Denial Esports’ Overwatch team was one of the many cut loose at the start of may as several endemic organisations walked away from the competitive scene. However, in a redemption story that’s probably been optioned by Hollywood already, the roster formerly attached to Denial Esports went on to win the …
Read More »Zenway Productions acquire HOTS team DeadlyKittens
Events management company Zenway Productions has acquired esports organisation DeadlyKittens. The news broke when the company revealed on their Facebook page that they’d acquired an esports team. More specifically, they note that they’d acquired their ‘first’ esports team, making Zenway’s intentions clear. DeadlyKittens are best known for their efforts in …
Read More »Destiny 2 will have hybrid servers, both peer-to-peer and dedicated at once
Destiny 2 has been tipped as a potential esports, with several people asking whether the now-confirmed PC version would be using dedicated servers. This is a big deal, especially after peer-to-peer servers on the PC is largely credited with the death of Destiny’s Activision stablemate Call of Duty’s esports community …
Read More »Watch the Tekken UK Championship finals here at 1pm BST
It’s a lovely day in sunny Britain, and if you’re not enjoying the outside for yourself, you can grab an ice lolly and watch the Tekken UK championship finals today, live from the MCM Comiccon in London’s Excel Arena. The show will be broadcast live on Twitch, meaning at 1pm …
Read More »Bandai Namco announce $200,000 Tekken World Tour
Bandai Namco and Twitch have announced an “exclusive multi-year partnership” this Thursday which will see Bandai Namco’s newest iteration in the Tekken series exploding onto the esports scene with a $200,000 Tekken World Tour. The World Tour will feature bouts around the world, before the victors face off in a …
Read More »“The idea is that we are here to stay, and Operation Health is essential for that,” says game director Alexandre Remy
Rainbow Six Siege was a phoenix from the ashes, a stellar FPS game that missed its audience upon its December 2015 release, but was subsequently “discovered”, with the amount of concurrent players rising with each update, and a slow increase in the number of people playing near constant. There are …
Read More »Rainbow 6 Siege game director talks Glaz: perfect balance an important goal, but unreachable
In an interview with Esports Pro, Rainbow Six Siege game director Alexandre Remy spoke about the game’s recent shift towards a Glaz meta, responding to the recent community outcry over the Russian sniper by saying that a perfect balance is “an important goal to aim at, but also an unreachable …
Read More »mousesports announces partnership with Dr Pepper
German esports organisation mousesports has announced it is partnering with soft drink Dr Pepper. mousesports have taken to their website to announcing Dr Pepper Germany as the teams “new refreshing partner” and the team will be changing their jerseys to bear the Dr Pepper logo from the ESL Pro League …
Read More »Card-battler Gwent comes to open beta
CD Projekt RED’s Gwent, a card game contained within The Witcher 3 that has now been spun out into a seperate product for people to play against each other, has entered open beta today. The standalone Gwent is the same beast as the single-player variant included in The Witcher 3, …
Read More »Team Regicide gets $750 fine and total ban removal for week 1 after late roster filing
Riot Games announced yesterday that it was issuing Australian esports organisation Team Regicide with a $750 fine ($1,000 in AUD) for failing to provide a “conforming roster substitute by the deadline.” This deadline was on Monday, and Regicide will now have to pay the fine in addition to Riot handing …
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