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Both Afreeca Freecs and CJ Entus have released their League of Legends teams after disappointing years. CJ Entus have released all nine of their players while all five of Afreeca Freecs’ players have also been let go. The former CJ Entus roster consisted of Mingi "MadLife" Hong, Sangmyeon "Shy" Park, …
Read More »SK Telecom T1 signs Peanut
League of Legends world champions SK Telecom T1 have signed Han "Peanut" Wang-ho to be their new jungler. Peanut was a member of the ROX Tigers during the last season, where he made it to worlds as the top Korean seed and then made it to the semifinals. His Tigers …
Read More »NBA 2K17 tournament gives players a shot at a trip to the All Star game
A new NBA 2K17 tournament run by 2K gives European players the chance to win an all expenses paid trip to the NBA All-Star Weekend in New Orleans, Louisiana. The European All-Star Tournament will take place online on December 10th and 11th. Teams will battle it out on PS4 over …
Read More »Lawbreakers devs tease new character announcement at The Game Awards
Cliff Bleszinski and his Boss Key team have been teasing a Lawbreakers announcement that is coming at The Game Awards. Over the past week the Lawbreakers Twitter account has been teasing an announcement coming at The Game Awards tomorrow, but it also tweeted a pair of images showing what looks …
Read More »Paul “ReDeYe” Chaloner launches Code Red eSports agency
Paul “ReDeYe” Chaloner, who is best known as an eSports host, has today launched a new eSports agency called Code Red. The agency will act in a variety of ways, from consulting on all eSports matters through to providing broadcast talent for events. The agency will also help design in …
Read More »IEM Katowice World Championship to take place over two weekends
The Intel Extreme Masters World Championship will once again return to Katowice Poland for 2017, but the event will be split over two weekends. The IEM League of Legends World Championship will take place, providing they can actually get teams to attend, on February 25th and 26th 2017 in the …
Read More »Splyce re-signs its entire LoL roster
Splyce has announced that it has signed every one of its players from the 2016 season, meaning the team will be sticking together for 2017. After contracts expired Martin “Wunder” Hansen, Chres “Sencux” Laursen, Mihael “Mikyx” Mehle and Kasper “Kobbe” Kobberup all left the organisation, looking to explore other offers. …
Read More »Watch TSM jump out of a plane
Members of the Team SoloMid League of Legends team and team owner Andy "Reginald" Dinh jumped out of a plane and you can watch the whole thing. Red Bull organised the stunt as part of its new Away from Keyboard series that sees eSports pros taken out of their comfort …
Read More »$125,000 Rocket League finals take place this weekend
The finals of the Rocket League Championship Series take place this weekend over in Amsterdam. Eight teams, four from North America and four from Europe, will compete on December 3rd and 4th to be crowned RLCS World Champions. The winners will walk away with a massive $50,000, with the rest …
Read More »Michael Phelps will present the best eSports player award at The Game Awards this week
Geoff Keighley has announced that he has roped in multiple Olympic medal winner Michael Phelps to present the award for the best eSports player at his big shindig this week. Phelps will head to The Game Awards on Thursday December 1st to present the award to the winner. The nominees …
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