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Echo Fox, the eSports organisation founded by NBA legend Rick Fox, has signed a ton of top fighting game players. The organisation has acquired Taniguchi "Tokido" Hajime, Momochi "Momochi" Yusuke, Justin Wong and Momochi "ChocoBlanka" Yuko, who are some of the best Street Fighter V players in the world. These …
Read More »Fnatic reveal Dota 2 roster for ESL One Genting
After months of uncertainty surrounding the new roster Fnatic have finally revealed the five players that will represent them at ESL One Genting this weekend. Muhammad Rizky "Inyourdream" Anugrah and Yong-min "Febby" Kim have been added to the team as permanent members, joining Yee Fung "Mushi" Chai and Chong Xin …
Read More »Players vote to play in the ESL Pro League instead of PEA
Teams that were set to play in the PEA CS:GO league have voted to instead play in the ESL Pro League North American division. Late last year PEA told teams that they would not be able to play in both competitions, which caused a ton of drama including open letters …
Read More »Gfinity hosting two Call of Duty World League events this year
Gfinity has announced that it will be hosting two Call of Duty World League events in 2017, with the first one set to take place at the end of January. The CWL London event will take place on January 28th and 29th, with a prize pool of $25,000. Of course …
Read More »Former LCS coach releases keyboard designed to combat injury
Former coach of Fnatic’s League of Legends team Luis "Deilor" Sevilla has announced a brand new keyboard designed for pro gaming. Known as the Shortcut keyboard the device features two pads, one for each hand, that each have fourteen keys and some kind of thumb stick/button. It is specifically designed …
Read More »New Overwatch map Oasis now live for all
Overwatch has a new map, which is not available for all players, and crucially tournaments, to try out. Oasis is now available on the live version of Overwatch, having gone through initial testing on the PTR. This means that not only will you be seeing it in rotation when playing, …
Read More »eSports dominates Forbes’ gaming 30 under 30
Forbes has released its 30 under 30 list for gaming, and multiple eSports players, personalities and business owners have been included. Team SoloMid owner Andy "Reginald" Dinh is this year’s featured honouree, with Immortals CEO Noah Whinston and and Tempo Storm owner Andrey "Reynad" Yanyuk also being included. A few …
Read More »Emirates FA Cup FIFA 17 tournament returns with Wembley finals
If you are pretty nifty at FIFA then you could lift the FA Cup at Wembley later this year. The Emirates FA Cup gaming tournament, Every Gamer’s Adventure, which yes is its actual name and very ridiculous, takes place on May 6th and mimics the format of the real FA …
Read More »Dell becomes ELEAGUE’s exclusive hardware partner
Dell has signed on as ELEAGUE’s new hardware partner and becomes the latest major company to sponsor the competition. ELEAGUE competitions will now use the Alienware Aurora with Dell 24-inch 144Hz gaming monitor, starting with the ELEAGUE Major at the end of this month. And of course you can expect …
Read More »Evil Geniuses CEO PPD returns to active competition with new Dota squad
CEO of Evil Geniuses, Peter “PPD” Dager, has announced his return to competitive Dota 2 with a new team. Known as WanteD the team features PPD as captain with former CompLexity player Rasmus "Chessie" Blomdin, former MVP Phoenix player Kim "QO" Seon-yeop and former Rave/Archon player Jio "Jeyo" Madayag also …
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