Capcom has announced the long rumoured Street Fighter V enhanced edition, entitled Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition, after datamines and leaks revealed the game’s existence. The Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition will be released worldwide on 16 January 2018, and given for free to all owners of Street Fighter V. …
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PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds has announced its next big esports event, with a $200,000 invitational taking place at IEM Oakland. The event will take place on November 18 and 19 in Oakland’s Oracle Arena, home of NBA’s Golden State Warriors. The tournament, unlike previous large events which have shown off a …
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Immortals have named Ari Segal, a long time NHL executive, as their president and chief operating officer. Segal’s role will see him reporting directly to Immortals CEO Noah Whinston, and will serve as a “non-voting board adviser” while his day to day responsibilities will involve him overseeing the business operations …
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Gears Esports and The Coalition have announced that the second season of the Gears Pro Circuit will have an $2m prize pool, which, if hit, would double the $1m pool for season one. Gears Esports have said that the addition of new regional events, grassroots tournaments and prize pool crowdfunding via …
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After several players from PENTA have departed the organisation in the last three months, the esports organisation has decided to step away from CS:GO, leaving the remaining three players teamless. This information comes after the team lost Kevin ‘HS Tarn and Miikka ‘suNny’ Kemppi in August, while Niko ‘naSu’ Kovanen, …
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Mortal Kombat fan-favourite Raiden has arrived in Injustice 2, with the Lightning god bringing some of his special brand of snap, crackle and pop to the superhero bash ‘em up. Raiden is the second Mortal Kombat mainstay to hop from Mortal Kombat to fellow NetherRealm Studios fighter Injustice 2, although …
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Swedish esports oufit GODSENT have signed Niko ‘naSu’ Kovanen as the new head coach for their Counter-Strike: Global Offensive team. He replaces Graham ‘messioso’ Pitt who has been handling the role in the interim this summer, who will be returning to a position with RFRSH Entertainment on the organisational side, …
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Gfinity’s Elite Series has a new franchise lead, Joel Holmes-Darby. Holmes-Darby is currently working as a management consultant at auditors KPMG, and will resign from this position in addition to his role as managing director of esports outside exceL Esports, who are currently an active participant in Gfinity’s Elite Series. …
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The UK’s biggest school-based esports tournament, the Digital Schoolhouse National Schools Esports Tournament, is returning for a second year as part of 2018’s London Games Festival. Ukie has today announce that the tournament, powered by PlayStation, will be returning as part of the capital’s annual celebration of all things games …
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After the Dreamhack Montreal controversy that tore up Immortals’ Counter-Strike: Global Offensive roster, the organisation has started to rebuild, filling one of its empty slots with the signing of João ‘Horvy’ Horvath. Horvath comes into a tumultuous period for the team, with Vito ‘kNG’ Giuseppe benched and then released, and …
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