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Sources: VALORANT EMEA Game Changers event rules prevent certain marginalized genders, including non-binary persons, from competing

The Europe, Middle East, and Africa VALORANT Game Changers tournament will exclude certain marginalized genders, including those who identify as non-binary, from competing in the events, sources familiar with the tournament’s organization told Dot Esports. Transgender women will be allowed to compete throughout the event, but the rules are a break from the event’s North American counterpart, which includes “marginalized genders,” including non-binary persons. At the beginning of the year, Riot released its plans to hold the Game Changers tournament series that would supplement the VALORANT Champions Tour and work

The best players who didn’t make the 2021 World Championship

In the world of competitive League of Legends, a new era has been ushered in as fresh faces and fiery newcomers take center stage at the 2021 World Championship. Many kings of old have been dethroned across the globe, but in the ashes of those fallen empires lie the names of many different superstars in League esports. Unfortunately for those same superstars, they’ll will be watching the tournament from home like the rest of us. Their stories have been put on hold and they now must watch their peers battle

Call of Duty: Vanguard Has Officially Received Its ESRB Rating

[embedded content] Call of Duty will have a new installment this November. Fans have come to expect an annual release for this franchise. Likewise, expectations are that this new game installment will receive a Mature rating. That’s not a surprise to anyone. But today we can officially confirm that the ESRB has rated the game M in the United States. Again, this is nothing that fans shouldn’t already have expected. The past installments for this franchise were rated M. Players anticipating the game have already had a chance to check

Galaxy Racer, Team Nigma announce merger, form Nigma Galaxy esports division

Galaxy Racer and Team Nigma, two specialist esports organizations are merging together, combining Galaxy Racer’s large esports, content, and lifestyle brand with the competitive expertise of Nigma.  With this move, Nigma will rebrand to Nigma Galaxy and head up the esports division of Galaxy Racer from its headquarters in Abu Dhabi. Image via Nigma Galaxy Overall, Nigma Galaxy will go from having a focus on its top-level Dota 2 roster to carrying rosters across multiple major esports titles, like League of Legends, VALORANT, CS:GO, Free Fire, and PUBG MOBILE, featuring

Final Fantasy XIV Live Letter dive deep into Sage and Reaper gameplay in Endwalker

Square Enix revealed new information on Final Fantasy XIV‘s upcoming expansion Endwalker in its latest Live Letter from the Producer, earlier today. Those information were mainly focused on battle job changes that will come alongside the expansion, as well as the two upcoming jobs, Sage and Reaper. To demonstrate those changes, the developer released a video showing the rotation of all classes in Endwalker, including those of healer Sage and DPS Reaper, in several clips located in various upcoming areas. [embedded content] After showing the video, the developers delved deeper

Best MTG Blue/Black Innistrad deck for Draft and Sealed in Midnight Hunt

Zombies are returning to the Magic: The Gathering Limited format via Innistrad: Midnight Hunt as sacrificial tools and graveyard haters.  The digital launch of Innistrad: Midnight Hunt (MID) on Sept. 16 highlighted a number of worthy archetypes to play in the MTG Limited format, with UB zombies standing out from the pack. The color Black is packed with solid removal and creatures that synergize with the zombie theme. And Blue does what it does best—disrupting an opponent’s strategy, stealing life points with evasive creatures, and sliming non-horror creatures.  From staple

What ESL Pro League taught us about fnatic’s new roster

fnatic's performance might have come as a surprise to many, as the newly formed roster was not expected to perform at this level from day one. This adventure at EPL gave us an insight into a new, yet familiar fnatic — for better or worse. After a disappointing 2020 and 2021, fnatic decided the best course of action to maintain a competitive CS:GO roster was to partially move away from their Swedish identity and embrace an international roster, something becoming increasingly common amongst teams that had fielded single-language rosters such

5 Things We Want in League of Legends Patch 11.19

League of LegendsPhoto Courtesy of Riot GamesLeague of Legends Patch 11.19 is scheduled to release on Wednesday, Sept. 22. There are no official patch notes yet but the patch preview has alerted us to what we can expect to see change. Patch 11.19 is the patch that the League of Legends World Championship will officially be played on, which means changes will be geared towards its preparation. With that being said, here are five changes we want in League of Legends Patch 11.19.11.19 Patch Preview is here!This one is focused

PUBG Global Championship 2021 will begin on Nov. 19

Heading into the finale of the 2021 competitive season, Krafton and the PUBG Esports team have unveiled the roadmap for the PUBG Global Championship 2021.  PGC 2021 will begin in November as a hybrid LAN/online event where teams from outside of the surrounding region will be flown in and compete locally in Incheon, South Korea. Running for five weeks from Nov. 19 to Dec. 19, 32 of the best teams in the world will clash for their share of over $2 million. The roster will consist of 12 teams from