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This week Hero Pool only affects the Overwatch League. Reaper, Ashe, Reinhardt and Brigitte won't be available during the competition matches.

FNCS Solo Open Qualifier didn't run smoothly this weekend. Some pros call for a remake of at least one of the two sessions: some players would have used cheat and/or aimbot programs.

The announcement was made live by Neo, the boss of the French organization: Austrian player Stompy joins Vitality. This is the first international recruitment for their Fortnite roster.

With Hyp and Kruise departures, Paris Eternal needed new support recruits. It's now done with the arrival of Kwon "Fielder" Joon, a young player from the Korean Contenders.

With departures affecting many teams, transfer window has started to substitute some players. This is the case of Kruise, former Paris Eternal main healer, replacing Kellex for Toronto Defiant.

The Fortnite Champion Series Invitational is the new surprise tournament organized for the end of Chapter 2 Season 2. The best players from each region will compete in Solos for a total of $2 million prize pool.

The Overwatch League seems to have been in trouble for the past few weeks. The departure of San Francisco Shock's star player Sinatraa was certainly proof of this emergency situation. That's why Overwatch Esports Vice President, Jon Spector, discusses the current state of the league.

The spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus continues to impact the esports and video game industries. Here are just some of the events cancelled or postponed as a result.

In a fresh round of esports event postponements, both Valve and DreamHack have announced that several 2020 events have been impacted by the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic. This includes Dota 2's The International and DreamHack Summer.

Fortnite has unveiled its plans for official competitions in 2020 — including FNCS, Cash Cups and World Cup. Epic Games is coming with information for all these tournaments and, despite the circumstances, it's not all bad news.

We now know what will happen to Fortnite's most anticipated competition. 2020 World Cup won't take place due to the global coronavirus crisis.

Having broadcast most esport events on just about every game for many years now, Twitch has just added an Esports section to its user interface. The opportunity to target content directly if you are a competition lover.

While a large majority of the Overwatch League teams had already shut down their Contenders roster, Team Envy — Dallas Fuel Academic team — has just decided to do the same.

It's news that has shocked the entire Overwatch scene. Overwatch League and 2019 World Cup MVP Jay 'Sinatraa' Won is retiring from the game to pursue a career in Valorant, Riot Games' new competitive FPS.

G2 Esports had announced its Valorant European Brawl. Eight regions had compete against each other during one day of competition. Team Nordics wins the tournament and €10,000.

Day two of the Chicago Home Series is all wrapped up. Find out what unfolded in the second day of competition in this article.

In these complicated times, when the coronavirus poses a lot of problems, visas are more complicated to obtain. This is the case for neptuNo who will have to leave Seoul. Wya may have the same problem soon.

After four days of thrilling action, the ePremier League Invitational tournament came to a close. Pro footballers have competed for their clubs to be crowned the best FIFA 20 player in the Premier League and help raise money for #PlayersTogether, with Wolves' Diogo Jota emerging victorious.

The opening day of action at the Chicago Home Series is done and dusted. Find out what happened as well as the shock results of the tournament so far.

We finally have information on Valorant's upcoming competitive mode. Patch 0.49 will introduce ranked to the beta, starting with Europe and North America.