The qualifiers for the Dota Asia Championship have been revealed, with the format and participants being announced. The qualifiers will be split into four regions, as the China qualifiers have already been played. North America, Europe, SEA and CIS will all get one slot at the tournament with eight teams …
Read More »The weekend wrap up: 16/01/2017
Here at eSports Pro we hate event spoilers, but also know that no one has the time to watch every major tournament every weekend. That’s why we are starting up the weekend wrap up, a short post every Monday that lists all of the winners from the previous weekend. In …
Read More »ESL Pro League to be streamed on YouTube
ESL has confirmed rumours that the ESL Pro League Season 5 and 6 will be streamed exclusively on YouTube. The deal was rumoured earlier in the week, and has now been confirmed. This means that the english language stream of the tournament will not be available on Twitch at all. …
Read More »FC Schalke 04 announce Challenger Series roster
FC Schalke 04 has announced its roster for the upcoming League of Legends Challenger Series split. Oskar “VandeR” Bogdan, Jean-Victor “loulex” Burgevin, Marcin “Selfie” Wolski, Lennard “SmittyJ” Warkus and Elias “Upset” Lipp make up the new roster. “I think I am still one of the best supports in EU when …
Read More »Misfits sign former TSM CS:GO roster
Misfits has acquired the former TSM CS:GO roster after the team refused to play without Sean Gares. Gares was removed from TSM just days after signing thanks to the PEA drama. Gares signed the open letter to teams, which ticked off TSM’s management who removed him from the team. However …
Read More »WESG to stay in Changzhou thanks to Alibaba
The World Electronic Sports Games (WESG) is set to stay in Changzhou, China for at least the next three years thanks to a major investment from Alibaba’s sports division. Alisports has announced that it intends to hold the major event that sees teams play for that nations, in China for …
Read More »Astro sponsors DreamHack open events in 2017
At almost every DreamHack event around the world there is a CS:GO open event, with top teams competing for a share of the prize money. Now in a significant boost to the circuit Astro has signed on as the title sponsor. DreamHack ASTRO Open in 2017 will consist of nine …
Read More »Korean BBQ chain buys top League of Legends team
Korean BBQ chain Genesis BBQ Chicken has purchased the ESC Ever LCK team. The team played in the LCK Summer Split 2016 for the first time, establishing the ESC Ever name. However under the new deal the team will be known as BBQ Olivers. The team’s new logo is surely …
Read More »GODSENT drop out of WESG less than 24 hours before the event starts
Swedish CS:GO team GODSENT have dropped out of the $1.5 million WESG tournament less than 24 hours before it was due to start. The competition kicked off in the early hours of this morning, however it was only revealed late last night that the team would not be competing. GODSENT …
Read More »EU LCS format and groups decided
The format and groups for the 2017 EU LCS Spring Split have been announced, with the competition due to start next week. The ten teams have been split into two groups of five. For the first three weeks teams will play against everyone in their group. Then for weeks four …
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