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BT Sport will broadcast the regional and global finals of the FIFA 17 Ultimate Team Championship on its main channel. The European, North American and Asia-Pacific regional finals, all of which take place in April and May will all be broadcast on BT Sport’s channels, although it is unknown if …
Read More »Footballer Gerard Piqué is working on his own eSports organisation
F.C. Barcelona defender Gerard Piqué has announced his plans to enter the world of eSports. In an interview on Spanish radio Piqué said that he had only learnt of eSports in the last few months, but already was looking into options to enter the scene. Instead of looking to invest …
Read More »Season two of the PES League begins today
The second season of the PES League in Europe gets underway later today as the best players in the continent play against each other to try and book a slot in the finals that will be held in Cardiff alongside the Champions League finals. Starting today players will compete on …
Read More »In its dying days Club Penguin has found a new speed running community
Club Penguin, the online social MMO aimed towards kids, is being closed down in about a month, but that hasn’t stopped the speed running community rallying round it in its last days. There has always been somewhat of a Club Penguin speed run, with players trying to get 500 coins …
Read More »The CW US TV network will broadcast a $300,000 H1Z1 competition
In a surprising move US TV network the CW has announced that it will air the upcoming H1Z1: Fight for the Crown competition. The competition will see 15 teams, including Echo Fox, Denial eSports, Panda Global and Rouge Gaming, fight it out for a share of $300,000 with the event …
Read More »Minute Media to expand into eSports with $15 million in funding
Minute Media, a large sports media company that owns the likes of 90min and 12up, has announced its plans to venture into the world of eSports coverage. The company has managed to raise $15 million through VC funding to expand its operations, with the launch of its new eSports service …
Read More »Capcom Pro Tour schedule to be revealed next week
The full schedule of the Capcom Pro Tour will be announced next week. A tweet from the Capcom Fighters account revealed that the full details of the tour will be announced on Monday, February 27th. There has been a lot of rumours about the format of the Pro Tour after …
Read More »Blizzard tease a potential new Overwatch hero
We know Blizzard loves to tease things, and once again they are giving out hints about the next hero to be released in Overwatch. Just days ago game director Jeff Kaplan told fans that the next hero would not be who everyone was expecting it to be, Doomfist, which gives …
Read More »Heroic finally sign JUGi after weeks of negotiations
One of Denmark’s most promising CS:GO players has finally completed his big money move to Heroic after weeks of back and forth. Earlier in the year Heroic contacted tRICKED in regards to signing Jakob "JUGi" Hansen, however having being burned in the past by Heroic the tRICKED management we’re less …
Read More »Team Liquid to make changes to its LoL team mid split after horrible start
Team Liquid, one of the most storied teams in League of Legends history, has had a terrible start to the 2017 season and currently sit bottom of the North American LCS. This of course is not where the team want to be, they constantly make the playoffs and are usually …
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