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At the Boston Major this past weekend Valve announced the dates and location for the next Dota 2 Major tournament. The Kiev Major will take place in April 2017, with the main event running between the 20th and 23rd. PGL is once again in charge of putting it together, after …
Read More »The weekend wrap up: 12/12/16
Here at eSports Pro we hate event spoilers, but also know that no one has the time to watch every major tournament every weekend. That’s why we are starting up the weekend wrap up, a short post every Monday that lists all of the winners from the previous weekend. This …
Read More »Milwaukee Bucks owner in talks to buy NA LCS slot
Co-owner of the Milwaukee Bucks NBA team, Wes Edens, is in the final stages of buying a slot in the NA LCS from Cloud9, who owns two spots in the league. According to ESPN the deal is only pending approval from Riot, with the total figure for the sale hitting …
Read More »eSports event to take place at The White House next week
The White House is set to play host to a multi game event and Twitch stream next week that will feature some eSports show matches. On December 12th a four hour Twitch broadcast will air from the most important building in the USA in an attempt to raise awareness about …
Read More »Final set of maps coming to Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Remastered
After a month of waiting the final set of original maps are coming to the Call of Duty 4 remaster. The new update coming to all platforms on December 13th will up the map count from 10 to all 16 original maps. For those that weren’t around to play the …
Read More »China forces devs to reveal loot box drop odds
China has created new regulations that force developers to reveal the odds of each item drops in loot boxes. May eSports, such as CS:GO, Dota and Overwatch all have some kind of loot box system, where you will get one random item when you open the box. Most games don’t …
Read More »Dustin Browder leaves Heroes of the Storm team
Dustin Browder has announced that he is stepping down as the game director for Heroes of the Storm. He will now move onto other projects within Blizzard, and will leave Heroes of the Storm in the capable hands of Alan Dabiri who has been a software engineer for the last …
Read More »Panda Global signs Gears of War team
Panda Global has picked up a Gears of War team just before the big Gears of War 4 Pro Circuit London Open event this weekend. Ben "Strangulate" Laird, Bobby "phenomxnon" Kenny, Alec "Shock" Colins and Demarco "Drix" Gainesmake up the core of the team, with Frank "ko" Tibbs being the …
Read More »Smash Melee reportedly coming to the Nintendo Switch
A report from Eurogamer suggests that the upcoming Nintendo Switch console will be able to play GameCube games, one of which is Smash Melee. The report from Tom Phillips says that the Switch will be the first Nintendo console that features GameCube games on the Virtual Console. One of the …
Read More »The British Esports Association reveals its advisory board
The British Esports Association has finally announced its first advisory board members and has launched its website. The British Esports Association is designed to be the one stop shop for all eSports needs in the UK. Not only are they going to have a ton of content for people interested …
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