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Stream.Me has announced that it is creating its own eSports team and the first signing is Carl “Perfect Legend” White. Perfect Legend is a fighting game player who has won Evo four times in his career. Currently he is mainly playing Mortal Kombat X, although is expected to jump over …
Read More »Final Round 20 will hold a For Honor tournament
For Honor may have only been out for a matter of days, but it is already building up quite the competitive scene. Online competitions have proven to be very popular, and now one of the largest fighting game events in the world has included it in its game line up. …
Read More »eSports Arena to open in Vegas this week
Millennial Esports has announced that it will open its eSports Arena in Las Vegas this week. The grand opening will happen on Friday, March 3rd, with the North American Halo World Championship qualifier taking place on the same day at the venue. The 15,000-square foot arena can hold up to …
Read More »Bookmakers Betway announce king of the hill style Dota competition
Betway has announced the launch of the Betway Arena, a multi part eSports tournament series that kicks off with Dota 2. The series starts off with top Dota 2 teams playing in a weekly king of the hill style competition. Each week one match will be played, with the winner …
Read More »Splyce signs Filipino Champ
Splyce has announced the signing of Ryan "Filipino Champ" Ramirez, a professional Street Fighter player. Filipino Champ is the first fighting game player that Splyce have signed, but if their previous history is anything to go by he probably won’t be the last. As one of the top players in …
Read More »Team Dignitas sign female Counter-Strike team
Team Dignitas has signed the former Selfless Female CS:GO team. The team, which features Emmalee “emuhleet” Garrido, Amanda “rain” Smith, Mounira “Goosebreeder” Dobie, Carolyn “artStar” Noquez and Catherine “Cath” Leroux, will now play under the Team Dignitas banner. Their first event under the new name will be the Intel Extreme …
Read More »Peter Moore leaves EA’s competitive gaming division to become Liverpool FC CEO
Peter Moore, the former CEO of EA and current head of the publishers competitive gaming division, is set to become the new CEO of Liverpool FC. Last night the football club released an announcement saying that Moore will be joining the club in the summer, becoming its new CEO, where …
Read More »Capcom announces a streamlined Pro Tour for 2017
Remember last year when we were all desperately trying to figure out who had qualified for the Capcom Cup and who hadn’t? Well that appears to have been the last time we will have to do such a thing, as the new Capcom Pro Tour format seems a lot easier. …
Read More »CCP announces Sparc, a full-body VR sport
CCP, the developers behind EVE Online, have announced a new VR game called Sparc. The game is a full body sport that is played in virtual reality, which means you will have to move around a lot in real life to play it. From the trailer it looks kind of …
Read More »Twitch to start selling games directly, streamers to get a cut
Twitch has announced that it intends to start selling games directly through its platform. The new system will see the streaming site offer games from Ubisoft, Telltale Games, Digital Extremes, Hi-Rez Studios, tinyBuild, Paradox Interactive, Trion Worlds, Vlambeer, and many more on its site. Anyone that purchases a game through …
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