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The WRC Championship, a new eSports racing tournament co-organised by ESL, will run alongside the FIA World Rally Championship during its 2016 season. After the worldwide launch of WRC 5 this October 9-16th, players will have three months to get up to speed with the game before the first stages …
Read More »Fnatic announces Dafabet partnership as Asian gambling site launches eSports portal
London-headquartered eSports organisation Fnatic have announced a new partnership with Asian betting and poker site Dafabet. The deal, which sees Dafabet become headline sponsor for all of Fnatic’s eSports teams, also provides content and promotion of the gambling site’s upcoming editorial portal for eSports. Dafabet currently sponsors several Premier League …
Read More »MCV’s 12 Games of Christmas supplement returns next month
If you want to know how to maximise your opportunity at retail this Q4, MCV’s 12 Games of Christmas has the answer. Returning after a successful debut last year, the 12 Games of Christmas supplement will be published alongside the November 13th issue of MCV and available via the website. …
Read More »WSVG’s opening ceremony was a baffling and terrible disaster
The World Series of Video Games set out last year to build itself into one of the most-watched esports events. Today, it may have done just that—but, ironically enough, by being unwatchable. By becoming bogged down with disastrous noise and dated technology, WSVG stands alone as the worst thing in …
Read More »Oculus Rift is going to cost more than $350
It looks as if the Oculus Rift virtual reality headset is going to end up costing more than estimates have predicted. A year ago the company predicted an RRP of between $200-$400. Last month that forecast had been revised to at least $300”. Now Oculus boss Palmer Luckey has told …
Read More »Professional Teams Form eSports Union, Make Excessive Demands
With numbers often comes power. That’s at least the logic behind the creation of the latest union featuring several of Europe’s most prominent and recognisable (but not all) professional gaming teams. But in a letter sent to eSports organisers, and since released to the public, the union has outlined some …
Read More »Star Citizen dev threatens legal action over contested article
Developer Cloud Imperium Games has said it may take The Escapist to court over an article published last week in which it was accused of embezzlement. The piece said that only $8m of the game’s $90m crowdfunding kitty remains, primarily due to wasteful spending, much of which was put behind …
Read More »Heroes team that can’t find a sponsor turns to crowdfunding
Murloc Geniuseshas appeared at theHeroes of the StormAmericas Championship. They’re one of the top teams in the region. But despite this, they still don’t have a sponsor. Now, they’re resorting to crowdfunding to make sure they can afford a trip to a major event. Read more at Daily Dot >>>
Read More »The esports craze will generate $1.8B a year by 2020
It’s no secret that esports, or competitive video gaming, has become big. The question is how big. Colin Sebastian, analyst at R.W. Baird, estimates that esports will generate more than $1.8 billion in annual revenue by 2020, according to a research report dubbed esports readying for prime time” released today. …
Read More »Shenmue 3 may have to compromise visuals to become a better game
Developer Yu Suzuki has said that the game’s $6,333,295 Kickstarter total is not enough for him to do everything he wanted with Shenmue 3. "I could do with a bit more money,” he told Eurogamer. The game itself doesn’t have to be gorgeous visually – a lot of the money …
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