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IFK Helsinki, a ice hockey team based in the Finnish capital, has entered the world of eSports by picking up an Overwatch team. The Overwatch team will be known as the Helsinki REDS, and was put together by manager Christer Kasurinen and team captain Roope Ruape” Kurkela. The current roster …
Read More »Co-founder Allen Adham returns to Blizzard in new role after 12 years away
"I’ve been eager to come back for a decade now."
Read More »Blizzard is creating its own league for professional Overwatch
At Blizzcon this past weekend Blizzard revealed the Overwatch League, a professional competition run by the developer. The league will kick off in 2017 and feature teams based in cities across the world. Weekly league play matches will be broadcast online while the end of season playoffs will be traditional …
Read More »Overwatch makes record-breaking march to 20m players
Blizzard has confirmed that Overwatch has become the fastest title to reach 20m players in the company’s history. So successful has it proved that Blizzard’s Q3 monthly active user numbers are up 50 per cent year-on-year and 25 per cent on the previous quarter, hitting 42m. That number has doubled …
Read More »Weird Al Yankovic to play the Blizzcon closing ceremony
The biggest weekend in the world of Blizzard eSports is almost upon us, and now we know that Weird Al Yankovic will be closing out the show. The closing ceremony of Blizzcon 2016 will feature a live performance from parody artist Weird Al Yankovic. Weird Al will take to the …
Read More »Blizzard reveals LCS like set up for Heroes of the Storm in 2017
Blizzard has revealed the set up for Heroes of the Storm Global Championship 2017, which shares more than a few similarities with the LCS. After a somewhat lackluster competitive season over the last twelve months, which saw a lot of big names drop out of the scene, Blizzard has finally …
Read More »KeSPA closes historic StarCraft league
The Korean eSports Association has closed the StarCraft ProLeague and will no longer operate five of the teams that were a part of it. The ProLeague was the longest running eSports competition, having been going in one form or another since 2003. It originally started out with Brood War competitions …
Read More »Hearthstone’s new Heroic Tavern Brawl mode has a $10 entry fee
Hearthstone’s Tavern Brawl is being shaken up for one week only by merging the mode with the arena, but charging a $10 entry fee. Traditionally the Tavern Brawl sees a new gameplay stipulation implemented to the mode every week, creating new and one off battles for fans to figure out. …
Read More »World of Warcraft game director Tom Chilton steps down, working on “something new” at Blizzard
Lead director Ion Hazzikostas will be taking over his role as game director
Read More »Overwatch passes 20 million players
More than 20 million people have registered accounts for Blizzard’s shooter Overwatch. Considering Overwatch only launched in May that is an impressive amount of players. It is however important to note that this doesn’t necessarily mean that Overwatch has sold over 20 million copies. People can create accounts if playing …
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