2010–2015: The WASD Inception

"WASD Gamers" was created in October 2010 by Axel "Regulator" Bowen-Dale as a PC-exclusive FPS gaming community channel dedicated to showcasing frag movies from popular FPS games. Soon after its creation, Ivan "8iota" Ivas (then known under the alias "NSNIA") joined WASD Gamers as co-manager, helping build the channel into a household name in the editing scene.

The channel was heavily inspired by the Call of Duty frag movie scene. At the time, PC enthusiasts lacked PC-oriented hubs on YouTube, and WASD Gamers stepped in to fill that exact void. The name itself derived from the "WASD" keyboard layout found on English PC keyboards, which is the default movement binding in FPS games.

WASD became world-renowned for its dedicated support of vintage esports titles. It was an especially popular channel for videos featuring "ProMod," a mod for Call of Duty 4. ProMod was extremely popular among the PC community playing CoD4 and is still going strong to this day. Beyond CoD4, WASD archived and featured classic FPS titles including Quake, Unreal Tournament, Counter-Strike, and the original Call of Duty, alongside niche edits from Day of Defeat, Team Fortress 2, and ShootMania.

2015–2020: Expanding the Community

Over the years, WASD built a community of over 25,000 subscribers, accumulating more than 2 million total views across 300+ uploaded edits. The channel also hosted hit monthly best plays and competitive video editing contests for the community.

Uploads naturally slowed down after 2020 before operations officially paused. The original YouTube channel eventually rebranded to "Gamewise"—shifting focus toward broader PC gaming genres under founder Axel "Regulator" Bowen-Dale.

2024–Present: The Revival by 8iota

In mid-2024, 8iota launched a full overhaul of WASD Gamers, rebuilding the project from scratch to revive the art of classic frag movie editing and unite the competitive FPS editing community under one banner once again. The rest is history...