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ESL has partnered with The Cybersmile Foundation to tackle online abuse and toxicity in the world of eSports. Cybersmile has been working to address online abuse in the competitive gaming space since early 2015. This new partnership will significantly widen the reach of Cybersmile resources, as they try and get …
Read More »NBA team co-owners and Magic Johnson buy Team Liquid
The investment group known as aXiomatic eSports has purchased controlling interest of Team Liquid. The group features big names such as NBA hall of famer Magic Johnson along with Peter Guber and Ted Leonsis who are leading the group. Guber is perhaps best known as the CEO of Mandalay Entertainment …
Read More »ELEAGUE to host the next CS:GO major in January 2017
ELEAGUE, the eSports brand created by Turner Broadcasting and aired on US TV network TBS, will host the next CS:GO major. Due to take place between January 22nd and 29th 2017, the ELEAGUE CS:GO major will be held at the ELEAGUE Arena within Turner Studios in Atlanta for the initial …
Read More »The history of esports broadcasting, Part I: Genesis
Mainstream press recently reported on esports broadcasting as something of a new phenomenon. Perhaps to them it is. Perhaps to their readers it is, too. But ignoring the past 16 years of esports broadcasting doesn’t make it OK. It’s not really their fault, though. There is just so little written …
Read More »Uli Schulze On ESL One New York’s Switch To CS:GO
ESL’s annual trip to the east coast of the United States is almost upon us. For the last few years the company has hosted ESL One New York in the big apple, with the top Dota 2 teams in the world coming together for what has typically been the first …
Read More »Guber and Leonsis on the risk and potential of esports investment
On Tuesday morning, a day after the Philadelphia 76ers announced that they were buying two esports teams, Golden State Warriors co-owner Peter Guber and Washington Wizards and Capitals owner Ted Leonsis announced they were forming aXiomatic and would be the new owners of esports franchise Team Liquid, which employs more …
Read More »Four Teams Set to Surprise at Worlds
Group stages encourage extreme thinking. On one hand there are top seeds that are most likely to advance at Worlds and contend for the championship, and on the other hand there are likely losers. Some teams appear to be there to get beat up by better teams that actually have …
Read More »ESL on their first live FGC event: ‘New York…doesn’t get the same amount of attention from tournament organizers as the West Coast does’
The Brooklyn Beatdown will be ESL’s first Street Fighter LAN event, and the long-standing esports production company is leaning on the community to make sure it runs smoothly. When it comes to their live events, ESL is traditionally known for large-scale, closed tournaments. But when it came to working with …
Read More »NBA team the Philadelphia 76ers has purchased Team Dignitas and Team Apex
The Philadelphia 76ers have acquired controlling stakes in both Team Dignitas and Team Apex and have merged the two organisations together. This new super organisation will function under the Team Dignitas name, and will feature all of the remaining teams currently under contract with both teams. This includes the Apex …
Read More »What Happened At Overwatch Open’s NA Group Stage?
The Overwatch Open Finals are underway, and already we’ve seen the NA portion of the tournament completed, the victory now declared and the losers left for dust. Rather than build up to it too much, it’s pretty clear who lead the charge for first-place victory in the NA side. Team …
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