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One weekend. Two events. Three countries, three stadiums. While theLCS Summer Finalswere going on in both New York and Stockholm, the biggest Counter-Strike event of the year, ESL One,was also being held in Cologne. Millions watched the events from home, but what makes for a more impressive visual are the …
Read More »How Coke teamed up with the most popular eSports game in the world
Coke has spent the past two years connecting to eSports fans through Riot Games’ League of Legends Championship Series. From Aug. 22-23, the top North AmericanLeague of LegendseSports teams will battle at Madison Square Garden for a chance to go to Europe and compete for the world championship in Berlin. …
Read More »AlphaDraft nets new partnership with Hi-Rez Studios
Fantasy sports giant AlphaDraft have announced a new partnership with developerHi-Rez Studios for the SMITE Pro League This is anindependent eSports league based around their popular multiplayer online battle arena (MOBA) game SMITE. The details of the partnership are that both companies will work together to provider users with real-time …
Read More »Will eSports PED Testing Protect Players, Or Deflect Blame?
When competitive video game players gather in Germany this weekend for ESL One Cologne, the world’s largestCounter-Strike: Global Offensivetournament, they will be subjected to an E-sports first: the Electronic Sports League will conduct random testing for drugs on the World Anti-Doping Association’s (WADA) banned substances list, including marijuana, stimulants, and …
Read More »Steam data analysis concludes core gamers ‘don’t technically exist’
Defining your audience around the pereceived ‘core gamer’ is illogical, one report has concluded. Sergey Galyonkin, who runs the Steam data mining service, said the playing and buying habits of people who are put in such a category are vastly different. He said while DOTA 2 players only play Valve’s …
Read More »MCV Awards 2016 set for March 3rd
PAY ATTENTION: The MCV Awards will take place slightly earlier next year. It’s all part of a move to a new venue – the brand new Hilton London Bankside anda new time of year: March 3rd, 2016. As usual, the MCV Awards will acknowledge the best of the best in …
Read More »Splatoon Esports Tournament Series Launched In Japan, As US Receives Transformers Splatfest
Splatoonhas legitimately become eSports, as Tokaigi Game Show has revealed a major tournament series in Japan. The tournament will also be for Puzzle and Dragons, and will have over $ 1 million in prize money. Eight cities will hold 40 events, in Fukuoka, Sapporo, Nagoya, Osaka, Miyagi, Hiroshima, Kagawa, and …
Read More »SMITE is out today on Xbox One and its first eSports tournament is coming in October
SMITE, the free-to-play mythology-themed MOBA from Hi-Rez Studios, has launched on Xbox One. During the game’s alpha and beta testing, there were over one million unique players, and now newcomers can jump into the fray. Read more at VG24/7 >>>
Read More »Red Bull Experiments With Eye-Tracking Technology Through eSports
Red Bull is bullish–pun intended–about several emerging sports, especially this one: eSports. Envisioning the brand as a strong supporter for this sector isn’t surprising. They’re at the pulse of what’s next, even before the mainstream embraces it. Their exploration and investment in eSports shouldn’t go unnoticed; rather, it should be …
Read More »Gfinity at EGX: $100,000 on the line
Counter-Striketeams, Virtus.Pro,Fnatic, Ninjas in Pyjamas andTeam EnvyUs, along with a whole host of the world’s bestStarCraft IIplayers, are set to descend upon the NEC in Birmingham next month to compete at the UK’s biggest games event, EGX. The EGX team have partnered withGfinity, host of some of the biggest eSports …
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