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Mineski will be flying to Los Angeles for The Summit 4 after winning against Fnatic in the finals of the Southeast Asian Qualifiers. They will fly to Los Angeles to compete with the other international teams for the main event with over $100,000 (P4.6 million). This will be the return …
Read More »$30,000 Hearthstone Tournament Heading to Insomnia 56
Multiplay are pulling out all the stops to make sure their first event at the NEC is a success by hosting a massive $30,000Hearthstonetournament featuring some of the biggest names in the world. Read more at Godisageek >>>
Read More »Can VR Shooter RIGS Succeed in the eSports Arena?
Sony stormed the shores of France last weekwith their eyes set firmly on Paris Games Week’s centre stage. The company ignited the hearts of the Paris Expo Porte de Versailles crowd with a hearty press conference full of exciting games and an arsenal of mind-blowing tech. Amid a flurry of …
Read More »More than 7 million people have registered for the Overwatch beta
If you’re one of the those unlucky people who still don’t have access to theOverwatchbeta, you’re not alone. And there are 7 million reasons why you may still have to wait. That’s the number of people currently registered for theOverwatchbeta, according to Mike Morhaime, Blizzard’s president, who spoke to investors …
Read More »EVO 2016 set for July next year
Top fighting game competition the Evolution Championship Series will run fromJuly 15-17 next year in Las Vegas, lining up anotheranother weekend ofweekend of cheers, tears and clutch counters. It’s going to be great. The venue and gameshaven’t been announced yet, butKing of Fighters XIV and Tekken 7 lurk on the …
Read More »Professional League of Legends eSports team sold for close to $1 million
Michael O’Dell, manager of Team Dignitas,toldBBC Newsthat the sale was close to $1 million, but he was unable to state the exact amount. The sale leaves Dignitas with just the one North AmericanLeague of Legendsteam, as the pro rules state that eSports groups can only manage one squad. Read more …
Read More »World of Tanks developer Wargaming helps Twitch rival Hitbox with $4M funding round
Hitbox, a European startup that can stream gameplay at 4K resolution, has raised $4 million from World of Tanks developerWargamingand others to further develop livestreaming service in competition with Amazon’s Twitch division. The deal shows that Vienna, Austria-based Hitbox is making progress in its effort to provide competition to Twitch, …
Read More »Only 35% of U.S. eSports fans play games on PC
A new study has debunked the theory that the majority of eSports fans play games on PC. According to number crunchers atNielsen, only 35 percent of eSports fans play on PC, with three out of every four favouring consoles. Nearly half of those console fans play games on Xbox one, …
Read More »SMITE, Sexism and the soul of eSports
While she was coaching a professional Latin AmericanSmiteesports team, Lydia Picknell kept seeing one Spanish word that was forever popping up on spectator comment panels during live streams. She was always coming across the word ‘puta’ attached to her name. She had an idea what it meant, but she had …
Read More »Gfinity raises much-needed £1m from share sale after reporting loss of £3.6m
Gfinity, the eSports – or gaming –company, held an accelerated share sale yesterday to raise 1m, after reporting a loss of 3.6m in the year to 30 June. The 19p share price represented a discount of approximately 22.4 per cent. The company issued a little over five million new ordinary …
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