16 of the best European PES players will head to FC Barcelona’s Camp Nou stadium to compete for one of four spaces at the PES League Final. The competition will take place on February 11th at the iconic stadium, with the best players from the qualifiers battling it out in …
Read More »eSports Integrity Coalition disciplinary panel launches
The eSports Integrity Coalition has revealed that its disciplinary panel is now active to help solve all disputed and issues within the world of eSports. Much like the recently announced WESA arbitration court the ESIC panel will provide independent enquiries, investigations and rulings, including appeals, in relation to matters brought …
Read More »Gfinity to hold European Halo World Championship 2017 Qualifier at Wembley
Gfinity has finally revealed the details of the upcoming European Halo World Championship 2017 Qualifier: London. The event will take place between February 17th and 19th, and in a surprising move it will be held at The Great Hall in Wembley Stadium and not at the Gfinity Arena. The best …
Read More »Turtle Beach becomes the official eSports audio partner of VFL Wolfsburg
Turtle Beach has announced a new partnership with VFL Wolfsburg that sees the headset manufacturer become the club’s official eSports audio partner. The deal will see all of Wolfsburg’s eSports players use the Turtle Beach Elite Pro headset and will see the launch of a new gaming zone at the …
Read More »ELEAGUE Major final had 3.6 million unique viewers
ELEAGUE has revealed the official viewing stats for the final of the ELEAGUE Major and unsurprisingly it’s a pretty big number. The total viewer reach of the ELEAGUE final was 3.6 million viewers across all platforms including the TBS TV broadcast. This also included 1.8 million people who were first …
Read More »Former Fnatic CS:GO roster reunites after player swap with GODSENT
Fnatic has announced that it has traded Joakim “disco doplan” Gidetun and Simon “twist” Eliasson to GODSENT and will get Jesper “JW” Wecksell, Robin “flusha” Rönnquist in return. This means that the Major winning team from late 2015 and early 2016 is now back on Fnatic. For a long time …
Read More »Blizzard announces $300,000 national Hearthstone team league
Blizzard has announced the Hearthstone Global Games, a team based competition with $300,000 on the line. 48 nations will compete in the event, each fielding a team of four players from that country. Teams will play best of five matches against other nations online, with each player bringing two decks …
Read More »Two Call of Duty World League events to be held in Sydney
Activision has finally given Australia some love by announcing two Call of Duty World League events that will take place in Sydney. Both events feature a $30,000 prize pool and up to 64 teams. They will be held at the ESL Studios in Sydney and will only be open to …
Read More »Echo Fox forfeit ESL Pro League spot after failing to get a roster in time
Echo Fox has forfeited its spot in the North American division of the ESL Pro League after failing to submit a roster for the upcoming season. The team disbanded its CS:GO team late last year, leaving just two players on its roster currently. Obviously without a team of five they …
Read More »Stanislaw leaves OpTic Gaming, rumoured to join Team Liquid
Peter "stanislaw" Jarguz has left the OpTic Gaming CS:GO team after a disappointing run at the ELEAGUE Major. Stanislaw is considered one of, if not the, best in game leader in North America, and OpTic were considered the best NA team after winning ELEAGUE Season 2 and taking second at …
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