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NBC Sports has announced it’s leaping into the esports arena, with a $100,000 open tournament for vehicular kickabout Rocket League. It’ll be partnering with FACEIT and Psyonix to launch the tournament, which will take the form of a 2 v 2.  The tournament is going to get a lot of …

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Ninjas in Pyjamas have released their Overwatch team, less than a month after they pulled the plug on their Dota 2 roster claiming they wanted to focus more on Overwatch, CS:GO and League of Legends. It seems for the organisations Overwatch roster at least, that dream has been NiPped in the …

Developer Byron Atkinson-Jones recently took a class with students from the Prince's Trust and found a surprising trend amongst the games designed by his pupils

KeSPA, the Korean Esports Association, has announced that it’s going to partner up with League of Legends stats outfit OP.GG to put together an offiicial database for Korean League of Legends players, and Korean FIFA pros, too. It could be a valuable tool for those looking to get up-to-date information …

Classic games across all Sega consoles will be available for free on iOS and Android devices

Sega is relaunching its 1000 game retro back catalogue on mobile devices for free. The long-sighted and wide-reaching initiative is called Sega Forever. Today we’ll see five initial launches, including the original Sonic the Hedgehog title, with a new game rolling out roughly every two weeks thereafter. Now, retro gaming …

The Gears of Wars esports organisation, known as Gears Esports, has handed out bans to three pro players for code of conduct violations during the first season of the Gears Pro Circuit.  The suspensions are for varying lengths and incidents, and paint a worrying picture of what goes on when …

As has been rumoured for some time, it looks like the remastered version of one of Call of Duty’s most cherished iterations is getting a standalone release. Charlie Intel has published images of what appears to be a physical release for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Remastered, said to be …

Set up five years ago, OP Talent was the first dedicated management company for top YouTube gaming influencers. We manage a large proportion of the UK’s top YouTubers and have been at the forefront of online brand marketing. Our talents are responsible for billions of video views and have millions …