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Turner Sports plans to expand its esports andCounter-Strikefootprint even further this winter. The American media company made headlines earlier this year after announcing it would run and televise aCounter-Strikeleague. Now the company, along with its partner, the international talent agency, WME | IMG, plans to run a separateCounter-Strike: Global OffensiveChampionship, …
Read More »Capcom Pro Tour 2016 to boast ‘baseline’ $500K prize pool
In a presentation at the conclusion of Sunday’s Capcom Cup 2015,Street Fighterseries executive producer Yoshinori Ono announced the first details of the 2016 Capcom Pro Tour. With a baseline prize pool of half a million dollars, the tour next year will kick off on March 18 with Final Round in …
Read More »Allu leaves Ninjas in Pyjamas
Aleksi "allu" Jalli has parted ways withNinjas in Pyjamas, just a few weeks before his contract was due to expire with the Swedish side. The lone Finnish player on the legendary SwedishCounter-Striketeam has departed the team following the Fragbite Masters Season 5 finals, that last event of 2015. Jalli initially …
Read More »Easyhoon signs with Vici Gaming in deal reportedly worth $860,000
ALeague of Legendsfranchise in China just traded one of last year’s world champions for a newer version. Vici Gamingtoday signed mid laner Lee Easyhoon” Ji-hoon, the understudy ofSK Telecom T1’sdominant Lee Faker” Sang-hyeok. While Easyhoon rode the bench for most of SKT’s road to winning the world championship this year, …
Read More »New LCS franchise Follow eSports rebrands to Splyce, picks up Call of Duty team
After purchasing a newly qualifiedLeagueChampionship Series(LCS) team,Follow eSportswill shed its old name today. The website, which labels itself the TV Guide of Esports,” is renaming both the site itself and professional esports teams toSplyce. With holdings inLeague of Legends,Counter-Strike: Global Offensive,Hearthstone,Super Smash Bros. Melee, and more, the team’s new brand …
Read More »Richard Lewis "initiated physical contact" according to DreamHack
Since writingyesterday’s articleabout the violent altercation between CS:GO panelist Richard Lewis and Dota 2 pro player Jonathan ‘Loda’ Berg at DreamHack Winter 2015, I’ve been contacted by DreamHack offering further comment. "We can confirm that an incident did occur between both parties" writes DreamHack’s Michael Van Driel "and that at …
Read More »Why ArenaNet Is Investing in ESports
ArenaNet has partnered with ESL to launch a new global eSports structure that spans a pro league, a farm team system, and a minor league for ‘Guild Wars 2.’ NCSoft-owned game developer ArenaNet originally launched its massively multiplayer online (MMO) game,Guild Wars 2, in August 2012 as a $40 game …
Read More »eSports: On Par With the NFL and NBA?
Most traditional sports haven’t always been considered true sports. When American football was invented in 1869, it was considered a game. It wasn’t until 1920 when the NFL was founded that the game of football was officially christened a sport. Basketball followed a similar path, as James Naismith invented the …
Read More »Master Caster: An interview with Nahaz
Do a quick search for Alan Bester and Google will tell you he’s Associate Professor of Financial Economics at the University of Western Ontario, with a PhD in Economics from Duke University and a 10 year stint teaching Econometrics in Chicago. But scroll down a little, and it becomes clear …
Read More »The First Pro Gamer Says eSports Is A "Hustle In So Many Ways"
We already know that Crown Casino is trying to gain a slice of the pie locally with their efforts in the local scene and the expansion of Crownbet. But in the United States, one of the oldest — if not the oldest — professional gamers has revealed that casinos in …
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