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Mortal Kombat Suffers Fatality, Gets Dropped From The Biggest Fighting Game Tournament Of The Year

Evo 2026 is shaking things up

By Ethan Gach Published December 10, 2025

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Street Fighter 6 Fans Can’t Believe Capcom Wants Them To Pay To Watch The Finals

The Capcom Cup is going pay-per-view and players are dumbfounded

By Ethan Gach Published September 30, 2025

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Overwatch 2 Esports Is So Back, Baby

The Overwatch Champions Series will allow players to create their own teams across three regions in an attempt to win it all in Sweden this year

By Alyssa Mercante Published January 23, 2024

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How to Become An Overwatch-er

Inside the Wildest (and Most Inspiring) Year of Overwatch League

By G/O Media Studios for Overwatch League Published January 12, 2024

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How K-Pop Made League of Legends Immortal

Or, how a game transcends the medium to become a broader cultural phenomenon

George Yang Published December 6, 2023

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The Overwatch League Grand Finals Were Both Beautiful And Depressing

The 2023 Grand Finals could very well be the end of the esports league, and the vibes were both sad and strange

By Alyssa Mercante Published October 2, 2023

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Blind Street Fighter 6 Player Steals Fighting Game Tournament’s Hearts

Sven "BlindWarriorSven" Van de Wege, who's been blind since he was six years old, impressed at this year's EVO

By Levi Winslow Published August 7, 2023

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Pro Street Fighter V Player Calls Out Major Tourney’s ‘Shitty’ Setup

Pro Street Fighter V player Punk called out a widespread problem with this year's setup at EVO Japan

By Levi Winslow Published April 3, 2023

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One Of Call of Duty: Warzone 2.0’s Biggest Streamer Is Taking A Break

Aydan Conrad thought that season two didn’t bring enough content

By Sisi Jiang Published March 28, 2023

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All-Women Pro Apex Legends Squad Won’t Listen To Haters, Lets Gameplay Do The Talking

Laurice ‘GuhRL’ Habibi, Isabella ‘Avuhlie’ Rivera, Kornelia ‘Sabz’ Zawistowska, and Jane ‘Janey’ Newstead on making TSM history

By Alyssa Mercante Published March 27, 2023

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Top Smash Ultimate Player Throws Controller At Tournament, Sparks ‘Privilege’ Discourse

The game's community is now at each other's throats over the way Riddles reacted to his loss at Genesis 9

By Levi Winslow Published January 23, 2023

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Smash Bros. Tournament Fiasco Has Players Boycotting Events

Nintendo’s doing what Nintendo usually does, and people aren’t too happy about it

By Levi Winslow Published November 30, 2022

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Teenage Mad Lad Immediately Leaves After Crushing Street Fighter V Tourney

EndingWalker, Europe's top Ed player, said he was 'overwhelmed' by the victory

By Levi Winslow Published November 18, 2022

Image: Arc System Works / Kotaku / Chip Somodevilla (Getty)

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For Years, ‘Joe Biden’ Has Silently Been Crushing This Fighting Game

It's not the president, no matter how much you think Dark Brandon is rising in Guilty Gear XX Accent Core Plus R

By Levi Winslow Published October 28, 2022

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Tekken 7 Player Competes In Tournament With Big-Ass Buster Sword Controller

Syn said he had the 50-pound fight stick replica of Cloud’s iconic FF7 sword on his back for 'about 14 hours'

By Levi Winslow Published August 22, 2022

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Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Competitive Community Really Hates Steve From Minecraft

Onin took SmashCon 2022’s first-place trophy, and the community isn’t too happy about that

By Levi Winslow Published August 15, 2022

Screenshot: ESL Counter-Strike / IEM Katowice / Kotaku

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CSGO Pro Loses Tournament, Gives $33K To The Ukrainian Army Like A Champ Anyway

Aleksandr “s1mple” Kostyliev gave an emotional speech at IEM Katowice tournament

By Levi Winslow Published February 28, 2022

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Yikes, Top DOTA 2 Team Gets Covid A Week Before $40M Tourney

Three of Team Aster’s five players, plus their coach, have tested positive

By Renata Price Published September 29, 2021

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Guilty Gear Player Wins Match During Earthquake

Some minor shaking wasn’t enough to keep this Evo champ from victory

By Ian Walker Published September 20, 2021

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Maybe Don’t Challenge Justin Wong To A $10,000 Marvel vs. Capcom 2 Match

I respect the hustle, but you don’t just call out the god of MvC2

By Ian Walker Published September 7, 2021