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Four new sponsors have joined the eSports Industry Awards as fan voting heads to its conclusion. Domino’s, Gillette, Omen by HP and Snugg have all sponsored the awards, joining the likes of Xbox, Windows 10 and Twitch as well as headline sponsor Now TV. With just over a week until …
Read More »Razer’s eSports focused PS4 pad costs £150 and is a GAME exclusive
A few weeks back eSports fans who play on the PS4 got excited when both Razer and Nacon announced new officially licensed controllers for the console that are design for pro players. Now more information on Razer’s offering has been revealed and it may put some people off. The Razer …
Read More »Capcom Cup will be best of fives and not best of threes as originally planned
The tournament format for the upcoming Capcom Cup has been switched with all games now being best of fives and not best of threes. The original format for the competition stated that all games up to the round of 16 would be best of threes and then it would switch …
Read More »sOAZ and Amazing leave Origen
Both Paul “sOAZ” Boyer and Maurice “Amazing” Stückenschneider have left the Origen League of Legends team in search of new opportunities. A statement released on the Origen website revealed that both players have decided to move on and look for other opportunities in the world of League of Legends. The …
Read More »The teams for the League of Legends All Star event have been announced
The teams for the League of Legends All Star event have been announced after fans voted for the players they wanted to see in Barcelona. Fans have been voting for their favourite player in each position for each region over the last few weeks, with the player that secures the …
Read More »Two more ESL Pro League seasons confirmed for 2017
The ESL Pro League CS:GO competition will return for another two seasons in 2017, with $2 million on the line throughout the course of the year. The two million prize pool gives each season a prize pool of $1 million, which is a 25% increase on last season. ESL have …
Read More »iceiceice: “Streaming is destroying careers”
Daryl Koh "iceiceice" Pei Xiang, captain of the Faceless Dota 2 team, has said that streaming is destroying players’ careers in China. In an interview with Cnet iceiceice was asked about the lucrative streaming contacts that players can earn in China, and he had some controversial views on the subject. …
Read More »Millenium’s Callum “Swanny” Swan to miss CoD XP
The biggest CoD event of the year is here, but Millenium will be without their star player as Callum “Swanny” Swan has not travelled to LA. The news came just hours before the competition is due to start, with the team confirming that Swanny will not be playing this weekend. …
Read More »SK Gaming’s fer out for at least six weeks due to surgery
CS:GO world champions SK Gaming will be without Fernando “fer” Alvarenga until mid September at the earliest due to the player requiring two surgeries. Alvarenga requires surgery on both his nose, to enable him to breath through both nostrils, and on his ear to prevent further hearing loss. Unfortunately both …
Read More »Fnatic’s flusha on G2: “I can’t say I consider them a top team”
In just a few hours Fnatic will face off against G2 eSports at ESL One Cologne, and one of Fnatic’s star players, Robin “flusha” Rönnquist, had some harsh words on his opponents. Speaking to MCV at the ECS finals a couple of weeks ago Flusha was asked if G2 were …
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