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PEA has confirmed, as everyone suspected, that its CS:GO league is officially canceled.  The news comes as no surprise, as all PEA teams voted to play in the ESL Pro League instead of PEA’s offering. The vote comes after weeks of drama surrounding the issue.  "Since the time of the …

In the middle of a bitterly fought general election in the UK, one candidate beat many odds. Sean Cleaver speaks to Roll7’s Simon Bennett and John Ribbins about BunnyLord’s journey

MSI has made the decision to cancel its Overwatch MGA 2016 Championship after the LAN finals were postponed back in December due to two days of tech issues.  Fnatic, Ninjas in Pyjamas, Rise Nation and KongDoo Panthera flew over to London to compete in the finals of the competition, which …

Rocket League was the best-selling game on the PlayStation Store in 2016, Sony has announced. Despite being released in 2015, Psyonix’s sports-action title took the crown on both the European and US charts, beating games such as Battlefield 1, FIFA 17 and the PS4 version of Minecraft to the number …

ESL has revealed the initial details for its UK League of Legends Premiership, with qualifiers starting next week.  The Premiership will allow anyone to enter in the first swiss qualifier, on January 11th. The top 16 teams from this event will then play on January 12th in a double elimination …

Pair get expanded remit as President Ryan's role takes on a global remit

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Escape gaming has not renewed the contracts of its Dota 2 team, with the players expected to make an announcement in the coming days. Escape initially picked up the No Diggity side just before the TI6 qualifiers, which Escape eventually came third in. They then went to TI6 under the …

Yogscast has announced it raised over $2.5m during its annual Jingle Jam charity month last December, making it the company’s most successful charity drive yet. $284,000 was raised on the first day alone, and the team quickly reached the 1m mark by the end of the first week. 86,578 donations …