The sweeping fantasy series tells the story of Davion, a renowned Dragon Knight devoted to wiping the scourge from the face of the world. Following encounters with a powerful, ancient eldwurm as well as the noble Princess Mirana on a secret mission of her own, Davion becomes embroiled in events much larger than he could have ever imagined.

The stigma around mobile games won’t be dispelled with just that handful of examples though, a point made abundantly clear back when BlizzCon 2018 kicked off with the announcement of Diablo Immortal and saw the harshest of fan backlash thrown right back at the legendary developer. It’s a moment of infamy, and one that rival company Riot Games were terrified of repeating when they announced their own slate of games last year that just so happened to include a mobile project of their own.

Riot Games has not had a particularly great time in the spotlight as of late. From the backlash that erupted following the gender discrimination saga to the racism row with Rick Fox and Echo Fox to the rumours of conflict between their parent company Tencent and themselves, this could be a year and a bit that Riot Games would like …

In what must be the most incredible story in The International's history yet, OG overcame masive hurdles to lift the Aegis at the eighth installment of the historic tournament.

Esports training regimens kind of match up perfectly to traditional sports when you think about it. One organisation that has been thinking about it? The International Olympic Committee, who’ll be hosting an Esports Forum alongside the Global Association of International Sports Federations on July 21 in Lausanne, Switzerland.

Thanks to live-streaming services such as Twitch, you can watch your heroes rush towers and clobber several shades of crap out of one another in various games. It’s part of our gaming culture now to gather around a livestream to see these games in action, but controversy has already reared its head as another uglier side of the culture has became prevalent: Stealing audiences.

What makes Dota 2 such a great game is how it changes with almost every major tournament and patch. We rarely see teams dominating for longer than a few months, especially in this day and age. This was the case this past weekend for Team Secret who obliterated International winners Team Liquid at DreamHack Winter.

Dota 2's latest update introduces the two new heroes and their abilities as well as the much anticipated "Ranked System" for competitive play.