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What's next for Rocket League? After a successful couple of years in which Psyonix's sports game on wheels has sold millions of copies and ballooned into a massive esport, it's time to go hit the beach. Rocket League's next update will include a new sandy arena called Salty Shores. This is...

The last leg of the Overwatch League regular season has begun. Stage 4 means there's only a few weeks for the Overwatch League teams to try and stake their position in the playoffs. However, with $125,000 on the line in the individual Stage 4 playoffs, even those at the bottom of the standings...

After a one-week break, the Overwatch League returns this Wednesday for the fourth and final stage of the regular season. That means things are about to get more intense, as teams jockey for position and look to cement their place in the playoffs. There's big money on the line, as well as a...

So the Overwatch League Finals will be in Brooklyn, NY at the Barclay Center (home to the NBA's Nets) July 27th and 28th !! Curious to see the set up and if they fill the arena The Overwatch League Has anyone gone to the Burbank Studio to see OWL and anyone planning on going to the finals?

Spring is starting to wind down and that means it's time to go crazy with sales. The two retailers leading the pack this weekend are the Humble Store and Green Man Gaming. The Humble Store is starting to offer up a large chunk of publisher catalogs for its Spring Sale, while Green Man Gaming is...

Psyonix has announced its summer roadmap plans for an upcoming Rocket League update, which is planned for July or August. There's a lot of fun stuff on the horizon, so if you're a big Rocket League fan, you'll definitely want to pay attention. The first thing on the docket is the long-awaited...

Anyone who has seen Tron is familiar with how laser barriers work. Touch one and dissolve into a billion atoms. That's simple enough. Now imagine taking this idea into a more competitive arena. (One not involving Light Cycles.) That idea becomes Laser League, a 1v1/2v2/3v3 arena game from...

The Overwatch League is on a one-week break, following the conclusion of an exciting Stage 3 Finals. But with three stages of the regular season in the books, the League is rapidly approaching its first playoff season. And while the playoffs will take place at the Blizzard Arena in Los Angeles...

The Overwatch League has concluded Stage 3 with Sunday's $125,000 Stage 3 Finals. It came down to the best team in Stage 3 against the best team throughout the whole season. But while the Boston Uprising went into Sunday without a Stage 3 loss, it's the New York Excelsior that come out the Stage...

Stage 3 of the Overwatch League concludes this week. There's a bit of a disparity between the overall standings and the Stage 3 standings, the latter of which will see four teams compete for a $125,000 prize pool. So for this week, let's take a look at the overall standings, as we always do...

Stage 3 of the Overwatch League is just a little more than halfway over. And while the overall standings look mostly the same, the Stage 3 standings look quite interesting. That's because the Boston Uprising are suddenly the hottest team in the league. The termination of DreamKazper has barely...

NBA 2K League and Twitch announced today that they are entering a multiyear partnership which will include live streams of the esports league on everyone's favorite video game streaming service. This partnership with Twitch is the first media rights deal for the NBA 2K League. NBA 2K League is...

Stage 3 of the Overwatch League continues. And it's been a busy week for the League as a whole, not just with a full weekend of action in the books, but also with some of the extracurriculars that have gone down in the past couple of days. For those who haven't heard, the Dallas Fuel were busy...

This upcoming season of Overwatch League players will have a new way to get exclusive in-game content, and special livestream access via a new all-access pass being offered exclusively on Twitch. The Overwatch League All-Access pass will cost fans $29.99, but Twitch Prime members can get a...

Stage 3 of the Overwatch League has begun. Shacknews is continuing to keep up with all of the action as closely as possible. Let's look at the overall standings after this first week. As we rapidly approach the halfway point of the regular season, remember that the top six teams advance to the...

Twitch is a major player in the electronic entertainment industry. Not only can fans and viewers follow their favorite video games and players, in some cases viewers can even influence the outcome of a game through Twitch chat. The notion of social control over a game or event is frankly...

Popular Overwatch League player Josh "Eqo" Corona of the Philadelphia Fusion has found himself coming under scrutiny following the use of a slant-eye gesture when referencing Korean players during an Overwatch Twitch stream over the weekend. Corona was seen making the gesture after someone made...

Stage 2 of the Overwatch League is now complete. With Stage 3 about to kick off this week, Shacknews is continuing to keep up with the action as closely as possible. Let's look at the overall standings as we officially head into the third stage of the regular season. As we rapidly approach the...

A new update to Psyonix's hit soccer-with-cars game Rocket League has arrived, bringing with it the ability for players to create and participate in the game's newly-added Tournaments. The Tournaments update also includes several high-profile features otherwise, including new Garage organization...

The last time a stage concluded in the Overwatch League, Blizzard took swift action to help make the next stage better than before. Shortly after this, Overwatch League Commissioner Nate Nanzer indicated that the League was open to further changes. On Monday, further changes were announced...

Anyone who has played Rocket League lately may have noticed what appears to be a developer mishap. Toppers are huge! And it's pretty noticeable. Check out what happened to poor Rocket League pro player Gabriel "CorruptedG" Vallozzi on Saturday. IM DYING LMFAO THIS HAPPENED MID GAME...

Stage 2 of the Overwatch League has concluded. While the New York Excelsior entered the day at the top of the overall standings with an intimidating 18-2 record, they had yet to win a Stage playoff. That changed on Sunday after they came back from an 0-2 deficit to defeat a game Philadelphia...

The Smash Masters League has kicked off in style from Sin City. The first major event held from the new Esports Arena Las Vegas is in the books, with the Battle for Vegas playing home to Super Smash Bros. for Wii U's best players. After an intense weekend of action, Nairoby "Nairo" Quezada...

Shacknews has been holding tournaments for Rocket League since the game launched almost three years ago. Our Rocket League Tournaments of Doom required coordination between Google Docs and Challenge brackets to get everyone set up for battle. The latest Rocket League Tournaments update coming...