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60 jobs have been cut from Microsoft’s HoloLens team in Isreal, the company has confirmed. Techcrunchreports 30 full-time staff and 30 contractors are out of the job this week based on the decision to "wind down work" on HoloLens in the country, and to switch development focus to a "different …
Read More »Easyhoon signs with Vici Gaming in deal reportedly worth $860,000
ALeague of Legendsfranchise in China just traded one of last year’s world champions for a newer version. Vici Gamingtoday signed mid laner Lee Easyhoon” Ji-hoon, the understudy ofSK Telecom T1’sdominant Lee Faker” Sang-hyeok. While Easyhoon rode the bench for most of SKT’s road to winning the world championship this year, …
Read More »New LCS franchise Follow eSports rebrands to Splyce, picks up Call of Duty team
After purchasing a newly qualifiedLeagueChampionship Series(LCS) team,Follow eSportswill shed its old name today. The website, which labels itself the TV Guide of Esports,” is renaming both the site itself and professional esports teams toSplyce. With holdings inLeague of Legends,Counter-Strike: Global Offensive,Hearthstone,Super Smash Bros. Melee, and more, the team’s new brand …
Read More »Gear VR launches in the UK
Samsung’s Gear VR headset is now available to buy in the UK. The tech – which has people using their mobile phone as a screen – is up for grabs on Samsung’s own online store. The Gear VR will set consumers back 80. It launched in America in November, and …
Read More »Mobile giant DeNA cuts around 50 staff in Singapore
Restructure follows consecutive months of financial woes as stocks and sales fall
Read More »Richard Lewis "initiated physical contact" according to DreamHack
Since writingyesterday’s articleabout the violent altercation between CS:GO panelist Richard Lewis and Dota 2 pro player Jonathan ‘Loda’ Berg at DreamHack Winter 2015, I’ve been contacted by DreamHack offering further comment. "We can confirm that an incident did occur between both parties" writes DreamHack’s Michael Van Driel "and that at …
Read More »Rocket League has been rated for Xbox One
Psyonix’s car-football hit Rocket League appears to be on its way to Xbox One. That’s according to the Taiwanese games rating board – thanks again – as reported by Gematsu and Twitter user Lifelower. Earlier this year, VP of marketing and communications Jeremy Dunham said that Rocket League was ‘100 …
Read More »Why ArenaNet Is Investing in ESports
ArenaNet has partnered with ESL to launch a new global eSports structure that spans a pro league, a farm team system, and a minor league for ‘Guild Wars 2.’ NCSoft-owned game developer ArenaNet originally launched its massively multiplayer online (MMO) game,Guild Wars 2, in August 2012 as a $40 game …
Read More »1.8m games sold during Black Friday week
The numbers are finally in for what appears to have been a blockbuster Black Friday. 86 per cent of all consoles sold last week were PlayStation 4 and Xbox Ones, an increase the 75 per cent that were sold during the same period last year. Software for those platforms made …
Read More »eSports: On Par With the NFL and NBA?
Most traditional sports haven’t always been considered true sports. When American football was invented in 1869, it was considered a game. It wasn’t until 1920 when the NFL was founded that the game of football was officially christened a sport. Basketball followed a similar path, as James Naismith invented the …
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