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Ubisoft, ESL, and Xbox have announced that the Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Pro League will begin its first season in March, with the top teams in North America and Europe laying siege to one another for their share of a total prize pool of $100,000. Tom Clancy’sRainbow Six Siegewas built …
Read More »Mark Cuban gunning to start League of Legends team
Mark Cubanis setting his sights on "League of Legends" domination—tellingTMZ Sportshe’s interested in starting his own team to compete against the best in the video game world. FYI, "League of Legends" is a HUGE business—with 36 MILLION people who watched the 2015 ‘LoL’ World Championship … and clearly, Cuban has …
Read More »The age of StarCraft declines against the rise of eSports competitors
In the world of eSports, it’s hard for a game to be – and stay – on top. One major difference between eSports and real sports” is that the latter stays remarkably static. People don’t often jump ship from watching football to baseball after a few years because they get …
Read More »The postive impact of Valve’s Majors format on the Dota 2 esports scene
2015 saw unprecedented growth throughout the year for the Dota 2 competitive scene, and all of it culminated in a record-breaking $18.4 million prize pool at The International 5, the world championships for Dota 2. By winning TI5, Evil Geniuses collected more than $6.6 million of the prize money. With …
Read More »Vitality talk Origen, Worlds and more
LoL fans were expecting big things fromVitalityafter they announced their big move into professional League of Legends back in December, taking over Gambit’s spot in the EU LCS. WithShaunzon coaching duties and a solid line-up of seasoned pros, their intention was clear: qualifying for Worlds. The Spring split is now …
Read More »Riot made $1.6bn off League of Legends digital sales in 2015, dethrones Clash of Clans
Riot Games, creators of eSports frontrunner League of Legends, reportedly made $1.6bn off the game in 2015 according to SuperData Research. The figures, determined by the market research company from publisher and payment services digital point-of-sale data, make LoL the highest grossing digital game ahead of SuperCell’s Clash of Clans …
Read More »Wolfsburg breaking new ground in the virtual world
Wolfsburg completed several attention-grabbing transfers last summer, underlining their ambition to establish the club at the pinnacle of German football. Among those putting pen to paper were former Brazilian international Dante from Bayern Munich, Germany striker Max Kruse from Borussia Monchengladbach and Schalke’s world champion Julian Draxler. Yet amid all …
Read More »Gootecks, ultradavid, Wong weigh in on Evo 2016 lineup and growth
The world’s largest fighting game championship, the Evolution Championship Series (Evo) in Las Vegas, is going full esports for the 2016 event with new games, a bigger venue and an arena to watch the finals. Evo co-founder Joey "Mr. Wizard" Cuellar announced Tuesday night this year’s game lineup, featuring nine …
Read More »Changing The eSports Game With Real-Money Prizes
The business of eSports (video game competitions)is on pace to explodein 2016, which is reinforced by recent reveals of eSports platforms onTwitterandESPN. Brands are starting to catch up to the hype surrounding eSports and companies are seeking to find ways to exploit major growth in the space. One such enhancement …
Read More »Echo Fox announces expansion into Counter-Strike
Echo Fox on Tuesday announced an expansion into Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, with Mohamad"m0E"Assad and Sean"sgares"Gares leading the charge. The expansion into Counter-Strike comes just more than a month after Echo Fox’s League of Legends branch was announced on Dec. 18. Speaking to ESPN, Echo Fox owner Rick Fox, a former …
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