A new report has revealed that 22% of male Americans aged between 21 and 35 watch eSports, which is more than watch ice hockey. The research from Newzoo finds that eSports is most popular with males in the 21 to 35 year old category, and that in this age group …
Read More »melty eSport Club shuts down after heavy investment in French eSports
French eSports organisation melty has closed its doors after increased investment in the French scene priced them out of the market. Traditionally melty eSport Club was a smaller player in the eSports world, although a strong European Overwatch team established them as a bigger organisation over the course of this …
Read More »“Millenials” are watching more eSports than Baseball and Hockey
"Millennials" in this case meaning males aged 21-35.
Read More »Karrigan benched by Astralis
Finn karrigan” Andersen has been benched by Astralis after months of the team underperforming. Karrigan was the team’s in game leader, calling the shots and making all the important decisions. However ever since the Astralis organisation was formed by the five members of the team earlier this year, they have …
Read More »FC Schalke 04 hosting 5 day League of Legends scouting event
FC Schalke 04 will host the Schalke 04 Scouting Days 2016, aiming to discover talent for its League of Legends team. The five day event will take place at the Gelsenkirchen’s VELTINS Arena, with Shackle scouts watching players’ every move. The five best performers over the week will be sent …
Read More »EternaLEnVy accuses Team Secret of withholding payments and taking a 10% cut
Jacky "EternaLEnVy" Mao wrote a 7,000 word blog accusing his former team, Team Secret, of taking an unwarranted 10% cut of his winnings among other things. In the blog EternaLEnVy explains that Team Secret were withholding payments, and when he finally got a break down of what he was owed …
Read More »League of Legends World Championship prize pool now over $4 million
In game purchases have boosted the League of Legends World Championship prize pool by more than $2 million. 25% of all purchases of the Championship Zed skin and the Championship Ward are directly added to the prize pool, while 30% of team icon sales are sent directly to the teams. …
Read More »League of Legends is finally getting replays
After thousands of requests from players over the years Riot Games is finally adding a replay system to League of Legends. Currently players wanting to watch replays of their games must use third party software or simply record the action as they are playing. However this is a bit of …
Read More »ESL One New York breaks digital engagement records
ESL One New York, which took place in the Barclays Center last weekend, brought in six million unique viewers and broke engagement records. Online viewership peaked at more than 450,000 concurrent viewers, which is presumably split across both the CS:GO and Street Fighter V action. This translated into six million …
Read More »Paris Saint-Germain enters eSports with Millenium partnership
Yet another European football team is entering the world of eSports, this time it’s Paris Saint-Germain, the current French league champions. PSG has signed a partnership with the WEBEDIA group, which owns French organisation Milleniun and organises tournaments in the region. Through this partnership PSG will create its own eSports …
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