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Expansion Draft Order for NBA 2K League Following the confirmation of a couple of innovative franchises plus protected players, the draft order for the league draft plus the expansion draft was released by the NBA 2K League on Friday afternoon. Hornets Venom GT is going to have an initial pick of the expansion draft, which will help them to take the top position in the NBA 2K League Draft for the year 2020 by getting the better of Gen.G. Wizards District Gaming. A lottery system was announced by the NBA 2K League for determining the draft order for both these…

Could Esports Come to the Olympics? A couple of years ago the idea might have sounded ludicrous. The Olympics is considered to be the finest test of human athletic ability. Where would esports even fit in? However, esports could become an Olympic event sooner than you think. The idea to include esports events at the Olympics was initially discussed way back in 2016. The summer Olympics in Rio that year featured an e-games “exhibition.” Contrary to what it was called, the event included some eight teams of international players competing at pro-level in games like Super Smash Brothers Wii U.…

Esports May Come to High Schools, Already Expanding at Colleges Forget swimming, what if your high school offered esports as an extracurricular “athletic” activity? While some may laugh, that’s the dream of Jordan Zietz, a 17-year-old entrepreneur who wants to bring esports competitions to high schools. Esports competitions are already making headway at American colleges and universities, with some even offering scholarships to e-athletes. Central Connecticut State University is the latest to join the scene. Read more about how esports is expanding to become more like traditional sports below: An Esports League Just for High Schoolers All-Star eSports League, which…

Blizzard Announces Shakeups, Possible Nerfs, and New Features for Hearthstone Blizzard Announces Shakeups, Possible Nerfs, and New Features for Hearthstone Blizzard recently announced possibly major new changes to Hearthstone, the developer’s competitive card game companion to World of Warcraft. Hearthstone’s latest expansion, the “Tombs of Terror,” is currently underway. Blizzard is not planning on introducing impromptu changes to the latest expansion, but future additions may undergo notable changes. Shakeup Coming to Standard Cards Blizzard has big plans to return a number of Wild cards back to Standard, which could have huge implications for competitive gameplay. Early announcements indicate that 23…

Plans Underway for ESPN-Style Esports Network Traditional sports have ESPN, a network television channel where fans can watch any type of non-digital sport they like. Could there be an ESPN just for esports? A number of gaming luminaries have teamed up to create a TV dedicated just for esports. The new channel will be called VENN, short for Video Game Entertainment and News Network. VENN has so far raised about $17 million in an initial round of investment funding, the Associated Press reported. VENN is so far off to a good start, being backed by some of the biggest gaming…

Surprising Win at the Overwatch Grand Finals Season 2 San Francisco Shock became the winning team of the second season of Overwatch Grand Finals. The team’s Hyobin “Choihyobin” Choi won the MVP title. Closer than Expected Match San Francisco Shock won 23-5 against the Vancouver Titans, who scored 25-3, in an action-packed close call match. Titans played a hard game, but Shock managed to hold onto all their maps, aided by a final improvised move that helped them overcome their well-matched competitors. The tight match is not surprising considering the two teams have been going head to head in…

Season 3 of Apex Legends commences October 1st Respawn ended up dropping a number of hotly predicted as well as much leaked particulars regarding the subsequent season of Apex Legends. Meltdown, which happens to be one more name for Season 3, is going to deliver the innovative legend Crypto along with the Charge Rifle which is a comparatively new one. One very important thing that we would like to mention here is that there is going to be a modest alteration in the ranked mode matchmaking plus scoring in the Season 3 Apex Legends. This particular declaration was made by…

Australia Investigates Esports Teams over Match Fixing and Mafia Links The Australian government is currently investigating at least two esports tournament teams over allegations of match fixing and corruption, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) reported. Counter-Strike E-Athletes Arrested over Match Fixing Allegations The police in the Australia state of Victoria have issued arrest warrants for members of a local Counter-Strike: Global Offensive team for match fixing at a low-tier tournament. ABC described the team as semi-professionals. The team came under fire for allegedly throwing a CS:GO match played in the ESEA-Mountain Dew League back in February. As the game continued,…

DOTA 2 and Tekken 7 Adds New Characters DOTA 2 and Tekken 7 Adds New Characters Brand new characters are arriving at the end of the year to DOTA 2 and Tekken 7, their developers announced. While some specifics and exact release dates remain under wraps, character names and some powers have been revealed. DOTA 2 Adds Two New Characters for Fall 2019 DOTA 2 will add two brand new characters to its already massive roster of toons players can choose. The first announced Snapfire is an elderly goblin grandma who rides a cute dragon-lizard and likes baking cookies. The…

Switch Becomes More Competitive with Overwatch and Smash Bros The highly competitive team-based hero shooter, Overwatch, will soon be coming to Nintendo Switch, as announced at the Nintendo Direct presentation yesterday. It comes as something of a surprise as Blizzard hasn’t exactly been too keen to develop on Nintendo’s handheld platform, but nevertheless, it’s happening on 15 October. In fact, Jeff Kaplan, Blizzard’s Overwatch director, said last year that they would be open to a Switch port, but admitted that “it would be a challenge”. However, that is something that should be put in the past, because it’s here and…