• Tim Biggs

Established clubs Chiefs and Avant will be representing Sydney and Melbourne in the new competition.

• Alex Manisier

The LG Dire Wolves will make esports history on September 23 when they will be the first Australian League of Legends team to compete in the League of Legends World Championship.

• William McInnes

Damien "kpii" Chok's team comes second in The International 2017, an e-sports tournament for the video game Dota 2.

• Anthony Colangelo

Two of the leading figures in the AFL's push into esports and the managing director of one of Australia's foremost esports firms have presented to club CEOs about opportunities in the growth industry.

• Alex Manisier

With its hiring of a new business manager for Australia and New Zealand, the company behind World of Tanks has taken its first steps to a becoming the next big name in esports down under.

• Ian Walker

When you enter a gaming tournament, you usually know what you're in for. Unless you're entering a mystery game tournament. Do that, as dozens of people did at the Combo Breaker event in the US state of Illinois last weekend, and you're playing the notorious Dong Dong Never Die.

• Alex Manisier

Since their inception in 2014, the LG Dire Wolves have been regarded as a bunch of talented misfits: an Inglourious Basterds-style team of elite players who were too prickly to fit into other teams. At times, it almost seemed as if they were more interested in their rank on the Challenger ladder more than the success of their team.

• Alex Manisier

We've finally reached the end of the Oceanic Pro League's regular season, and our postseason schedule has been locked in.

• Alex Manisier

Two Australian gamers talk about their meteoric rise and gunning for the upcoming $100,000 Wargaming League finals in Taipei.

• Alex Manisier

There's still one more week to go in the Oceanic Pro League's regular season, but our playoff teams have already been locked in.

• Alex Manisier

Sin Gaming notched a second upset win over Legacy eSports as Chiefs Esports Club's substitute roster blew Exile 5 out of the water, proving that there is no justice on Summoner's Rift.

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Alphabet Inc's YouTube is doubling down on the lucrative business of competitive gaming, where players square off on virtual games for big prize money in tournaments.

• Alex Manisier

Revenge was on the cards in week 7, when Sybol and ry0ma fronted up against their old teams. But could they prevail?

• Tim Biggs

Esports company ESL has announced that the incredibly popular Intel Extreme Masters series will be making a stop in Australia for the very first time this year, with the first event in the annual global circuit to take place in Sydney.

• Alex Manisier

After a one-week break, the Oceanic Pro League swings back into full action for its sixth week of competition.

• Eric Van Allen

Despite being on an unpopular platform, the original Splatoon garnered a decent fanbase. Now, the sequel seems aimed squarely at the esports set.

• Alex Manisier

The winds of change began to stir in Week 5 of the Oceanic Pro League as Abyss Esports nabbed their first win of the split, while top dogs Chiefs Esports Club and LG Dire Wolves encountered momentary setbacks against weaker teams.

• Alex Manisier

Chiefs are dominating with 11 points off four match wins, but the season is still young.

• Eben Novy-Williams

To go along with its actual, professional basketball league, the NBA is creating a new division for players who excel at video-game basketball.

• Alex Walker

In a ban spanning several lifetimes and then some, the third-party Counter-Strike tournament service ESEA has banned a user until 3016 for allegedly harassing a minor.

• Alex Manisier

With three weeks of Oceanic Pro League competition in the books, just one team remains undefeated.

• Alex Manisier

The more things change, the more they stay the same. The work-in-progress teams are still works in progress. Chiefs still win every time.

• Jason Krell

A couple of months after Sun and Moon's release, one monster has appeared on 40 per cent of the best-performing teams in the competitive Pokemon scene: Celesteela, the ultra beast.

• Alex Manisier

After a dramatic offseason, the 2017 Oceanic Pro League officially kicked off as the Chiefs took on the LG Dire Wolves.

• Adam Turner

Australia's first 24/7 eSports and gaming network begins live coverage of multi-million dollar tournaments, just in time for viewers to see Australia's Anathan Pham and his team at OG win the grand final at a major Dota 2 event.

• Lucy Battersby and Thomas Hounslow

The first eSports company to list on the Australian share market gained 27 per cent on its first day of trading, ending the day 1 cent higher at 3 cents. 

• Tim Biggs

Brandon Beck and Marc Merill talk to Fairfax about turning a dream held by two gamers sharing an apartment into a game with more than 100 million monthly active players worldwide.