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With a prize pool of more than half a million dollars, the backing of big PC brands and 1m+ viewers expected, the latest Intel Extreme Masters (IEM) is about to get underway. Here are five things you need to know about the eSports tournament. IEM Season 10 is set to …

Late last week it was announced thatDraftKingshas decided to pull its sponsorships of major esports organisations. It’s believed that this is due to the mounting costs of the daily fantasy sports operator’s numerous legal battles in states throughout the US. In September DraftKings was one of many companies committing to …

Tech Insider’s first documentary "League of Millions" follows professional video game team,Team Liquid, as they battle to reach the 2015League of Legendsworld championships. We meet the team in the summer split coming off some of the worst losses of the season. It’s up to team membersIWillDominate, Xpecial, Quas, Piglet, Fenixand …

eSports is growing incredibly fast. According to research firmNewzoo, the eSports industry generated $325 million in revenue worldwide in 2015, and is expected to grow to $463 million in 2016. What was once a small, young industry needs to grow up fast to meet the demands of a huge global …

After anemotional interviewfollowing H2k’s win over Fnatic on Thursday, FORG1VEN announced an imminent nine-month absence from the European League Championship Series in order to fulfill his military obligations for his home country, Greece. Considering H2k is embroiled in a heated, three-way battle for first place on top of the EU …

A partnership between ESL and Intel is hoping to improve and support the diversity around competitive gaming with the launch of the AnyKey initiative this week. The core goal of the program is tocreate more opportunities and inclusive spaces in eSports, and advocate for underrepresented members of competitive communities, such …

A smartphone game inspired by Dark Souls sounds like a dream come true, but Bandai Namco’s Slashy Souls is quite possible not entirely what you expected. The free-to-play game is not developed by From Software, but does carry plenty of in-game messaging encouraging players to buy Dark Souls III from …

DingIt, the eSports-centric streaming platform, has finished its first year of broadcasting with 80m viewers under its belt. The site, which insists that the current model for eSports streaming is broken and wants to fix the problems inherent to games broadcasting, currently sees 20m montly unique viewers. To date, the …

Some of the functionality missing from Windows Store versions of PC games will be added in the future, Microsoft has said. It was reported last week that Steam and Windows Store versions of the same game are not equal, with the former missing some key functionality. For instance, the Store …

Next month will see developers finally get their hands on Microsoft’s augmented reality platform, HoloLens. An announcement accidentally posted ahead of embargo on Fortune (since pulled, viaReddit) revealed that the HoloLens Development Edition will open for pre-orders later today (February 29th) ahead of a March 30th release date. The kit …