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Gfinity will host the online qualifiers and live finals of the Halo 5 UK Championships in December and January as the first series of the World Championships begin. The eSports organiser will be using their online tournament system to hold qualifiers on December 20, and January 3, 6 and 10 …
Read More »Master Caster: An interview with Nahaz
Do a quick search for Alan Bester and Google will tell you he’s Associate Professor of Financial Economics at the University of Western Ontario, with a PhD in Economics from Duke University and a 10 year stint teaching Econometrics in Chicago. But scroll down a little, and it becomes clear …
Read More »The First Pro Gamer Says eSports Is A "Hustle In So Many Ways"
We already know that Crown Casino is trying to gain a slice of the pie locally with their efforts in the local scene and the expansion of Crownbet. But in the United States, one of the oldest — if not the oldest — professional gamers has revealed that casinos in …
Read More »Elements looking to sell spot after roster disbands
After a lackluster performance in 2015, a former EuropeanLeague of Legendschampion has disbanded and wants to sell itsLeagueChampionship Series(LCS) spot. Elementshas invited private bids on its LCS spot and will not be retaining any of its players for the upcoming season, sources close to the organization tell the Daily Dot. …
Read More »Portal DLC hits Rocket League tomorrow
Portal-themed downloadable content is coming to car-football title Rocket League tomorrow (Tuesday, December 1st). Developer Psyonix has said that this package will be free, and includes the likes of a cake hat (of course), as well as rocket trails based on the conversion, propulsion and repulsion gels from Portal 2. …
Read More »Vanishing of Ethan Carter studio developing ‘open-world action-adventure’ title
The Astronauts is following up its acclaimed mystery debut The Vanishing of Ethan Carter with something very different. The Polish studio was created by the former founders of Bulletstorm developer People Can Fly – which became Epic Games Poland for a brief period before reclaiming its independence earlier this year. …
Read More »Police called to DreamHack Winter 2015 over alleged assault
Police were called to Dreamhack Winter this weekend over an altercation between CS:GO panel host Richard Lewis and Jonathan ‘Loda’ Berg, the captain of Dota 2 team Alliance. In a tweet, Bergclaimed to have been strangledby Lewis. In response, Lewis said that he had been provoked when the pro player"pushed …
Read More »Razer and Lenovo strike gaming PC partnership
The world’s biggest PC manufacturer and one of the platform’s most successful gaming specialists have teamed up. The first range of products from the collaboration between Lenovo and Razer will be the Razer Edition Lenovo PCs (via The Verge). These will include the Y series of desktop computers, which were …
Read More »Does Take-Two even need another Grand Theft Auto?
If you work in games retail, it will be hard to forget September 2013. Grand Theft Auto V launched to phenomenal critical acclaim, resulting in snaking queues outside stores and a level of commercial success that no other boxed game has attained before or since. A few weeks after the …
Read More »Panda Global returns to Heroes of the Storm, signs team Kappa Wolves
EsportsorganizationPanda Global Gaminghas signed competitiveHeroes of the Stormteam Kappa Wolves. The Wolves have been active in the North AmericanHeroes of the Stormscene since forming in January. The team regularly placed in the top three for every competition they entered including, most recently, first place in the Enter the Storm North …
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