1UPdate: See the first Grammy nominations for best video game score

This February, someone will become the first-ever composer to win the Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack for Video Games...

1UPdate: The underdogs take Worlds 2022

Kali Scales is a journalist for Esports Illustrated. She recently covered the League of Legends World Championships at the Chase...

1UPdate: Horror game recommendations

This Halloween, we wanted to talk about some scary video games. Like horror movies, horror was a well-established genre when...

1UPdate: Popular Twitch streamer Amouranth reveals domestic violence

Kaitlyn “Amouranth” Siragusa is a notoriously successful Twitch streamer. Before she started streaming in 2016, she was an impressive cosplayer....

1UPdate: Getting through the ‘dead period’

The gaming world is massive and all-encompassing. There’s always something going on, except for right now. Right now, it is...

1UPdate: Report shows extremist recruiters are targeting young gamers

Young gamers are being recruited by right-wing extremists on Twitch. The Extremism and Gaming Research Network (EGRN) recently published a...

1UPdate: School teacher brings gaming to the classroom

A middle school math teacher is bringing gaming into the classroom. AlgeBruh is a gamer, a Valorant player and a...

1UPdate: Learn about the biggest influencers in gaming

In this segment, we talk about some of the movers and shakers within the video game world. These are people...

1UPdate: A newcomer’s guide to gaming terminology

If you’re not a gamer but you live with one, their conversations might sound like they’re in a foreign language...

1UPdate: Harassment campaigns are increasingly common in gaming communities

While video games can be a source of fun for millions of people, gaming culture has a really uncomfortable relationship...

1UPdate: Are esports the sports of the future?

Esports (short for electronic sports) have a long history going all the way back to the '70s, but today are...

Video game music is breaking into the mainstream

Video game music is so vast and diverse. It can be overwhelming to know where to start. So for this...