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Some esports made it big financially through support from their game developers or from third parties like sponsors. The fighting game community (FGC) is looking in a different direction: crowdfunding. Read more on ESPN >>>
Read More »The offseason is over: Takeaways from Northern Arena
The Counter-Strike offseason has officially ended. After a few weeks, the tournament circuit has started back up again. With so many shuffles and shifts during the offseason, it was unclear as to how strong the teams were in relation with each other. The first LAN tournaments to kick off the …
Read More »Meet Mr. Lz, the 14 year old who’s making waves in Super Smash Bros.
When the Smash player known as Mr. Lz won his first major, Paragon 2015 Project M (PM) singles, he was only 13 years old. That’s impressive until you remember that Mozart composed his first symphony at age eight. Still, we thought Mr. Lz’s accomplishments were far and away impressive enough …
Read More »Bance is our MVP of Call of Duty XP
Call of Duty XP had it all. There was the outstanding stage setup, excellent production with some of the top broadcasting talent in the world, even a performance from Snoop Dogg, but the real highlight was the in-game action itself, which threw up some incredible stories. Read more on Red …
Read More »A look back at League of Legends revolutionaries CJ Entus
Last week, Korean League of Legends lost one of its stalwarts. With their loss to ESC Ever in the 2017 Spring LCK Promotion tournament, CJ Entus has bit the final bullet. The original great Korean squad is gone. Let’s honor them with a trip down memory lane, to a time …
Read More »Dignitas HotS player AlexTheProG retires from competitive play
Alexander "AlexTheProG" Grumstrup, a member of the Team Dignitas Heroes of the Storm team, has retired from competitive play. AlexTheProG will be replaced on the Dignitas roster by Lawrence "Athero" Harper, who is coming over from Team Liquid. Athero previously played on the Dignitas roster, and will now be playing …
Read More »Huma banned from all of Riot’s leagues
Huma, a Challenger Series League of Legends team, has been banned from all Riot sanctioned leagues after failing to pay its players. A ruling from Riot reveals that Huma has been “chronically late in paying its players the League-mandated Minimum Player Compensation” throughout the year. At the start of August …
Read More »Huma banned from all of Riot’s leagues
Huma, a Challenger Series League of Legends team, has been banned from all Riot sanctioned leagues after failing to pay its players. A ruling from Riot reveals that Huma has been chronically late in paying its players the League-mandated Minimum Player Compensation” throughout the year. At the start of August …
Read More »Cloud9 picks up a Vainglory team
Multigame organisation Cloud9 has signed the former Nemesis Hydra Vainglory roster, marking its first entry into the mobile eSport. The acquisition comes just before The Battle in Seattle tournament due to take place this weekend. The new Cloud9 squad will be playing in this event, which is serving as the …
Read More »Formula E drivers head to Vegas for $1 million race
Formula E is heading to Las Vegas, for a $1 million race featuring all 20 drivers. The race will take place at the Venetian Hotel as part of the Sport Business and Innovation Summit at CES next year. The players will use playseat simulators running rFactor 2 software, which will …
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