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Arguably the biggest name in professional Overwatch has quit his team in order to focus on streaming.  Brandon "Seagull" Larned rose to fame when his Twitch stream exploded during the early days of Overwatch. He became one of the best players in the west and was signed to the NRG …

So this is a weird one. Two NASCAR drivers have some beef, and want to settle it in Halo.  Erik Jones of Joe Gibbs Racing and Clint Bowyer of Stewart-Haas Racing have teamed up with Evil Geniuses and their new sponsor Hisense to hold a Halo show match at the …

Bigben Interactive has announced that Hyundai Motor will be the main partner for the 2017 eSports WRC Championship. The competition will be renamed to the eSports WRC powered by Hyundai, which will see the best WRC 6 players battle it out for the title of world champion. The competition is …

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 …