Gfinity has hired EA veteran Shaun White as their head of communications. White previously had a similar role at Electronic Arts, but the during a restructure by the games company that saw regional teams across europe downsized, he left the company. “I had a fantastic 12 years at EA and …
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Fnatic managed a fairytale comeback yesterday, earning themselves a spot in the quarterfinal of the League of Legends World Championship, coming from a 0-4 first week in Group B to win 4 successive matches, beating a triple tiebreak situation. Fnatic didn’t win a single game in their first week, and …
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Riot’s founders, Brandon Beck and Marc Merill, are changing their roles so that they’re more in touch with active development at the company. This was revealed in a blog post entitled ‘Founders’ Lane Swap’, where the pair talk about the early days of Riot Games, 11 years ago, mentioning that …
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The British Esports Association has appointed Ed Vaizey MP as Vice Chair. The government backed not-for-profit was set up to support grassroots esports in the UK. We reported this week that the organisation had joined up with UK games trade body UKIE, and they’ve been doing work with a number …
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The Korean e-Sports Association, better known as KeSPA has reportedly failed to meet new standards put in place by the Korean Sport & Olympic committee, which has cost them their status as a recognised sporting organisation. This comes from a report from This Is Game, translated by Slingshot Esports. The Korean …
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On Wednesday, HiRez Studios announced a $250,000 Paladins Console Series, powered by Mixer. The Paladins Console Series is open to all Xbox One and PlayStation 4 players from North America and Europe, with teams scrapping in 12 monthly tournaments from October 2017-2018, with monthly prizes for the best performers each …
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Daybreak Games has partnered with Twin Galaxies to create the H1Z1 Pro League. The H1Z1 Pro League is planning its inaugural season in 2018, and the decision behind its creation is to create a sustainable esports ecosystem that will make it more attractive to teams, players, partners and viewers of …
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The Rocket League Championship Series has detailed its season four world finals, revealed the date, place and the event’s $150,000 prize pool. The event will take place between November 10-12 in Washington D.C. with 10 teams coming together to compete for the lion’s share of the prize at the MGM …
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Fortnite’s new Battle Royale variant has only been around for a couple of weeks, but Epic Games took to Twitter yesterday to announce that the mode has already hit 525,000 concurrent players. Fortnight Battle Royale is a completely free mode that’s anyone can download and play, only tangentially related to …
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South African football club the Orlando Pirates has announced a FIFA team as its first venture into esports. “For the first year, Orlando Pirates will focus its esports energies on Electronic Arts franchise FIFA and will later look to moving into the more popular esports segments such as Counter-Strike, League …
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