ESports

Yahoo Esports has announced that it plans to host its first ever Super Smash Bros. Melee competition this weekend.  The event follows on from the collegiate League of Legends competitions that the organisation ran last year, showing that its investment in eSports wasn’t just on the media side of things.  …

The Esports Integrity Coalition has released a lengthy statement regarding recent rule changes made by ESL for their Counter-Strike competitions.  The new rules implemented by ESL state that any player who has received a VAC ban for cheating will be banned from play in ESL competitions for two years. Previously …

Blizzard has opened its first eSports arena over in Taipei in preparation for its first Asian Overwatch competition.  The arena holds up to 250 spectators and is known as the Blizzard eStadium. It will be used for smaller scale tournaments and it’s probably a safe bet to assume it might …

UMG has announced a new $75,000 Halo competition due to take place in Florida this May.  The HCS Daytona by UMG tournament will take place at the Ocean Center Arena in Daytona Beach between May 12th and 14th, with $75,000 up for grabs in the main competition. To compliment this …

The draw for the Call of Duty Global Pro League has taken place and we know know what the four groups look like.  The Red Group has arguably the most interesting match ups, as we get to see a rematch of last year’s CoD Champs final between Team EnVyUs and …

ELEAGUE has been nominated in the Outstanding Studio Design and Art Direction category at the sports Emmys.  This nomination shows just how good the ELEAGUE broadcasts have been, not only have they been the best eSports shows we have ever seen, they are even rivaling traditional sporting show, which is …

Gfinity has announced that the fifth organisation to take part in its Elite Series will be Team EnVyUs.  This sees EnVyUs join Reason Gaming, Team Infused, Excel eSports and Prophecy in the Elite Series.  As one of the biggest organisations in the world the move comes as a bit of …

Evil Geniuses has announced that electronics manufacturer Hisense is the latest company to sponsor the organisation.  The deal sees Hisense become the exclusive TV provider for Evil Geniuses, and will see the two parties working together on promotional events.  “We are thrilled for Evil Geniuses to join the Hisense family …

Gfinity has announced four of the eight organisations that will be fielding teams in its Elite Series competition.  Team Infused, Excel eSports, Reason Gaming and Prophecy are the first four teams to be announced for the competition, with the final four expected to be announced in the coming days.  All …

The 2017 Halo World Championships that took place last weekend have become the biggest Halo event ever in terms of viewership.  At its peak the streams for the Halo World Championships hit over 135,000 concurrent viewers across Twitch, Twitter, Facebook, and Beam. Beam is Microsoft’s Twitch competitor if you were …