ESports

After the disappointment of Smash Melee being relegated to the Saturday of EVO this year the organisers of Genesis have some good news in the shape of a new doubles circuit.  Known as Fuse, the circuit will consist of three premier doubles tournaments and six major tournaments, each of which …

Jason Katz has left his position as the commissioner of PEA, the organisation of North American teams that tried and failed to set up a professional CS:GO league to rival ESL.  Katz acted as the commissioner and public face of the organisation, meaning he was at the forefront of the …

Comic Relief has announced a new deal with Twitch that will see the two pair up for a series of streams to raise money for the charity.  The event known as GAMERAISERS kicks off later today and sees celebrities and popular gamers head to Twitch’s offices in London to play …

The list of events that make up the London Games Festival have been announced and a surprise eSports competition is in the mix. The Digital Schoolhouse eSports Tournament Grand Final will take place on April 4th at the Gfinity Arena. 400 secondary schools and sixth forms have been competing online …

Competitive PES has always been a thing, but in recent years it has struggled to keep up with the expansion that many other titles have seen. This year however Konami is pushing eSports hard, and the new version of the PES League is an obvious indicator. The competition has already …

Plays.TV, the service that can be used to record, replay, and relive games and streams, has received massive investment from multiple parties.  The company has raised $15 million in Series A funding, with an investment fund associated with the owners and executives of the San Francisco 49ers and basketball star …

SLIVER.tv and ESL will create the world’s first VR eSports stadium experience at the Intel Extreme Masters. The stream will sit viewers in a massive stadium, recreating the experience of actually being at the event in person. They will be able to see the avatars of other people who are …

Orbit Esport has announced that it will no longer function as an organisation, instead becoming an investment firm.  However it will still own teams, by holding a majority share of Red Reserve. Red Reserve will absorb all of Orbit’s current teams, including its highly successful Call of Duty team who …

A mod for CS:GO called Classic Offensive has been greenlit on Steam and will be released on Valve’s distribution platform.  The mod aims to bring back Counter-Strike 1.6 style gameplay in the new CS:GO engine, and while it can’t quite make it a perfect 1.6 recreation it aims to bring …

Italian football club AS Roma have announced a partnership with Fnatic, that will see the two launch a FIFA division.  The new partnership sees Roma sign FIFA players Sam “Poacher” Carmody, Aman “Aman” Seddiqi, and Nicoló “Insa” Mirra, who will represent the club going forward.  While Roma’s name will be …