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ESL has announced the ESL Hearthstone Trinity Series, a $150,000 Hearthstone league for teams to compete in.  The competition will kick off later this month, with eight teams playing each other once across seven weeks of league play. The competition will then conclude at ESL’s California studios.  Virtus Pro, Tempo …

Gfinity’s stock has risen significantly after a financial analyst for a national newspaper predicted that they will have a successful 2017. An article listing the “hottest stocks to grow your portfolio” sees James Coney suggest investing in Gfinity’s stock for big returns in 2017. I’m not entirely sure how he …

Some big surprises and some you might expect

Future points to gaze-enabled Oculus headsets

Ministry of Justice claims the title could instigate tribal conflict

After a disappointing start to the Dota 2 season NaVi have made sweeping roster changes, bringing in Per Anders Olsson "Pajkatt" Lille, Roman "rmN-" Paley and Malthe "Biver" Winther.  Pajkatt will captain the team and return to playing as the one position, while rmN- and Biver will take positions 4 …

Jimmy "DeMoN" Ho has announced his new Dota 2 team after leaving Fnatic a few months ago.  Based in North America, Team Onyx will feature DeMoN alongside NA legends Kanishka "BuLba" Sosale and Mason "mason" Venne as well as Korean player Kim "DuBu" Doo-young. The final member of the team …

After becoming a fully player owned organisation Evil Geniuses has dropped its StarCraft II roster along with Street Fighter players Justin "JWong" Wong, Yusuke "Momochi" Momochi and Yuko "ChocoBlanka" Momochi.  The release of the StarCraft team means that Geoff "iNcontroL" Robinson and Chris "HuK" Loranger are now teamless, and neither …

Ghost Recon used to be one of Ubisoft’s biggest names but its absence since 2012 shows it’s slipped somewhat into the shadows – with Far Cry being the company’s go-to shooter franchise in recent years. That may be all about to change, though, with the release of Ghost Recon Wildlands …

In the space of just over a year Super Evil Megacorp has managed to build Vainglory from a tiny eSport to one of the biggest in the world. Streams regularly bring in tens of thousands of viewers, a partnership with Twitch ensures them prime slots on the site and the …