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Hitbox, a European startup that can stream gameplay at 4K resolution, has raised $4 million from World of Tanks developerWargamingand others to further develop livestreaming service in competition with Amazon’s Twitch division. The deal shows that Vienna, Austria-based Hitbox is making progress in its effort to provide competition to Twitch, …

While she was coaching a professional Latin AmericanSmiteesports team, Lydia Picknell kept seeing one Spanish word that was forever popping up on spectator comment panels during live streams. She was always coming across the word ‘puta’ attached to her name. She had an idea what it meant, but she had …

Gfinity, the eSports – or gaming –company, held an accelerated share sale yesterday to raise 1m, after reporting a loss of 3.6m in the year to 30 June. The 19p share price represented a discount of approximately 22.4 per cent. The company issued a little over five million new ordinary …

Halo 5: Guardians, the latest title in Microsoft’s $4.5bn video game franchise,launched on Xbox Onethis week with a renewed focus on competitive multiplayer gaming, known as eSports. When Halo first launched in 2001, it acted as a catalyst for eSports, according to Microsoft. Even before the Xbox Live service became …

The many similarities between Escape from New York and Metal Gear Solid would have led to a lawsuit were it not for director John Carpenter. Hideo Kojima’s game contains lots of references to the 1981 film, the most well know of which is Snake’s name and likeness. [CanalPlus] wanted to …

Sat on aBrewster’s Millions-style cash pile and no idea how to blow it fast? Maybe it’s time to think about buying an esports team—like Team Impulse, for instance, which is now up for sale, along with its spot in the 2016League of LegendsChampionship Series. Read more at PC Gamer Pro …

Esports franchises are falling over themselves to get involved inOverwatchfrom day one. Fnatic‘sBattlefieldteam has likely already made the move, while esports organizationTempo Stormhas sought to lock up talent ahead of the launch. Now K1ck Esports Club has become the latest organization to announce a team for the game. The squad …

We’ve teased you with details of some of the key conference sessions we have lined up for this year’s London Games Conference; now we’ve provided the full schedule you have to look forward to next month. The London Games Conference returns for its seventh outing on Thursday November 19th, from …

The Electronic Sports League (ESL)is already one of the largest eSports organizations in the world. But it’s looking toexpandits global reachby 2017—with partnering and drug-testing key parts of the plan. ESL runs its own eSports tournamentsand partners with publishers like Blizzard Entertainment to help them organize their professional competitions, running …

Competitive eSports platform Unikrn has partnered withmulti-player gaming league FACEIT,to create the world’s first competitive integrity certification program for eSports. The program aims to establish industry-wide best practice combined with competitive structures and policies to ensure legitimacy in eSports match results. Read more at SBC >>>