ESports

Telecommunications giant T-Mobile has made waves this week, announcing Wednesday its first esports organisation sponsorship deals with Team SoloMid and Cloud9. The company’s sponsorship will take the form of T-Mobile becoming the ‘official cellular data partner’ for both organisations, according to announcements from both TSM and Cloud9. Cloud9’s announcement features …

Valve’s Counter-Strike: Global Offensive team has reworked the Counter-Terrorist’s Five-SeveN pistol in a new patch. Valve’s stated intention with the pistol reworks is “the goal of emphasising skillful use of the weapons”, and after the Tec-9 rework, the Five-SeveN is up on the blocks for changes, as seen in this …

Australian football club Melbourne City FC has announced the signing of their first esports player, FIFA player Marcus Gomes. Gomes is also the first player to be signed by an A-league team, Australia’s top flight football competition. Marcus will head to London for the FIFA Interactive World Cup Final from …

Ex-professional football star Edgar Davids has won a lawsuit against League of Legends developers Riot Games over their Striker Lucian skin, which Davids has alleged is based on his likeness. The skin is a purchasable cosmetic item that players can purchase in League of Legends for Riot Points, the League of …

Gambit Esports, victors of the recent PGL Krakow Major in late July, announced late on Tuesday evening that they’ve signed Bektiyar ‘fitch’ Bakhytov from Kazakh CS:GO outfit Tengri. Bakhytov will fill the roster slot left after Danylo ‘Zeus’ Teslenko left the team to return to Natus Vincere with the team’s …

The National Collegiate Athletic Association, otherwise known as the NCAA, will be discussing esports at their next scheduled meeting in October, where the organisations board of directors will discuss what role the NCAA has in college esports. This is overseen currently by the National Association of Collegiate Esports (NACE), acting …

Former IBUYPOWER player Braxton ‘swag’ Pierce is returning to Counter-Strike: Global Offensive to play competitively for the first time since a ban he picked up in January 2015.  Pierce was one of seven players banned by Valve at all competitive events. Since that time, he’s been streaming for Cloud9 and …

Blizzard have introduced a Public Test Realm for Warcraft 3, a first for the venerable real-time strategy title. Blizzard have stated that the PTR is primarily aimed at implementing a bunch of balance changes, in addition to updating assets and several other improvements. It’s poured fuel onto the raging fire …

The United States and United Kingdom have secured their spots at the Overwatch World Cup main event, taking place from November 3, during Blizzcon. The US and UK triumphed over Taiwan and Germany in the playoffs, with the UK remaining undefeated in terms of map score, Taiwan failing to score …

OpTic Gaming last night emerged as the winners of the Call of Duty World League Championship 2017, claiming a lion’s share of the $1.5m purse, one of the biggest prize pools in console gaming. OpTic, known as The Green Wall to their fans, beat out Team EnVyUs for the win …