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Ding It was once trying to be a competitor to Twitch, but in recent times has shifted its focus to on demand content. Now it’s senior management has created Level Up Media, which will be the parent company of Ding It, and will launch two new sites. The Ding It …
Read More »$10,000 Battlerite tournament announced
Stunlock Studios have announced the Enter the Arena Battlerite tournament, a $10,000 competition that will be hosted by Beyond the Summit. A series of open and closed qualifiers will decide eight of the teams that make it to the main competition, with the first matches kicking off later this week. …
Read More »William Hill to take bets on DreamHack Masters Las Vegas in the US
Bookmaker William Hill has announced that it will be taking bets on DreamHack Masters Las Vegas in Nevada this week. William Hill’s Las Vegas division has already announced odds for the overall winner, with Astralis coming in as favourites at 3/1. Virtus pro come in a 7/2 while NaVi are …
Read More »EA fines Madden Bowl winner for inappropriate tweets
Chris “Dubby” McFarland, the winner of the Madden Bowl competition, has been fined $3,000 by EA for inappropriate tweets. During and immediately after the competition McFarland posted a number of Tweets, which have since been removed, that EA deemed to be unacceptable. As a result they have fined the played …
Read More »EU LCS spring split finals to be held in Hamburg
Riot Games has announced that it will hold the finals of the EU LCS spring split in Hamburg, Germany. The finals will head to The Barclaycard Arena in Hamburg on April 22nd and 23rd, with the third place match taking place on the first day and the grand final taking …
Read More »Splatoon 2 to launch with LAN support and spectator mode
Nintendo has confirmed that Splatoon 2 will feature LAN support and a spectator mode in an attempt to make it as easy as possible for people to run tournaments. Up to 10 docked Switch consoles can be put on the same LAN network to allow for offline play, however observers …
Read More »DreamHack to run 10 Smash Bros tournaments this year
DreamHack has announced that it will be running 10 Smash Bros tournaments this year, with Melee getting six and Smash 4 getting the other four. Melee will make appearances at DreamHack DreamHack Austin, DreamHack Summer, DreamHack Atlanta, DreamHack Montreal, DreamHack Denver and DreamHack Winter. Smash 4 (Wii U) will get …
Read More »The International could be held outside of the US if travel restrictions remain in place
Valve head honcho Gabe Newell has suggested that his company may be forced to hold The International outside of the US if travel restrictions get any worse. When speaking to Polygon, Newell said that if restrictions on who can enter the US get any worse the company may be forced …
Read More »Trump’s travel restrictions force Cloud9 to drop out of IEM Katowice
Cloud9 has announced that they will not be competing at the Intel Extreme Masters Katowice later this month, partly due to the new US travel restrictions. According to the announcement from IEM, Cloud9 have chosen not to travel over to Poland to compete in order to focus on their run …
Read More »ESL extends paysafecard deal for another year
ESL has announced that it is extending its payment partner deal with paysafecard for another year. The deal first started back in 2015, with paysafecard coming in as the payment partner for ESL events such as ESL One, the ESL CS:GO Pro League and many of the company’s regional competitions. …
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