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In 2016 ELEAGUE revealed that their sponsorship packages mostly sit around the $2 million mark, and have now revealed that will stay the same for 2017.  When speaking to SportsBusiness Daily, which was spotted by Dot eSports, Seth Ladetsky, senior vice president of sales at ELEAGUE, said that sponsorship prices …

At the Intel Extreme Masters Katowice event eight of the best female CS:GO teams will compete for a share of $30,000.  The group stage of the competition will take place on March 2nd with the playoffs happening on March 3rd. All the action will take place on the floor of …

This past weekend Genesis 4 took place, and featured a large Super Smash Bros. Wii U tournament. However at least one game, if not more, were played with the wrong settings bringing into question the results of the matches.  During the top eight portion of the event the knockback setting …

Latest in a string of layoffs for the company

Square Enix has announced that pre-orders for Final Fantasy XIV: Stormblood are now open. The second expansion to Square Enix’s MMORPG is set to launch on June 20th on PS4, PC and Mac in the UK, and a Collector’s Edition of the game will be available alongside the regular boxed …

Riot is finally allowing its casters and analysts to monetise their personal streams and YouTube channels.  Traditionally Riot has banned on air talent from doing this, meaning some of the biggest names in the scene couldn’t make any extra cash based on their streaming.  However over the weekend Mitch “Krepo” …

Audi has revealed that its sponsorship of Astralis is currently only a short term deal, with the possibility of extending it.  The deal will only last until the end of February, which means it will only have been good for the ELEAGUE Major and DreamHack Masters Vegas. This is a …

Sony is releasing a Horizon Zero Dawn PlayStation 4 bundle in Europe to celebrate the game’s launch this March, the company has announced on its PlayStation Blog. The 1TB bundle, which features the new, slimline console, will arrive in shops on March 1st. It comes with a copy of the …

A broken batch of Resident Evil VII Collector’s Editions has led GAME to cancel several customer pre-orders. The 99 Collector’s Edition is exclusive to GAME and was meant to include a miniature replica of the Baker Mansion among other special items. However, GAME has now admitted that these mansion replica …

Bandai Namco Entertainment has announced it’s been working with The Falcons School in Richmond, Surrey, to help its pupils learn about games development, games publishing, careers across the industry and how Bandai Namco’s distribution business works across its games, arcades and toys businesses. Over 40 Year 7 and 8 students …