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YouTubers are now an indivisible part of the games industry. What started as a hobby for kids in their bedroom has evolved into a massively important – and influential – part of our industry. Now, YouTubers need to be more professional than ever. That’s why a new type of company …

After months of only working with a select group of developers on Daydream-compatible apps, Google has now opened up its nascent VR platform to all developers provided they follow the company’s detailed submission guidelines. Previously, Google had kept a watchful eye over which developers were allowed to create apps for …

Skate 3’s highly-awaited sequel might finally happen – or at least that’s what we can interpret from a single random tweet. Senior manager at EA’s community engagement team Daniel Lingen simply tweeted #skate4” (see below) on Friday and everyone lost it. At the time of writing, this single tweet has …

Tomas "oskar" Stastny will replace Chris "chrisJ" de Jong on the mousesports CS:GO roster effective immediately.  The change comes after mousesports had a disappointing major, finishing in 12th-14th place and failing to make it into the legends status stage. Some had predicted the team to do well, but they looked …

Over the weekend we saw the final of the ELEAGUE Major, and it turns out a lot of other people did as well, as the stream ended up breaking records.  The english language stream for the final day broke the record for the most number of concurrent viewers on a …

Nintendo UK has updated its technical specifications page for its upcoming Switch console, revealing the battery will be able to be replaced by sending it to Nintendo’s Customer Support service. The 4,310mAh lithium ion battery won’t be able to be removed by the user like a traditional tablet or smartphone, …

Gfinity has announced a new partnership with MediaCom Sport & Entertainment, to “identify and develop innovative partnership opportunities for potential sponsors within the eSports environment.” The partnership appears to be centered around the upcoming Gfinity Elite Series, a major UK competition that we currently know little about. The partnership is …

Support for a new British Games Institute has expanded rapidly sinceits announcement last week. Over 350 members of the games industry, including names from developers, publishers and the media, have signed up to support the scheme. The proposal from industry legend Ian Livingstone CBE and Rick Gibson calls for a …

Livingstone and Gibson backed initiative gets Sony, Rare, Playground Games, Jagex and others on board

Here at eSports Pro we hate event spoilers, but also know that no one has the time to watch every major tournament every weekend. That’s why we are starting up the weekend wrap up, a short post every Monday that lists all of the winners from the previous weekend. This …