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16 European PES players have managed to book a spot in the last regional competition in the PES League Road to Cardiff tournament.  RoNeX, crazyFlash7, TRS_EL_MATADOR, his_wideness, Suprema_Ettorito, Teclis-88, IndominatorTV,  Sam—, dNationPT, Neo_Lotfi, TioMiit_PW, joanfcb, AlexAlguacil_8, TBC, DexK and bad_boy_g_2011 will all head to Anfield to try and win a …

Trial rolled out to those on Xbox Insider Program

Last night’s Nintendo Direct announced a number of new Switch and 3DS release dates, and also revealed two new bits of Switch hardware. Headlining the dates are Splatoon 2, which arrives on July 21st, and Arms, which will hit shelves on June 16th. Also confirmed was a Nintendo Switch release …

The finalists for the Women in Games Awards have been announced, including those in the brand new eSports Contender category. For the first time at the awards the brightest female stars in the world of eSports are being honoured. Members from every corner of the industry have been nominated, with …

Team Dignitas has moved away from exclusively streaming on Twitch and will now stream on Facebook Live as well.  The first Facebook Live stream from the team came last night, when League of Legends players Chan-ho “Ssumday” Kim and Sang-hyun “Chaser” Lee held an AMA on the platform. Later today …

During the latest Nintendo Direct, which aired last night, it was revealed that Splatoon 2 will launch on the Nintendo Switch on July 21st.  The title was revealed earlier this year when the Switch itself was shown off properly for the first time, but no release date was mentioned. Now …

ESL has announced that it will launch its esportsTV channel on PlayStation Vue in the coming weeks. Before the end of the month the channel will launch on PlayStations TV service in the States, just in time for a live broadcast of the Intel Extreme Masters Sydney CS:GO event taking …

Gfinity has been named as the global tournament partner for Microsoft’s Forza Racing Championship.  The deal will see Gfinity organise and host the events in the competition, with the first event being the Forza Racing Championship 2017 New York Invitational Presented by Porsche. Wow that’s a long name. Anway, Gfinity …