ESports

WME|IMG, the company behind the CS:GO Major ELEAGUE and training platform Boomeo, has seen its esports team depart the company. The team, comprised of four members and led by Tobias Sherman, was key for allowing WME|IMG to establish itself in the esports sphere, assisting WME|IMG in striking several deals in …

Recently unbanned former IBuyPower players are talking about a reunion after an announcement that they be unbanned from ESL events on August 1. On his stream, Braxton ‘swag’ Pierce, known as Brax, mentioned that he would probably link up with former teammates Sam ‘DaZeD’ Marine and Keven ‘azk’ Lariviere to …

On Friday night I went to the Gfinity eSports Arena to see a few sets of Street Fighter V, part of Gfinity’s Elite Series. It’s the first time Gfinity have shown the Fulham arena off since its extensive rework for the Elite Series, and with its flashing lighted tunnel, huge …

Gfinity has struck out across the Atlantic, acquiring CEVO, an American technology and services provider for the esports market. CEVO was founded in 2004, and is well known for running its own leagues and anti-cheat software, although it also provides white label esports tournament services. Gfinity and CEVO are long …

Defending Major champs Astralis clashed with SK Gaming’s in-form team in the quarter-finals of the PGL Major this weekend. Although Astralis didn’t win the entire contest, falling to eventual winners Gambit in the semi-finals, it’s a shot in the arm for the Danish team who have been struggling to get …

Gambit Esports emerged as surprise winners of the the PGL Counter-Strike Major, emerging victorious at the $1m Counter-Strike tournament. Gambit went up against Immortals after taking out defending champs Astralis 2-1 in the best of three semi finals, but Immortals were no slouch either, taking out Virtus Pro themselves in the …

Craig Fletcher is a UK esports veteran, having clocked up 20 years in the industry. He is now working for GAME as ‘Multiplay founder & SVP esports and competitive gaming strategy at GAME’ – phew.  Multiplay’s impact on GAME has been obvious, with the company expanding rapidly into competitive gaming …

Daybreak Games’ H1Z1 Elite Series is kicking off this weekend, with Dreamhack Atlanta playing host to two H1Z1: King of the Kill tournaments, with a collective prize pool of $250,000. There are two tournaments, one for five person groups and one for solo players. It’s planned as the first stop …

Chinese ecommerce outfit Alibaba have revealed that they lost "60 to 70 per cent" of their $20m investment in the World Electronic Sports Games (WESG). This comes via an interview with the South China Morning Post, a newspaper that Ali Baba owns, and was picked up by the smart crowd …

Michele Attisani co-founded competitive games outfit Faceit in 2012, but before that he’d been gaming competitively for 15 years, supporting the habit with a career working with various Fortune 500 companies and several tech start-ups. Attisani is, as a result, ideally positioned to talk about the state of the UK …