Just as we're hitting the record button this week, the Rocket League Player Association is announced. We share our initial thoughts and continue to discuss the rumors about League of Legends ERL format changes and potential salary cap introductions. All this and more on this week's episode of Forge.

Summer is upon us and we're soon entering the time of the year where we have one world championship after another. The Dota Bali Major just finished and all EU teams finished in the Top4. Why is Europe so good at PC Games? Why are console games so popular in NA? Where do we find the best mobile esports players? And what impact does this regional dominance have on spots at the different world championships? All that and more on this week's episode of Forge.

This week on Forge podcast, we talk about diversification. Sparked with an article about content creators being a great asset to change sponsorships conversations for teams, we discuss other attempts of diversification for teams and why they should aspire to be a cult. Sounds weird? Yes, but otherwise it would not be as fun. Join us for all that and more on this week's episode of Forge.

Kick vs Twitch goes into the next round. Before we go into the in-depth conversation about the upcoming streaming wars, we talk about the VCT Masters Event in Tokyo and the roster shuffles we see all around the CS:GO scene. Is everyone preparing for CS2?

All that and more on this week's episode of Forge

In this week's episode of Forge, Zack and Jan discuss esports teams being owned by content creators, such as the teams owned by DisguisedToast and MoistCr1TiKaL. They recently revealed how much they are looking to spend for their teams and we're looking at how esport teams are making money and if more orgs should be owned by content creators. We also talk about the starting Twitch vs Kick discussion. Join us, for a long episode of Forge, where we're diving deep into the business of esports.

The podcast is back! News of the player walkout and negotiation results between LCSPA and Riot have reached us, so we're sitting down this week to discuss one question: Who holds the power in the triangle of tournament organizers, teams and players? What is happening in other games? Is Valve really pushing to BLAST and ESL to abandon their partnered leagues? All that and more, on this week's episode of FORGE.

This is the second episode of Forge, where we talk about the esports industry. In today's episode we're talking about franchising in esports. Why do game developers decide to franchise their leagues and why is it so attractive to participate in franchised leagues for players and organizations.

Welcome to the first episode of Forge, where we talk about the esports industry. In today's episode we're talking about VCT Lock:in, The International, the LEC and other big esports events as well as their formats. Which tournament formats are great and which are just not good enough.