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With IEM Oakland now over and done with all eyes in the LoL scene are turning to the final big event before the new LCS season kicks off, IEM Gyeonggi. While a number of teams have already been confirmed for the event, such as ROX Tigers and Royal Never Give …
Read More »Counter Logic gaming setting up an NA Challenger Series team for 2017
North American organisation Counter Logic Gaming has announced that it plans to field a team in the North American Challenger Series in 2017. This new team will sit alongside it’s championship winning LCS team, and most likely act in a similar way to those of Cloud9 and Team Liquid. New …
Read More »Mars Dota 2 League returns for season five in 2017
The Mars Dota 2 League will return in 2017 for at least one more season, after becoming one of the biggest LANs in the east. Season five of MDL will return in May 2017, with the LAN event taking place between the 10th and 14th. No other details were given …
Read More »Welcome to eSports Pro
Hello and welcome to eSports Pro – your new favourite information source site for all things eSports. We will be publishing news, views and analysis on the world’s most exciting place to work and play. Through our sister site MCV, we have been covering the eSports market for a number …
Read More »Riot releases documentary on Rick Fox and his son’s eSports journey
Riot has released a 20 minute documentary that shows Rick Fox’s journey from first attending a League of Legends event with his son, through to starting up his own team. The documentary, which can be seen at the bottom of this post, starts with Rick and his son Kyle heading …
Read More »H2K hits out at LCS relegation in lengthy statement
H2K Gaming has issued a statement detailing its thoughts on relegation in the LCS. The issue has been a hot topic recently with many team owners sending Riot a letter, which was leaked, demanding that they remove relegation from the league, as it creates a lot of issues. H2K has …
Read More »New $100,000 Overwatch tournament gives NA teams a shot a big money over Christmas
The Overwatch Winter Premiere is the latest big money Overwatch tournament to be revealed, with North American teams getting a chance to shine over the Christmas period. The first stage of the event is four open qualifiers, with the top two teams from each qualifier making it into the next …
Read More »eGames CEO: “We originally wanted Overwatch for the eGames.”
Chester King, CEO of eGames Group, the company behind the eGames pop up event in Rio over the summer revealed that they initially wanted to run an Overwatch competition. While on a panel at the Future Games Summit (full disclosure: the event is ran by eSports Pro’s parent company New …
Read More »A look at the debut of ECS one of the biggest new leagues of 2016
The first year of the eSports Championship Series has had its ups and downs. The first season of the league was generally considered to be a massive success, and a surprise win for G2 Esports added another contender for the major that was due to take place just after the …
Read More »The eSports Industry Awards will be re-broadcast on Twitch at 7pm tonight
The live stream of the first ever eSports Industry Awards will be re-broadcast on Twitch tonight with an on demand VoD being available immediately after. Starting at 7pm GMT on Wednesday November 23rd the broadcast will be available on the eSports Industry Awards Twitch channel, which can be seen at …
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