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At the Boston Major this past weekend Valve announced the dates and location for the next Dota 2 Major tournament. The Kiev Major will take place in April 2017, with the main event running between the 20th and 23rd. PGL is once again in charge of putting it together, after …
Read More »The weekend wrap up: 12/12/16
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. This …
Read More »eSports event to take place at The White House next week
The White House is set to play host to a multi game event and Twitch stream next week that will feature some eSports show matches. On December 12th a four hour Twitch broadcast will air from the most important building in the USA in an attempt to raise awareness about …
Read More »Final set of maps coming to Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Remastered
After a month of waiting the final set of original maps are coming to the Call of Duty 4 remaster. The new update coming to all platforms on December 13th will up the map count from 10 to all 16 original maps. For those that weren’t around to play the …
Read More »Panda Global signs Gears of War team
Panda Global has picked up a Gears of War team just before the big Gears of War 4 Pro Circuit London Open event this weekend. Ben "Strangulate" Laird, Bobby "phenomxnon" Kenny, Alec "Shock" Colins and Demarco "Drix" Gainesmake up the core of the team, with Frank "ko" Tibbs being the …
Read More »The British Esports Association reveals its advisory board
The British Esports Association has finally announced its first advisory board members and has launched its website. The British Esports Association is designed to be the one stop shop for all eSports needs in the UK. Not only are they going to have a ton of content for people interested …
Read More »The Capcom Cup reached 87,000 on ESPN
The top eight portion of the Capcom Cup competition was broadcast on ESPN2 in the States over the weekend and according to initial stats it was watched by 87,000 people. According to SportsTVRatings.com around 87,000 tuned into the brodcast at one point or another, with around 46,000 being between 18 …
Read More »WESA releases details on its arbitration court
WESA has released the rules and guidelines of its arbitration court, in preparation for it to actually start functioning. The WESA arbitration court is designed to help solve disputes in the world of eSports, we knew that the court would see the two parties plead their case before thee independent …
Read More »Big upsets on day one of the Boston Major main event
The main event of the Dota 2 Boston Major got underway yesterday, and already there have been a few big upsets. Spoilers to follow. The first elimination round in the single elimination bracket saw The International 6 winners Wings Gaming face off against The International 5 winners, Evil Geniuses. In …
Read More »LoL Worlds had 43 million viewers
The League of Legends world championship again broke its own viewership records by bringing in 43 million unique viewers for the final. When SK Telecom T1 faced off against Samsung Galaxy in the grand final more than 43 million unique viewers tuned in, with a total of 14.7 million concurrent …
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