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The World Esports Association has announced a new set of rules for its competitions that restrict one company owning or having a financial stake in multiple teams in the league. A statement released by WESA states that “no team is permitted to be completely or partially owned or controlled by …
Read More »Dates for Blizzcon 2017 revealed
Blizzard has announced that Blizzcon 2017 will take place on November 3rd and 4th 2017 and will once again return to the Anaheim Convention Center. The two day event will, as ever, feature panels with developers discussing all aspects of their games, hands on with new updates and potentially entire …
Read More »Call of Duty World League Birmingham Open details revealed
Multiplay and Activision have released some of the finer details of their upcoming Call of Duty World League event that is set to take place at Insomnia 60 in Birmingham next month. The open competition allows anyone to compete providing they purchase the correct ticket. Up to 96 teams will …
Read More »$20,000 Street Fighter tournament to take place at SXSW
South by South West has announced the first details of the Fighters Underground tournament, that will take place at the event over in Texas. The Street Fighter V competition will see some of the biggest names in the game invited to compete for a share of the $20,000 prize pool. …
Read More »Europe finally gets a new Overwatch competition
After a major drought of European Overwatch tournaments finally a new one has been announced with a $15,000 prize pool. The Overwatch Pit Championship is actually two different events, one for Europe and one for North America. The two regions will each have a $15,000 prize pool and there will …
Read More »Speedrunner beats Zelda: Breath of the Wild in less than an hour
Zelda games are always popular in the speed running community, but Breath of the Wild has taken the scene by storm, with hundreds of runners trying to get the best time. Currently that best time is held by American gymnast86, who finished the game in 58 minutes and one second. …
Read More »The Collegiate StarLeague NA finals head to Toronto
The Collegiate StarLeague has announced that its 2017 finals will take place in Toronto, Canada. The 2017 North American Collegiate Grand Finals will be hosted at the Scotiabank Theatre in the heart of downtown Toronto. The event will run between May 12th and 14th with tickets expected to go on …
Read More »World of Warcraft eSports gets a big boost for 2017
Blizzard has announced a big boost to the competitive World of Warcraft scene with a massive $280,000 prize pool for the World Championships. Warcraft Arena eSports has kept growing over recent years, with big name organisations such as Splyce entering the scene. This has seen the community grow significantly and …
Read More »Gamurs to merge with Dot eSports
Online eSports publication Gamurs is set to merge with Dot eSports next week. The Gamurs company purchased Dot eSports late last year, retaining much of the editorial staff and rebranding it slightly, however the two sites have remained totally separate until now. On March 15th gamurs.com will start to redirect …
Read More »Major roster shuffles hit the NA LCS mid season
When Doublelift announced he would be playing for Team Liquid for the rest of the split we assumed the roster changes were done, but boy were we wrong. Phoenix1, Team Dignitas and Team Liquid have all made more changes to their rosters, causing havoc in the NA LCS. Team Liquid …
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