Chapter 6 of the game, more and more players need to grind XP in Fortnite to actually make it through each season. Fortnite’s Battle Pass used to be fairly easy to complete at a leisurely place, with plenty of quests and only 100 tiers of rewards. It’s not as easy anymore, pretty much everyone ends up having to grind XP in Fortnite if they don’t want to play constantly. The new Pass and quest system incentivizes players to grind every day.
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1 month ago | 
esportsinsider.com | Davide Xu
Last year’s Mobile Legends: Bang Bang (MLBB) M6 World Championship generated over €115m (~£97.12m) in brand value for its partners, according to a report by esports data company Shikenso Analytics. In the report, the total value included €63.4M (~£53.5m) from streaming platforms and €51.8M (~£44.37M) through social media exposure. Shikenso and MOONTON Games, MLBB’s developer, joined forces ahead of the M6 World Championship to track partner performance through real-time insights.
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1 month ago | 
hotspawn.com | Davide Xu
Mid lane used to be the primary carry role in League of Legends, scaling into a major damage dealer by collecting the majority of the resources. Over the years, however, the mid lane role lost a bit of its carry potential in favor of putting more emphasis on coordinating with the rest of the team to capture key objectives or make proactive plays. That said, knowing which are the champions to play in each patch is key to climbing the ladder.
