Sponsored by NVIDIA GeForceSo 2019’s Call of Duty Modern Warfare has been out for a full weekend, and like every year the hot takes are absolutely flying.On one hand you have Shroud, who kicked off his first official Mixer stream with the game and praised it’s buttery smooth gameplay.On the other, pros and casuals alike are absolutely pissed about the confusing map design.It’s be

Epic Games’ Support-A-Creator program is a cool way for Fortnite players to support their favourite content creators. But what happens when a major streamer just so happens to share a name with someone you’ve probably never heard of? Well, a small-time YouTuber gets to keep the 26 grand that fans thought they were donating to another guy.For more great videos, be sure to subscribe to t

OK, imagine you're part of an esports team that just a few years ago was playing in the minor leagues, but now is competing in the highest level of competition your esport has to offer — The League of Legends World Championship.The world is watching and talking about you.Except they’re talking about you for all the wrong reasons. Because your org is IMPLODING in a blackhole of drama, internal figh

This past weekend, North America kind of screwed up. You know what’s funny about that? We could be talking about almost any esport and we'd be right. But there is a difference this time. North American teams went a combined 5 and 13 in the League of Legends World Championship group stage, and that is the worst they’ve ever done under the modern Worlds system. It’s an absolute

The Melbourne Mavericks are an Australian Overwatch Contenders Series team that are completely screwed up at an ownership level.By that we mean the owner allegedly placed bets on pre-recorded matches, signed players to barely legal contracts, didn’t pay those players, and uh has been MIA for the last two months.Seriously, apparently nobody on the team has heard from him since August.These gu

A Montreal-based law firm has filed a request for a class-action lawsuit against Epic Games -- the creators of Fortnite. They claim that the game is so addictive, that Epic has violated their users' rights by not warning them about how addictive the game can be. And they’re basing this claim on a similar case from 2015 that called for tobacco companies to better warn their customers abou

Sometimes, esports isn’t JUST about skill, prowess or strategy. Some of our favourite plays of all time weren’t born solely out of someone outplaying, out thinking or outmaneuvering their opponent.They were born… from a little luck. So with that, join us in counting down the top 10 One-in-a-Million Plays in Esports!For more great videos, be sure to subscribe to theScore esports

Super teams are an exciting prospect on paper. We expect them to be successful, but the potential for how they win is really what gets us going. Sometimes though, what we get doesn't live up to our expectations... and in competitive gaming, no team sums up that kind of disappointment more than CS:GO's FaZe Clan.For more great videos, be sure to subscribe to theScore esports on YouTube.

Alright folks, we’ve got some insane new developments in the Rick Fox and Echo Fox saga.Rick Fox, one of the founders of Echo Fox, is suing his former business partners, alleging they committed fraud, invasion of privacy, defamation, conspiracy, breach of fiduciary duty and caused significant emotional distress to one Rick Fox. But here’s the truly insane thing, Rick Fox’s lawyer

Imagine you’re a teenager, hell our analytics tell us you more than likely are. Now Imagine you start something bigger than yourself, bigger than a channel on Youtube or Twitch -- that in a few years thousands of people will recognize and love. This was the case for Hecz, and the Green Wall. Optic Gaming -- a brand synonymous with with everything Call of Duty. And now, it’s more or les

Okay so e-cycling, it's you riding a stationary bike in a virtual world against other competitors with some fancy tracking software attached. The British Cycling Association got involved and created a national championship. And the guy who won the first-ever national championship was recently banned for six months, stripped of his gold medal and fined $400 for uh...robo doping? We wish we were

Australia. A country known for its beaches, a million animals that could kill you and now apparently, a ton of esports match-fixing? In 2019 alone six low-level CS:GO matches were allegedly rigged. Up to $30,000 has allegedly been won off illicit bets, five search warrants have been served and six people have been arrested so far. And we haven’t even gotten to Overwatch yet. What in the hell

As of this past Friday NICKMERCS became one of the first streamers to sign an exclusive streaming deal with Twitch. This is massive news.After Ninja's move to Mixer got things started last month, this signing from Twitch shows signs of things to come in the streaming world. The ball is rolling, and it ain't stopping anytime soon. For more great videos, be sure to subscribe to theScore espo

So picture this, you’re streaming on Twitch, hanging out with your chat and doing your thing. But then you get hit with a 24-hour ban. When you look into why, you realize it’s for something that literally happened a year ago. This is exactly what happened to two Twitch streamers earlier this week. And sure, it’s funny in a “this is ridiculous” kind of way, but these t

When it comes to esports, everybody wants to be an action hero. Everybody wants to get that map-winning ace clutch, everyone wants to dive that tower and secure the kill for their team. But sometimes, stealth is the better part of valour. So, from backdoor plays, to ninja defuses, we look back and rank the top 10 sneaky plays in all of esports.For more great videos, be sure to subscribe to theScor