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The ESL Pro League Season 5 schedule has been revealed, with the event set to kick off in just under a week. 14 teams are set to compete in the European division and another 14 will battle it out in the North American side of the competition. The top teams …
Read More »Gillette sponsors IEM Katowice
ESL has announced a new partnership with Gillette, who will sponsor the upcoming Intel Extreme Masters Katowice League of Legends event. The male grooming company will sponsor the LoL portion of the event, which runs in Katowice between February 24th and 26th. Gillette will allow fans to customize Gillette razor …
Read More »Unicorns of Love partner with Lagardère Sports
The Unicorns of Love have partnered with Lagardère Sports, the sports arm of the major media group. The deal will see Lagardère Sports give the Unicorns a helping hand when it comes to selling media rights and acquiring sponsors, something that the group has done for multiple sports teams. "We …
Read More »ESL Play app now available on iOS and Android
ESL has announced that its ESL Play app is now available on iOS and Android devices. The app is now available to devices worldwide, after extensive mobile testing. The app allows people to sign up for tournament across 50 games and will also offer other features such as logging results …
Read More »FIFA 17 Ultimate Team Championship Series to be broadcast on French TV channel Canal+ Sports
The Canal Esports Club has announced that it plans to stream the FIFA 17 Ultimate Team Championship Series European finals on it website and show highlights on the Canal+ Sports TV channel. The competition takes place in Paris on February 4th. Europe’s best Ultimate Team players will be battling it …
Read More »Call of Duty World League updates its ruleset to ban Synaptic
The Call of Duty World League has changed its rule set, adding a couple of extra bans. From now on the Synaptic combat rig, the OSA assault rifle, the Hornet pistol and the Trojan weapon sight have all been banned from competitive play and can no longer be used. The …
Read More »CEO confirms its 2017 tournament line up
Fighting Game tournament CEO has confirmed the games that will be played at its 2017 event. Street Fighter V, Pokken Tournament, Tekken 7, Super Smash Bros. for Wii U, BlazBlue: Central Fiction, Injustice 2, King of the Fighters, Guilty Gear Revelator Xrd and Killer Instinct have all been confirmed for …
Read More »OpTic, Faze and EnVyUs all heading to ESWC
ESWC has confirmed that both FaZe Clan and Team EnVyUs will be heading to Paris for its Call of Duty tournament, while the OpTic team said on stream they will also attend. With the event just a few weeks away top teams are starting to confirm their attendance at the …
Read More »Tomas “oskar” Stastny returns to mousesports CS:GO roster after disappointing Major
Tomas "oskar" Stastny will replace Chris "chrisJ" de Jong on the mousesports CS:GO roster effective immediately. The change comes after mousesports had a disappointing major, finishing in 12th-14th place and failing to make it into the legends status stage. Some had predicted the team to do well, but they looked …
Read More »ELEAGUE Major grand finals becomes first single Twitch stream to break a million viewers
Over the weekend we saw the final of the ELEAGUE Major, and it turns out a lot of other people did as well, as the stream ended up breaking records. The english language stream for the final day broke the record for the most number of concurrent viewers on a …
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