ESports

Blizzard announce Nexus Games Europe, an international tournament for non-HGC players that pits national teams against each other

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Blizzard has announced a new Heroes of the Storm tournament, the Nexus Games Europe, a competition that will see top players from outside of the HGC fighting for triumph while competing in national European teams. The tournament will kick off on November 14, just ten days after Blizzcon wraps up …

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Fnatic make it to League of Legends World Championship quarter finals with a fairytale comeback

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Fnatic managed a fairytale comeback yesterday, earning themselves a spot in the quarterfinal of the League of Legends World Championship, coming from a 0-4 first week in Group B to win 4 successive matches, beating a triple tiebreak situation. Fnatic didn’t win a single game in their first week, and …

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KeSPA loses their status as a recognised sporting organisation in South Korea

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The Korean e-Sports Association, better known as KeSPA has reportedly failed to meet new standards put in place by the Korean Sport & Olympic committee, which has cost them their status as a recognised sporting organisation. This comes from a report from This Is Game, translated by Slingshot Esports. The Korean …

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Hi-Rez announce $250,000 Paladins Console Series

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On Wednesday, HiRez Studios announced a $250,000 Paladins Console Series, powered by Mixer. The Paladins Console Series is open to all Xbox One and PlayStation 4 players from North America and Europe, with teams scrapping in 12 monthly tournaments from October 2017-2018, with monthly prizes for the best performers each …

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Daybreak Games and Twin Galaxies pair up to launch H1Z1 Pro League in 2018

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Daybreak Games has partnered with Twin Galaxies to create the H1Z1 Pro League. The H1Z1 Pro League is planning its inaugural season in 2018, and the decision behind its creation is to create a sustainable esports ecosystem that will make it more attractive to teams, players, partners and viewers of …

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Fortnite Battle Royale hits 525,000 concurrent players, with 3.7m daily active users

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Fortnite’s new Battle Royale variant has only been around for a couple of weeks, but Epic Games took to Twitter yesterday to announce that the mode has already hit 525,000 concurrent players.  Fortnight Battle Royale is a completely free mode that’s anyone can download and play, only tangentially related to …

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South African football team Orlando Pirates announce FIFA team, hint at future CS:GO, Dota, LoL rosters

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South African football club the Orlando Pirates has announced a FIFA team as its first venture into esports.  “For the first year, Orlando Pirates will focus its esports energies on Electronic Arts franchise FIFA and will later look to moving into the more popular esports segments such as Counter-Strike, League …

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South Korean military hosts internal Overwatch tournament

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The South Korean army hosted an Overwatch tournament earlier this week, while members of the Republic of Korea Army competing for glory in the Overwatch Soldier: 76 tournament on October 8. Teams from different branches of the ROK Army came together to show who among them was the best as …

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Chen ‘Victoria’ Guanhong takes leave from LGD Gaming over chronic illness

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Chen ‘Victoria’ Guanhong, a support player for top-tier Dota 2 team LGD Gaming, will be taking stepping away from the team due to chronic illness, it was revealed yesterday. Guanhong was a key player for LGD Gaming during their recent top four placement at The International 7, and the loss will …

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Fnatic and GamingZone Entertainment team up for second series of GAMERZ

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Fnatic have announced a strategic partnership with GamingZone Entertainment, the producers of reality TV show GAMERZ, that will see team members that win the GAMERZ show being placed on Fnatic’s CS:GO Academy team.  The first series of the show took place earlier this year, and was patchy but promising, although …

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