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Fnatic is one of the oldest and most popular brands in esports. Starting as team in 2004, the organization quickly evolved from just another Skandinavian clan into a global lifestyle brand. Today, the company fields rosters in all relevant esports titles, and just recently, has announced its expansion into esports’ …
Read More »$1,000,000 Gears of War Pro Circuit announced
Xbox and The Coalition have announced the Gears of War Pro Circuit, a $1,000,000 Gears of War 4 competition. Once Gears of War 4 launches later this year players can compete for Gears Pro Points in regional MLG GameBattles online ladders and in daily and weekly tournaments. Teams that get …
Read More »ELEAGUE’s first season pulls in millions of viewers
The first season of ELEAGUE, Turner’s CS:GO league, concluded on Saturday evening and pulled in some incredible numbers. There was more than 168,500 concurrent streams on Twitch for Saturday’s final, with approximately 48 million gross minutes of video consumption across TBS and Twitch. The final was also responsible for 2.9 …
Read More »Vainglory summer season championships head to Seattle and Cologne
The Vainglory Summer Season Championships will take place in Seattle and Cologne this September. Eight of the best North American Vainglory teams will head to Seattle to compete for the title of summer champions between September 2nd and 4th at the Amazon event center. The Battle in Seattle” event will …
Read More »eSports Advertising Bureau aims to help advertisers enter eSports
The eSports Advertising Bureau has been founded to help brands enter the world of eSports sponsorship and advertisement. The group will offer tools to marketers that will help them understand eSports and it’s potential marketing opportunities, as well as help eSports companies with direct advertising issues. Elsewhere it will coordinate …
Read More »TnC and Execration finally secure visas for The International
Just days before the biggest Dota 2 event of the year starts, two of the competing teams have been given US visas. TnC and Execration, two teams that made it through the South East Asian qualifier, have been granted US P-1 visas after initially being denied. Both teams initially applied …
Read More »ELEAGUE finals to be broadcast on Twitter tonight
The semi finals and grand final of ELEAGUE will be broadcast live on Twitter over the weekend. The social network will host the full stream of all three matches from across the final weekend. The stream will host the observer feed of the event, meaning panel segments with on air …
Read More »Sadokist on finding his casting partner: ‘Partnering with HenryG was never planned’
Matthew "Sadokist" Trivett is a Canadian CS:GO caster and, alongside Henry "HenryG" Greer, one of the most well-known personalities in the scene. Sadokist took the time to chat with theScore esports on the final day of the ESL One Cologne 2016 Major and talked about his third Major and how …
Read More »Competitive Catherine redefines what fighting games can be
Is it esports?” This questions comes up, both honestly and facetiously, about a huge variety of games. Sometimes, esports is a groundswell, a way to mark the community that gathers around competitive games they’re passionate about. Other times, esports” seems more like a trope or a marketing tool. With each …
Read More »The CS:GO gambling scandal: Everything you need to know
Over the course of a month, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, has been hit with arguably the biggest scandal in the game’s history and one which threatens to change the complexion of the professional scene forever. Read more on The Daily Dot >>>
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