Bayer 04 Leverkusen is the latest sports club to welcome esports into their embrace. The top ranking German club has welcomed German FIFA player Marvin ‘M4RV’ Hintz, continuing a growing trend of sports and esports integration.

SK Gaming have defeated FaZe, a team lead by Finn ‘karrigan’ Andersen, in the grand finals of the ESL Proleague Season 6. This adds yet another trophy to SK Gaming’s almost packed trophy case as the team who’ve been dominant for the past two years continue to impress crowds.

Finally, the Overwatch League is underway with the first exhibition match which has left us begging for a year. The opening match was between Florida Mayhem and San Francisco Shock after the Philadelphia Fusion unfortunately could not make the event due to “player logistics” issues. We safely assumed visa issues were at play, but the opening match delivered, which is what we wanted anyway.

Blitz Esports is a news, interviews and analysis site where those who follow four of the biggest esports can get their daily media fix. It was originally a site for the team Instant Esports, before it became a news portal for information on competitive League of Legends, Dota 2, CS:GO and Overwatch. It very recently became embroiled in a bit of controversy when noted esports journalist and analyst Duncan "Thorin" Shields revealed that the site was funded by Riot games, the makers of League of Legends.

2017 has been the year of sporting influence in gaming. We’ve tracked nearly every major buyout of esports organisations, which have featured some of the biggest names in North American sporting. This has ranged from team owners to former players, and today a new owner enters the arena. Jerry Jones, owner of the Dallas Cowboys, has purchased one of North America’s biggest organizations – compleXity Gaming.

In the Zotac Cup Masters Showmatch, professional Starcraft player Lim "Larva" Hong Gyu not only completely dominated his opponent, Luo "Legend" Xian, in the finals – but threw in a fair bit of dickish taunting.

The Philadelphia Fusion Overwatch team will unfortunately miss their debut at the Overwatch League this December over “player logistics issues.” The announced the news via Twitter in a two-part Tweet detailing their issues.

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.