Call of Duty is the third best-selling video game franchise of all time, yet it’s not infallible. For every momentous campaign moment in the Call of Duty series campaigns, there are just as many dumb moments we can’t help but remember.

These can range from tone-deaf lines of dialogue which go viral, to comically peculiar decisions from the developers. However, there is one thing that all of these instances of Call of Duty campaign moments have in common. That is that gamers just can’t wrap their heads around how stupid they appear.

Did you know that the first video game tournament was held in 1972? Now, over five decades later, we have hundreds of tournaments in each big game every year, and those games deserve some recognition. So, here is the list of the most popular esports in 2024, ranked by their combined viewership, prize pools, and tournament numbers.

15. Street Fighter 6

When Street Fighter 6 came out in 2023, fans cheered it as the best game this franchise yielded since SF3, right when it started to seem that the days of massive fighting game tournaments were long past.

Nightingale has been one of the most highly anticipated survival crafting games of this year. Unfortunately, its early access launch has highlighted the game’s shortcomings that need to be highlighted. Here are five things Nightingale needs to improve before its 1.0 launch.

Offline Mode

This has been something players immediately clamored for. Because of Nightingale’s always-online framework of dedicated servers hosting realms, it’s clear the developers underestimated players’ desire to play offline and host realms on their own. This is especially true when not long after Nightingale’s launch, Inflexion games clarified that an offline mode was coming very soon.