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A few weeks back eSports fans who play on the PS4 got excited when both Razer and Nacon announced new officially licensed controllers for the console that are design for pro players. Now more information on Razer’s offering has been revealed and it may put some people off. The Razer …
Read More »MonteCristo: “Blizzard paid me more in two weeks than Riot has in five”
Caster Christopher "MonteCristo" Mykles has revealed that Blizzard paid him more for two weeks work on the Overwatch World Cup than Riot did for a five week long World Championship. In an interview with Yahoo eSports, which can be seen below, MonteCristo revealed that Blizzard was paying what he called …
Read More »ESEA launches anti cheat tech for CS:GO LAN events
After years of developing software to detect cheaters in online games of Counter Strike, ESEA has finally come up with a similar solution for games that are played on LAN. The new ESEA LAN anti-cheat client uses similar tech to the online software to detect any players that are cheating …
Read More »Capcom Cup will be best of fives and not best of threes as originally planned
The tournament format for the upcoming Capcom Cup has been switched with all games now being best of fives and not best of threes. The original format for the competition stated that all games up to the round of 16 would be best of threes and then it would switch …
Read More »ESL to run Atlas Reactor Go4 tournaments
ESL has partnered with Trion Worlds to run a series of Atlas Reactor competitions that feature more than $8,000 in prize money. The Atlas Reactor Go4 series kicks off this weekend, and to celebrate Atlas Reactor will be free to play for everyone for the entire weekend. Previously community focused …
Read More »Team NP secures GG.Bet sponsorship
Dota 2 organisation Team NP has announced that its second sponsor is online betting site GG.Bet. GG.Bet has sponsored the team and will receive branding across many areas of the NP organisation. NP fans can also take advantage of the new sponsorship when using GG.Bet by typing in the promo …
Read More »Counter Logic Gaming hires new director of business development
Counter Logic Gaming has hired John Spiher as the organisations new director of business development. Spiher is the former marketing director for DXRacer, the chair manufacturer, and is a program director for the Gamers Outreach Foundation charity, which creates gaming set ups and pods and donates them to children’s hospitals. …
Read More »Gfinity revenue increases but company loses more than £3 million for the 2nd year running
Gfinity has released its financial results for the year ending 30th June 2016 and revealed that they have lost 3.2 million despite massively improved revenue. The operating loss for the company was 3.2 million, a 12% decrease on the previous year’s 3.6 million loss. A number of factors contributed to …
Read More »Gfinity revenue increases but company loses more than £3 million for the 2nd year running
Gfinity has released its financial results for the year ending 30th June 2016 and revealed that they have lost £3.2 million despite massively improved revenue. The operating loss for the company was £3.2 million, a 12% decrease on the previous year’s £3.6 million loss. A number of factors contributed to …
Read More »NaVi drops SoNNeikO, Ditya Ra and ArtStyle after missing out on the Boston Major
Dota 2 team Natus Vincere has dropped three players after the team failed to qualify for the Boston Major competition. Akbar “SoNNeikO” Butaev, Dmitry “Ditya Ra” Minenkov and Ivan “ArtStyle” Antonov have all left the team, leaving only Danil “Dendi” Ishutin and Victor “GeneRaL” Nigrini signed to the organisation. Rumours …
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