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Formula E is heading to Las Vegas, for a $1 million race featuring all 20 drivers. The race will take place at the Venetian Hotel as part of the Sport Business and Innovation Summit at CES next year. The players will use playseat simulators running rFactor 2 software, which will …
Read More »Millenium’s Callum "Swanny" Swan to miss CoD XP
The biggest CoD event of the year is here, but Millenium will be without their star player as Callum "Swanny" Swan has not travelled to LA. The news came just hours before the competition is due to start, with the team confirming that Swanny will not be playing this weekend. …
Read More »Chris Kamara becomes a CoD Caster
Sky Sports football pundit Chris Kamara has transferred his commentating skills away from the beautiful game and into Call of Duty. Sitting alongside professional CoD caster Alan Bricey” Brice, Kamara calls the action in game in his trademark style, and actually does pretty well. You can see how he does …
Read More »NBA player Jonas Jerebko buys Renegades
Jonas Jerebko, a NBA player for the Boston Celtics, has purchased the Renegades eSports organisation. Renegades is perhaps best known for having two owners banned from the LCS. Last year owner Chris Badawi was banned from the LCS, and sold up to Christopher MonteCristo” Mykles. Then earlier this year Badawi …
Read More »ELEAGUE season two schedule revealed
Turner’s ELEAGUE CS:GO competition is returning for a second season, with the first round of qualifiers kicking off on September 7th. While the top eight teams from the first season have already booked a slot in the group stages for season two, the remaining teams that competed first time around …
Read More »Ebuyer enters eSports by sponsoring UK organisation FMESPORTS
Ebuyer, the online technology retailer, has entered the world of eSports by sponsoring UK team FMESPORTS. The deal will begin in September and initially runs for six months, although there is an option to extend this further depending on how it works out for both parties. This is Ebuyer’s first …
Read More »Four of the best CS:GO teams to compete for $100,000 at EGX
Gfinity will host four of the best Counter-Strike: Global Offensive teams at EGX next month as they compete for $100,000. The four teams are yet to be announced, but are promised to be some of the best in the world. Friday September 23rd will see the first semi-final take place, …
Read More »Rapper JME hosting £2,500 Rainbow Six Siege tournament at Gfinity
JME has announced the Serious Rainbow Six Siege Tournament, with a prize pool of 2,500 and a LAN final at the Gfinity Arena. Qualifiers for the event will take place on August 28th, with the best teams qualifying for the LAN finals on September 9th. Once at the event teams …
Read More »Xbox One S, Windows 10 and FIFA: Microsoft’s battle for Europe
Aaron Greenberg, head of Xbox Games Marketing, talks new hardware, FIFA 17, eSports and Pokmon Go. Xbox One S 2TB has sold out in most markets now. Can we read much into this? We had a massive briefing at E3 where we revealed two new consoles, a lot of games …
Read More »WESA hires new commissioner with 30 years of TV experience
The World eSports Association (WESA) has hired Ken Hershman to be the new executive chairman and commissioner. Hershman has almost 30 years of experience in sports broadcasting, having worked for major US networks such as HBO and Showtime. He is taking over from Pietro Fringuelli, who served as the interim …
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