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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 …
Read More »TwitchCon heads to Long Beach for 2017 event
Twitch has announced that its annual event, TwitchCon, will move to Long Beach, California for 2017. The event will now be held at the Long Beach Convention & Entertainment Center between October 20th and 22nd. The first two events were held in San Francisco, however the costs of San Fran …
Read More »Lionsgate invests in Immortals
Lionsgate has become the latest investor in the Immortals organisation, joining the likes of Linkin Park, Memphis Grizzlies co-owner Steve Kaplan and Allen Debevoise, chairman at Machinima.com. The deal sees Lionsgate throw in a chunk of cash that will be used to fund new content based on the Immortals teams. …
Read More »Newbee CEO forms new team featuring xiao8, Ferrari_430 ChuaN and himself
Zei9, the CEO of Chinese organisation Newbee has created a new Dota team called Newbee Boss that features stars and himself. After retiring just over a week ago Zhang "xiao8" Ning has returned to active play for the team, and is joined by fellow Chinese legends Wong "ChuaN" Hock Chuan …
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