ESports

I haven’t followed football in years, but there’s something electric about being in Anfield, the home of Liverpool Football Club. It’s hard not to get swept up in the scale and spectacle of the place. We’re gathered here for the second European qualifier for the Pro Evolution Soccer (PES) League …

Playerunknown’s Battlegrounds 2017 Charity Invitational, the first real competitive event for the phenomenally successful battle royale shooter, has raised a little over $120,000 for charity. Each region had 32 Duo teams competing for a win across three games, with the players with the highest placement across the three rounds in …

An elimination match to wrap up the second day of IEM Sydney ended up providing one of the most exciting comebacks in Counter-Strike: Global Offensive history. CS:GO team North faced off against one of the event’s Australian teams, Chiefs, and for Danish team North, victory seemed like a safe bet: …

Oakland games outfit Wavedash Games has announced that it’s raised $6m in Series A funding to develop a new platform fighting game, and grow its team. A platform fighter is a fighting game that revolves around victory by knocking your opponent out of an arena. Think of your chosen Smash …

Yesterday, the Gamerz esports reality TV show, featuring 12 players competing for a chance to win a six-month professional gaming contract. The 12 were picked at an open casting session at DreamHack Winter 2016, and a few hundred Scandinavian CS:GO players looking to take the step to a pro-gaming career …

Activision has revealed the date and venue for the 2017 Call of Duty World League Championship, the biggest CoD event of the pro-league calender. It’ll be held at the Amway Center in Orlando Florida, and will take place from August 9 to 13. The event will see the top 32 …

Yesterday, a new patch for Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare was released. However, it’s drawn ire from fans as it doesn’t address ‘snaking’, which is perceived as one of the biggest issues at high-level play right now. Snaking is a form of movement where players will rapidly move between prone …

Hearthstone is continuing to grow, with Blizzard now claiming the game has 70 million players after the release of Journey to Un’Goro. The press release, sent out today, doesn’t give a lot of detail on how often these players log in, how many are alternate accounts or how many of …

European Dota 2 outfit OG has emerged as the champions of the Dota 2 Kiev Major after a five-game final series that saw them beat Virtus Pro 3-2. Virtus played a strong early-game, gaining an early lead in every game but the first, with OG fighting uphill to claim the …

ESL founder Jens Hilgers has put together a team of high profile figures and investment groups from sports, entertainment and gaming to create a multi-million esports investment fund. The fund, called BITKRAFT Esports Ventures fund, has backers from several top-level esports organisations, including Super Evil Megacorp CEO Kristian Segerstrale, the …