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Splyce has announced that it has signed every one of its players from the 2016 season, meaning the team will be sticking together for 2017.  After contracts expired Martin “Wunder” Hansen, Chres “Sencux” Laursen, Mihael “Mikyx” Mehle and Kasper “Kobbe” Kobberup all left the organisation, looking to explore other offers. …

Members of the Team SoloMid League of Legends team and team owner Andy "Reginald" Dinh jumped out of a plane and you can watch the whole thing.  Red Bull organised the stunt as part of its new Away from Keyboard series that sees eSports pros taken out of their comfort …

Company redouble efforts to support HTML5 efforts

The finals of the Rocket League Championship Series take place this weekend over in Amsterdam. Eight teams, four from North America and four from Europe, will compete on December 3rd and 4th to be crowned RLCS World Champions. The winners will walk away with a massive $50,000, with the rest …

Geoff Keighley has announced that he has roped in multiple Olympic medal winner Michael Phelps to present the award for the best eSports player at his big shindig this week. Phelps will head to The Game Awards on Thursday December 1st to present the award to the winner. The nominees …

CEO founder Alex Jebailey announced a new event called CEO Dreamland that will primarily focus on the Smash Bros titles.  CEO Dreamland will be held at the Wyndham resort in Orlando, Florida, which is the same location as the normal CEO venue. The event will run from April 14th 2017 …

LGD Gaming will replace Execration at the upcoming Boston Major after the latter failed to secure visas in time.  Execration was directly invited to the event, giving them a good couple of months to get visas sorted, however it has not happened, with the team’s manager pinning the blame on …

Users of Facebook Messenger will soon be able to play a number of arcade hits within the app itself. 17 games have been confirmed for Facebook’s new Instant Games service, which will offer quick access to arcade titles within both Messenger and the site’s news feed, across both web and …

Alex “Machine” Richardson has been announced as the host for the upcoming Dota 2 Boston Major.  This will be Machine’s first Dota 2 event, having traditionally worked on shooters such as Call of Duty and Counter-Strike: Global Offensive while employed by ESL.  Earlier this month Machine decided to leave ESL …

Developer Eric Barone has confirmed that his indie hit Stardew Valley will make its long-awaited console debut before the end of the year. The game will be released on PS4 and Xbox One on December 13th in the US and on December 14th in Europe. Pre-orders are due to kick …