Is Overwatch esports dead? Here’s what the numbers say
The Overwatch esports scene soldiers on despite declining viewership, spurred by the 2024 restructuring after...
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The top Melee and Ultimate players in 2025 (so far)
The 2025 season for Super Smash Bros. Melee and Ultimate has begun. Genesis X2 hyped...
Counter-Strike 2 players to watch in 2025
The 2025 season of Counter-Strike 2 is well underway, with IEM Katowice and BLAST Bounty...
Is 2025 the year of FGC’s esports rise?
When you think of esports, the games that initially come to mind include MOBAs like...
Could 2025 bring in an esports spring?
No one in the gaming or esports industry would tell you that 2024 wasn’t a...
A Year of Transformation: Esports stakeholders reflect on 2024
Esports has always been an ever-evolving industry, with the sector looking to cement itself within...
How Metafy has created an all-in-one platform for gaming creators
Metafy, a platform that looks to empower top gamers and creators to earn income, has...
Best and worst esports rebrands
Branding is a powerful business tool that can help to refresh the image of a...
Age of Empires esports: where players compete in real-life castles
Age of Empires is truly one of the all-time greats, not just in the Real Time Strategy (RTS) genre but gaming in general. Through nine separate games and countless ports,...
Why are education institutions investing in esports facilities?
Jackson Armstrong, Director of Business Development for Access Education Group, writes for Esports Insider to discuss why esports has become appealing for educational institutions and how the perception of competitive...
OPINION: The current state of Call of Duty esports
The Call of Duty franchise continues to dominate the first-person shooter (FPS) genre with its annual releases and Warzone, its free-to-play battle royale generating huge revenues through sales and microtransactions. ...
How Counter-Strike esports has changed since CS2’s launch
The announcement of CS2 was met with an unprecedented amount of hype, a titan in the esports space was finally getting a new edition. With an updated game engine and...
Opening up an esport: Overwatch’s resurgence after the Overwatch League closure
It’s incredibly rare to see a franchised esport abandon its previous business model in favour of a completely open ecosystem. Thanks to a few bad decisions, a pandemic, viewership declines,...
What can be done to grow the UK’s esports scene?
The UK will host a fair share of large esports events in 2024, with League of Legends Worlds, ESL One Birmingham 2024 and Blast Premier Spring Final taking place in...
