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Facebook’s broadcasting and streaming feature, Facebook Live, is now available to use on desktop and laptop computers. For some time now the feature has only given users the ability to share live video content through their phones and mobile devices. Now, with the new changes to Facebook Live on PCs, …
Read More »Blizzard announce $270,000 Asia-Pacific Overwatch league
In order to commemorate the opening of their new eSports arena in Taiwan, Blizzard will be launching an Asia-Pacific Overwatch league this April. Eight teams from across the region will compete over a thirteen week period with the top teams qualifying for a spot in the playoffs finals. All competitors …
Read More »Gfinity and OMEN by HP partner for Gfinity Elite Series
Gfinity has announced a partnership with OMEN by HP for the Gfinity Elite Series. As the ‘Official Hardware Partner’ OMEN by HP will be used throughout both the Gfinity Challenger Series and Gfinity Elite Series. “We are incredibly proud to announce OMEN by HP as our first partner for the …
Read More »DreamHack and Twitch to continue streaming partnership through 2017
DreamHack has announced that it will continue its partnership with Twitch for the ninth year running. The renewed agreement will mean that events and eSports competitions at the computer festival will continue to be streamed on Twitch throughout 2017. This continues the deal established back in 2009 between DreamHack and …
Read More »Epicenter: Moscow to feature DOTA 2 tournament in June
Epic Esports Events has announced that EPICENTER: Moscow will feature the organiser’s second DOTA 2 tournament in June later this year. Qualifiers will begin in May, when teams throughout Europe, the CIS, North America, China and other regions will compete for a spot in the tournament. The group stage will …
Read More »Next CS:GO Major to be hosted by PGL in Krakow, Poland
The tournament organisers PGL have been chosen to host the next Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Major, with the live finals set to take place in the Tauron Arena in Krakow, Poland. Global qualifiers will run across multiple regions throughout June, before all 16 finalists convene in Poland to compete for a …
Read More »Blizzard hire TJ Sanders for Hearthstone eSports team
Blizzard has hired Hearthstone caster and personality, TJ Sanders, to join the game’s eSports Broadcasting and Production team. The jovial and light-hearted commentator has been a regular on the casting desk of multiple Hearthstone tournaments as of late, including the recently concluded ESL Trinity Series. Sanders has also been involved …
Read More »MTV to broadcast India’s first eSports league
India’s first eSports league, UCypher, is set to be broadcast on MTV, confirms investor and organiser, Ronnie Screwvala. It was announced in January that Screwvala, an Indian media and entertainment entrepreneur, had plans to invest around $15 million in setting up an eSports league in the country through his company, …
Read More »CD Projekt RED and ESL partner for GWENT Challenger tournament
Improbably popular Witcher 3 distraction, GWENT, is set to join the world of eSports when CD Projekt RED and ESL partner up to host the GWENT Challenger tournament. The qualifiers will kick off this April, with an open tournament featuring 512 of the top ranked players from the game’s leaderboards. …
Read More »First details of Evo Japan revealed
The first details of the Evo Japan event that was first announced last year have been revealed, and it seems we have a while longer to wait. The Evo Japan fighting game tournament will not take place until 2018, when it will hit the Akihabara UDX event center in Tokyo. …
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