ESports

The Madison Square Garden Company (MSG) has hired esports veteran Nick Allen to head up its fledgling esports division, showing MSG’s continued push into the esports space. MSG own a string of venues and sports teams, and recently invested into esports outfit CounterLogic Gaming (CLG), allowing CLG to purchase an …

The 12 teams competing in Blizzard’s inaugural Overwatch League have been announced, and with it Blizzard has sent a clear message to regions existing outside of North America: you’re not wanted.  Much like Major League Baseball’s World Series, this international competition is centered firmly on North America. This is bad …

Blizzard has announced the start date for its Overwatch League.  The preseason will start on December 6, meaning that Blizzard’s Overwatch League is technically starting in 2017 as they’ve been claiming. The preseason will involve a series of exhibition matches between the 12 teams in the League. However, the real …

A huge rework to healer Mercy has come to Overwatch’s live servers after almost a month of testing on Overwatch’s Private Test Realm (PTR). The change reworks Mercy’s abilities, most notably her ultimate, to make her a little more active in play after Blizzard noted that a Mercy with her …

Ubisoft Montreal has revealed new changes to Rainbow Six Siege, with two operators getting buffed and the game’s recoil patterns being changed in a new patch appearing on technical test servers (TTS) on Wednesday, September 20.  Kapkan has been sped up, moving from a 3 armour / 1 speed operator …

Dissidia Final Fantasy NT is coming to the PlayStation 4 next year and, according to the game’s producer Ichiro Hazama and director Takeo Kujiraoka, it could be an esports hit waiting to happen.  The game is a 3 v 3 brawler, released in 2015 as a collaboration between Team Ninja …

Fnatic has released its Call of Duty roster ahead of Call of Duty: WWII, and has added that they will be stepping away from competitive Call of Duty for the time being. This means that Matthew ‘skraps’ Marshall, Gurdip ‘SunnyB’ Bains, Thomas ‘Tommey’ Trewren and Bradley ‘Wuskin’ Marshall will be …

The Gfinity Elite Series has revealed the kick off date for the tournament’s second season. Gfinity Elite Series season 2 will start on October 6 2017, and will continue to be broadcast live from the Gfinity Esports Arena in Fulham, London. This series will run each weekend from October 6 …

Dominique ‘SonicFox’ McLean has emerged as the winner of the Injustice 2 Pro Series Grand Finals in Los Angeles, after a dominant performance saw him take home $120,000 this Sunday. McLean triumphed in one of the biggest events ever held for a Netherealm Studios game with the final four of …

The Halo Championship Series came to London this weekend to crown a new champion in the European competitive Halo scene. Team Infused emerged victorious in the headline 4 v 4 bracket, with the team taking home $10,000 and earning an invite to go and compete at the HCS Fall 2017 …