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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 …
Read More »Azubu acquires Hitbox
Azubu has announced that it has acquired rival streaming platform Hitbox. The deal, which was reported by the LA Times, is apparently worth “tens of millions of dollars in cash,” and sees Hitbox merge into the Azubu company. In early 2017 the company will launch a new service that combined …
Read More »EGL set to host Call of Duty World League event in Sheffield
Rounding out the announcement of UK Call of Duty World League events is The European Gaming League, who will be hosting a CWL even in Sheffield. The EGL competition will take place at the Ponds Forge International Sports Centre in Sheffield on June 25th and 25th. 64 teams will compete, …
Read More »MP Ed Vaizey to Chair eGames’ Advisory Board
The eGames has announced that member of parliament and former UK government culture and digital minister Ed Vaizey will be the chairman of its advisory board. Vaizey will be the head of the board that is comprised of leading industry professionals from around the world. The board has been formed …
Read More »Multiplay hosting Call of Duty World League event at Insomnia 60
Multiplay has announced that it will be hosting a Call of Duty World League open event at Insomnia 60. The CWL Birmingham Open will take place at I60, which is due to run between the 14th and 17th April at the NEC. The competition will feature a $50,000 prize pool …
Read More »ESL Pro League to be streamed exclusively on YouTube according to report
The next season of the ESL Pro League CS:GO competition will be streamed exclusively on YouTube according to a report. Slingshot eSports cites sources with a knowledge of the deal, who say that the deal between YouTube and the World eSports Association (WESA) will see season five of the Pro …
Read More »MSI Overwatch MGA 2016 Championship officially canceled after disastrous LAN event
MSI has made the decision to cancel its Overwatch MGA 2016 Championship after the LAN finals were postponed back in December due to two days of tech issues. Fnatic, Ninjas in Pyjamas, Rise Nation and KongDoo Panthera flew over to London to compete in the finals of the competition, which …
Read More »ESL reveals format for the League of Legends UK Premiership
ESL has revealed the initial details for its UK League of Legends Premiership, with qualifiers starting next week. The Premiership will allow anyone to enter in the first swiss qualifier, on January 11th. The top 16 teams from this event will then play on January 12th in a double elimination …
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