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Over the weekend we saw the final of the ELEAGUE Major, and it turns out a lot of other people did as well, as the stream ended up breaking records. The english language stream for the final day broke the record for the most number of concurrent viewers on a …
Read More »The weekend wrap up: 30/01/2017
Here at eSports Pro we hate event spoilers, but also know that no one has the time to watch every major tournament every weekend. That’s why we are starting up the weekend wrap up, a short post every Monday that lists all of the winners from the previous weekend. This …
Read More »The quarter final match ups for the ELEAGUE Major have been revealed
Overnight the group stage of the ELEAGE Major concluded, meaning we now know the eight teams that will be fighting it out in the knockout stage of the competition this weekend. NaVi, Virtus Pro, Fnatic, SK Gaming, Gambit eSports, FaZe Clan, Astralis and North all made it to the top …
Read More »IEM Katowice to hold $30,000 female CS:GO tournament
At the Intel Extreme Masters Katowice event eight of the best female CS:GO teams will compete for a share of $30,000. The group stage of the competition will take place on March 2nd with the playoffs happening on March 3rd. All the action will take place on the floor of …
Read More »Report: Around $5bn in Counter-Strike GO skins gambled during 2016
Despite major publishers trying to crack down on gambling around their games, this sector has become one worth billions. According to a new report by ESPN – citing research from Eilers & Krejcik Gaming and Narus Advisors – in the region of $5bn was made from in-game gambling for Valve’s …
Read More »Twitch star summit1g to return to professional CS:GO
Jaryd "summit1g" Lazar, one of the most popular streamers on Twitch, has announced that he will return to competitive CS:GO in the next season. Mythic will be his team of choice, joining former member of Team Liquid Eric "adreN" Hoag and former Winterfox player Alexander "LeX" Deily. They aren’t yet …
Read More »Astralis signs sponsorship deal with car manufacturer Audi
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive organisation Astralis has just announced a new sponsorship deal with German car manufacturer Audi. The deal is supposedly work just under $750,000 according to Dot eSports, and will see the Audi logo appear on player clothing and other branding. Exact specifics of what the deal includes outside …
Read More »Former Fnatic CS:GO roster set to reunite after ELEAGUE Major says report
Both Robin “flusha” Rönnquist and Jesper “JW” Wecksell are set to reunite with their former Fnatic teammates to recreate the roster that dominated CS:GO for months. A report from Slingshot eSports states that flusha and JW will join forces with Olof “olofmeister” Kajbjer, Freddy “KRiMZ” Johansson and Dennis “Dennis” Edman …
Read More »Casting studio Room on Fire releases first CS:GO documentary
Room on Fire, the casting studio best known for its work in CS:GO, has released its first documentary titled #CSGreatestGames Episode 1: "Boostgate". The 37 minute film, which can be seen at the bottom of this page, takes a look at the infamous match back in 2014 between Fnatic and …
Read More »Gabe Newell is doing an AMA later today
Co-founder of Valve, the publisher behind both Dota 2 and Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, Gabe Newell is set to do a rare AMA on Reddit later today. It’s not often that Newell speaks publicly, so this opportunity for fans to ask him literally anything has got a lot of people excited. …
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