PVP Live ran the Hearthstone Pro League, a professional Hearthstone competition, produced in partnership with Twitch, Blizzard Entertainment and PRG. Several hours later, both ESPN and Riot Games issued statements that the story created by PVP Live was false. On May 23, 2016, the site broke the news that ESPN was in talks with Riot Games to purchase television broadcast rights for League of Legends content for approximately $500 million. In 2015, the website planned on producing a 24-hour online show along the lines of ESPN's Sports Center. Several months later, the first episode of PVP Live's Hearthstone Pro League also struggled with sound issues. The third production of Tavern Takeover was widely criticized for poor sound production, resulting in the CEO issuing a public apology and stating that sound issues would be a thing of the past. Prior incarnations of the organization include the Heroes Live, PVE Live, and Hearth Live websites, a podcast, as well as Armageddon, an online World of Warcraft Arena tournament, and Tavern Takeover, an online Hearthstone tournament. PVP Live came out of its most recent beta on June 8, 2015. The website was owned by PVP Live Interactive, Inc. It was founded in 2012 and included a statistics database. PVP Live was an American esports news website.

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