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MLG has invited eight of the best North American Overwatch teams to its Las Vegas event to compete for a share of $100,000. Team EnVyUs, NRG eSports, Cloud9, Fnatic, CompLexity Gaming, FaZe Clan, Team Liquid and Rise Nation have all been invited to MLG Las Vegas and will head to …
Read More »Rainbow Six Siege will get another year of content
Despite getting off to a shaky start at launch Rainbow Six Siege has become a popular eSport, with thousands tuning in over the weekend to watch the conclusion of the latest PC and Xbox One season. During the event Ubisoft also confirmed that another year of DLC is planned for …
Read More »Team Liquid trying out zews as new CS:GO coach
Team Liquid has announced that Wilton "zews" Prado is trying out as the coach for the organisations CS:GO team. This past weekend he acted as the coach when the team competed at the Northern Arena 2016 Montreal competition. They didn’t have the best performance, going out of the group stage …
Read More »LCS team owners send Riot a letter detailing their concerns
Team owners from across the LCS have penned a letter to Riot Games detailing their concerns about the league for 2017 and a suggested list of changes. The letter, which was obtained by Slingshot eSports, is signed by team owners from both the EU and NA LCS, including representatives from …
Read More »Northern Arena co-founder: ‘The Canadian esports scene right now is in its infancy’
Northern Arena is currently hosting their second event in Montreal, just over two months after their inaugural tournament in Toronto. Though the first event was focused solely on CS:GO, the organization has expanded their Montreal event to include a Dota 2 tournament, among other esports. Read more on theScore eSports …
Read More »Demetrious Johnson on partnering with Northern Gaming: ‘I believe esports is the future’
Yet again, Demetrious Johnson stands alone. We’ve seen soccer clubs flock to esports. Basketball teams have begun to invest in the scene, and American football teams also appear to be taking notice. But the man known as Mighty Mouse, who is now affiliated with Northern Gaming, is the first MMA …
Read More »Spiral Cats talk cosplay in America and what gives them strength
At the League of Legends World Championship Finals in October, I got to sit down and talk to two members of the Spiral Cats cosplay team, Doremi and Tasha. The two, along with another team member in a full-body Bard cosplay, attended the last two stops of Worlds as guests, …
Read More »Top prospects for first-ever League of Legends NA Scouting Grounds
Starting Monday, 20 of North American League of Legends’ top Challenger ladder players will have a chance to prove themselves in a combinelike competition called Scouting Grounds, hosted by League of Legends developer Riot Games. The competition will bring together four players from each of the five roles—top lane, jungle, …
Read More »fREAKAZOiD on Echo Fox’s struggles, over-saturation and his time as a rugby player
Echo Fox has been the talk of the professional Counter-Strike world for all the wrong reasons in the past week. Playing in ELEAGUE Season 2, Echo Fox had a brutal weekend in Group B play in winning only six rounds in three maps. Echo Fox was playing in a group …
Read More »The eSports Industry Awards announces four new sponsors
Four new sponsors have joined the eSports Industry Awards as fan voting heads to its conclusion. Domino’s, Gillette, Omen by HP and Snugg have all sponsored the awards, joining the likes of Xbox, Windows 10 and Twitch as well as headline sponsor Now TV. With just over a week until …
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