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A huge misplay by Bart Van Etten at the Modern Horizons 3 Pro Tour in Amsterdam has cost him a chance to play at the Magic: The Gathering World Championship, allowing Javier Dominguez to advance into the top eight.  The Modern format in MTG contains wild decks that can end games by turn three. Between all the various combinations builds can pull off, it’s easy to cheat or make a mistake. Round 13 of the MH3 Pro Tour in Amsterdam showcased such a mishap in what could have been a mistake or cheating. Bart Van Etten of the Netherlands was…

Evo has set a new record today after surpassing over 10,000 unique in-person competitors for its massive game lineup, making it the largest show in the event’s history. This year’s event is happening at the Las Vegas Convention Center from July 19 to 21 and features eight flagship titles. Of the games on offer, Evo told Online Esports in a press release that the event also features the largest bracket in franchise history for three games in particular: Tekken 8, Granblue Fantasy Versus: Rising, and Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike. Evo didn’t give the exact numbers for these games, though.…

Change is upon us in the LCS with Riot Games’ 2025 announcement. These changes will see the dawning of a new era in competitive League of Legends, with the LCS, LLA, and CBLoL merging to form a new Americas league. The reactions from the community have been a fairly mixed bag since the Riot announcement was first made. For North America, it’s an opportunity to correct the errors of the past. For South America, it’s an unwelcome change. But what do the players think? During the opening weeks of LCS Summer Split, Online Esports collected the thoughts of Busio, Olleh,…

Nitr0’s highly anticipated return to Counter-Strike 2 has been abruptly halted, with late negotiations with American organization M80 reportedly falling through at the last hurdles.  Despite extensive signing talks behind the scenes, the two sides have not been able to finalize a contract agreement for nitr0 to replace the outgoing Mario “malbsMd” Samayoa, according to a report from dust2.us today. This surprise setback at the Counter-Strike negotiating table now leaves nitr0 still searching for a new team. Captain America will not be returning to CS2. Image via ESL In recent weeks, nitr0 has had multiple prospects for his return to…

An image of the Esports World Cup trophy leaked, and League of Legends players can’t help but laugh. The image was posted on League’s subreddit, and players immediately flooded the comments section. Unsurprisingly, everyone thinks it looks like a penis or some sort of sex toy made out of gold. “Welp. Time to make an excuse so my GF doesn’t watch this event. Ain’t no way I’m competing with that,” one player said. Another added, “I should call him.” Others just posted hilarious memes, including a shot of a character from How I Met Your Mother with the words “that’s…

The Pokémon Company has officially unveiled the schedule for its 2025 esports season, with huge changes coming to how players can qualify for the World Championships from next year. Previously, players needed to reach a set Championship Point (CP) threshold to get an invite, with everyone who hit this threshold qualifying. From next year, however, only a set number of players from each rating zone, age division, and game will earn a spot, with invitations based on Championship leaderboard standings. In addition, players who get individual top performances at major events like EUIC and NAIC will earn an automatic invite…

Cloud9 confirmed its return to competitive Call of Duty today after roughly seven years away, bringing not one but two rosters under the established blue brand. The organization followed through with the reported signing of the reigning Call of Duty League world champion roster core of the New York Subliners, consisting of HyDra, KiSMET, Skyz, and Sib. It’s unclear, though, whether this is a partnership between the C9 organization and the Subliners roster or an acquisition from the NYXL group. Just hours before this announcement, C9 officially returned to Call of Duty with the signing of a three-man Warzone roster…

Big changes to Magic: The Gathering Modern decklists are expected at the final Pro Tour of the season, featuring powerful cards from the Modern Horizons 3 set.  The new Modern Horizons 3 set had its global launch on June 14, containing many powerful MTG cards for formats like Commander and Modern. MTG players didn’t waste time testing out cards like Nadu, Winged Wisdom and Ral, Monsoon Mage, including them in the two most popular decks getting played at the MH3 Pro Tour Amsterdam from June 28 to 30. Over 20 percent of the field is playing a Bant deck built…

The Pokémon Company announced some huge changes coming to the 2025 competitive season, and qualifying for the World Championships will look very different from previous years. Here’s what you need to know about how to qualify for 2025 Pokémon Worlds for VGC, TCG, and Go. UNITE players must wait until after Worlds 2024 for more information on how the next season will work. How to qualify for 2025 Pokémon Worlds Earn your Worlds invite by earning CP or winning major events like Wolfe Glick. Image via The Pokémon Company The biggest difference between Worlds qualifications in 2025 versus 2024 is…

Just over a month since XDefiant was finally released, the powers that be have big expectations for the free-to-play FPS. In a new interview, Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot spoke about a number of the company’s upcoming titles, such as Assassin’s Creed: Shadows and Star Wars Outlaws. But the Tom Clancy-inspired first-person shooter was also a hot topic. Does XDefiant have a competitive future? Image via Ubisoft When asked what his hopes were for XDefiant‘s future, Guillemot was candid in his (and presumably, the company and its shareholders) hope for it to be a successful, lucrative title just weeks after it…