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Dota roster Team NP has been signed by esports outfit Cloud9, marking a return for all players to Cloud9’s fold. For team captain Jacky ‘EternaLEnVY’ Mao and teammates  Adrian ‘Fata-’ Trinks, Kurtis ‘Aui_2000’ Ling and Johan ‘pieliedie’ Åström, it’s a return to the white and blue jerseys they wore as …

Defending Major champs Astralis clashed with SK Gaming’s in-form team in the quarter-finals of the PGL Major this weekend. Although Astralis didn’t win the entire contest, falling to eventual winners Gambit in the semi-finals, it’s a shot in the arm for the Danish team who have been struggling to get …

Gambit Esports emerged as surprise winners of the the PGL Counter-Strike Major, emerging victorious at the $1m Counter-Strike tournament. Gambit went up against Immortals after taking out defending champs Astralis 2-1 in the best of three semi finals, but Immortals were no slouch either, taking out Virtus Pro themselves in the …

Gfinity has partnered with ELEVEN SPORTS to broadcast The Elite Series in the USA and seven other major international markets. This will include live competitive streams of competition at the Elite Series, across the three games being featured: Street Fighter V, Rocket League and Counter-Strike: Global Offensive. All matches are …

Four new characters were confirmed for Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite last night at an SDCC panel. Final Fight’s Haggar, the professional wrestler turned Metro City Mayor, will be showing that he’s still the mayor of pain, while Dead Rising’s Frank West has a series of unique mechanics, levelling up during …

Daybreak Games’ H1Z1 Elite Series is kicking off this weekend, with Dreamhack Atlanta playing host to two H1Z1: King of the Kill tournaments, with a collective prize pool of $250,000. There are two tournaments, one for five person groups and one for solo players. It’s planned as the first stop …

Michele Attisani co-founded competitive games outfit Faceit in 2012, but before that he’d been gaming competitively for 15 years, supporting the habit with a career working with various Fortune 500 companies and several tech start-ups. Attisani is, as a result, ideally positioned to talk about the state of the UK …

VfB Stuttgart has joined the list of football teams to take a spin on FIFA, with Erhan ‘Dr Erhano’ Kayman and Marcel ‘Marlut’ Lutz signing with the team to represent the Bundesliga club in the digital beautiful game. VfB Stuttgart are the third Bundesliga team to take the plunge on …

Loot boxes dubbed Alpha Packs have breached Rainbow Six Siege in the latest update, giving players the opportunity to earn a variety of cosmetic items. But don’t turn your nose up just yet. Every player gets an Alpha Pack for free, and you can buy them for 5,000 renown, the …

In Ubisoft’s first quarter financials call last night, the publisher revealed several key facts about the business, as suits the celebratory tone of these calls. However, one figure was a real cause to celebrate. Ubisoft’s shooters Rainbow Six Siege will probably be hitting 20 million registered players before the end …