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The top eight portion of the Capcom Cup will be broadcast on ESPN2 on Sunday December 4th. This part of the competition will actually take place at the PlayStation Experience on December 3rd, when it will be streamed live on Twitch. However ESPN2 will then rebroadcast the final stages of …
Read More »ROX Tigers seemingly disband after contracts expire
ROX Tigers, the team that placed second at Worlds last year and top four this year, have disbanded after player contracts expired. Song "Smeb" Kyung-ho, Lee "KurO" Seo-haeng, Kim "PraY" Jong-in, and Kang "GorillA" Beom-hyeon have all seemingly left the team after their contracts expired on November 25th. Over the …
Read More »Former StarCraft pro Flash says salaries capped at $60,000
Former StarCraft II player Lee “Flash” Young-ho has claimed that salaries for players in Korea were capped at 70 million won, which is roughly $60,000. The revelation came during a livestream on Afreeca TV, which was then translated by Yahoo eSports. In the video Flash claims that teams and organisation …
Read More »Misterio and Tse444 out of the Capcom Cup, K-Brad and Yukadon are in
Both Felipe "Misterio" Patricio Torres Carvacho and Tse "Tse444" Wa Ping will not be able to compete at the Capcom Cup this weekend. They will be replaced by Kenneth "K-Brad" Bradley and Fujimura "Yukadon" Atsushi. No reasons for the drop outs have been given, but as is usually the case …
Read More »G2 Esports turn down invitation to IEM Gyeonggi
With IEM Oakland now over and done with all eyes in the LoL scene are turning to the final big event before the new LCS season kicks off, IEM Gyeonggi. While a number of teams have already been confirmed for the event, such as ROX Tigers and Royal Never Give …
Read More »Longzhu Gaming purchased by Chinese retailer Suning Commerce
The Suning Commerce group has purchased the Korean League of Legends team Longzhu Gaming. Suning Commerce is one of the biggest retailers in China that isn’t owned by the government, giving them the freedom to do what they want. With this freedom they decided to invest in the struggling LCK …
Read More »Counter Logic gaming setting up an NA Challenger Series team for 2017
North American organisation Counter Logic Gaming has announced that it plans to field a team in the North American Challenger Series in 2017. This new team will sit alongside it’s championship winning LCS team, and most likely act in a similar way to those of Cloud9 and Team Liquid. New …
Read More »Mars Dota 2 League returns for season five in 2017
The Mars Dota 2 League will return in 2017 for at least one more season, after becoming one of the biggest LANs in the east. Season five of MDL will return in May 2017, with the LAN event taking place between the 10th and 14th. No other details were given …
Read More »Riot releases documentary on Rick Fox and his son’s eSports journey
Riot has released a 20 minute documentary that shows Rick Fox’s journey from first attending a League of Legends event with his son, through to starting up his own team. The documentary, which can be seen at the bottom of this post, starts with Rick and his son Kyle heading …
Read More »H2K hits out at LCS relegation in lengthy statement
H2K Gaming has issued a statement detailing its thoughts on relegation in the LCS. The issue has been a hot topic recently with many team owners sending Riot a letter, which was leaked, demanding that they remove relegation from the league, as it creates a lot of issues. H2K has …
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