After a surprising victory for European team Splyce at the finals of the first stage of the Call of Duty Global Pro League the group draw for the second stage has been made, and the champions have a tough draw. Splyce have been drawn in the yellow group, alongside American …
Read More »Twitter to broadcast Oceania League of Legends tournament this weekend
After a busy day announcing franchising for the NA LCS, Riot Games has also announced that the upcoming League of Legends: League of Origin tournament will be streamed on Twitter. The competition will run on June 3rd and 4th at the ESL Studio in Sydney, Australia. Players from across the …
Read More »Dota 2 short film contest returns with $25,000 first prize
Valve has revealed the first details of this year’s Dota 2 Short Film Contest, which will give the winner $25,000. The annual competition has become a regular feature in the run up to The International. Fans are challenged to create a 90 second video based on Dota 2. This can …
Read More »League of Legends pro Ben4 suspended for racist comments in game
Riot has suspended professional League of Legends player Tu “Ben4” Xin-cheng after he was found to be making racist remarks in public games. Ben4, who plays for Chinese team I May, will be suspended for one best of three match in the LPL. A statement on Chinese social network weibo …
Read More »Overwatch gets a new map that teases a new hero
Blizzard has released a new map for Overwatch known as Horizon Lunar Colony, which as you may have guessed, is set on the moon. The new map is currently available on the PTR and will be added to the main game in the coming days. It is the first map …
Read More »Former Digital Chaos Dota 2 team signed by new org Planet Odd
The former Digital Chaos Dota 2 roster, who came second at The International 6 last year, have been signed by a new organisation called Planet Odd. The team, who have been playing under the name Thunderbirds for the last couple of months, left the Digital Chaos organisation earlier this year. …
Read More »Vodafone becomes head sponsor of mousesports
German organisation mousesports has announced that it has brought in the German arm of telephone company Vodafone as its head sponsor. The deal kicks off today, and already sees the organisations CS:GO team wearing new jerseys with the Vodafone logo slapped across the middle. As well as the jersey sponsorship …
Read More »Twitch stream gives viewers $50,000 to invest on the New York stock market
In what is perhaps the strangest Twitch Plays yet, someone has set up a bot that lets Twitch chat invest $50,000 on the New York stock exchange. Stock Stream has been set up with $50,000, with donations also adding to that total. This $50,000 is then invested in the stock …
Read More »NA LCS Summer Split Finals to be held in Boston
Riot Games has announced that it will be hosting the finals of the North American League of Legends Championship Series in Boston, Massachusetts. The two day event will feature the third place play off match as well as the grand final of the Summer Split, a nine week competition that …
Read More »Dota 2’s co-op campaign delayed by a week
Valve has announced that Dota 2’s upcoming co-op campaign SlitBreaker has been delayed. After initially stating that the campaign would be out “this month” the team have no revealed that they have pushed it back a week. “We are currently finishing up the Siltbreaker campaign and will unfortunately need to …
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