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This past weekend saw the Intel Extreme Masters head to Oakland for the first time, with the event pulling in almost half a million concurrent viewers. IEM Oakland reached a peak of 490,000 concurrent viewers across the globe with broadcasts in 14 different languages. Online viewers ended up watching almost …

Streaming platform Twitch has announced that it has signed a partnership agreement with both Team SoloMid and Cloud 9 to collaborate on many areas related to sponsorship and sales.  According to the press release Twitch will now represent both teams in “sponsorship sales and [will] further fuel the growth of …

Dream Team is selling its place in the North American League of Legends Challenger Series to Tempo Storm.  A report from ESPN’s Jacob Wolf first broke the news, with theScore eSports later confirming that the deal is in place.  According to Wolf the deal is worth "roughly six figures”, with …

Ginx eSports TV has announced a brand new daily show called The Bridge that will see industry professionals discussing the latest goings on in the world of eSports. The dedicated eSports channel has managed to secure former ESL caster and host Alex “Machine” Richardson, ESL stage host and BBC reporter …

Taylor to pursue indie development

This as part of Code.org's Hour of Code program

18 awards given out at London event

Android Nougat 7.0 update coming to Moto Z and Moto Z Force later this week

Last night saw the first ever eSports Industry Awards take place at The Brewery in central London. People from across the industry attended the event hoping to get their hands on an award and help celebrate their peers’ achievements. With 14 awards given out live on stream and four awards …

New 3DS titles Pokemon Sun and Pokemon Moon have failed to match the sales of the series’ 2013 releases. Kotaku reports that Famitsu figures form the pair’s opening weekend in Japan pin unit sales at 1.905m. That’s a little short of the 2.096m sold by 2013’s Pokemon X and Y. …