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Jimmy "DeMoN" Ho, Marc Polo "Raven" Luis Fausto and Nico "eyyou" Barcelon have all been dropped from the Fnatic Dota 2 team after failing to reach the Boston Major. The three players joined the squad after The International, aiming to combine the best players from two of the best performing …
Read More »OSVR certified by Steam and supported in update
OSVR technology now integrated into Steam platform
Read More »Mars Dota 2 League returns for season five in 2017
The Mars Dota 2 League will return in 2017 for at least one more season, after becoming one of the biggest LANs in the east. Season five of MDL will return in May 2017, with the LAN event taking place between the 10th and 14th. No other details were given …
Read More »Reality show aims to build a CS:GO team while livestreaming the process 24/7
The International Format Group has announced the awfully named Gamerz, a reality show that will see thousands of players try to get a slot on the organisation’s CS:GO team. Thousands of CS:GO players will be given the opportunity to take part, and anyone can sign up, either on the website …
Read More »Echo Fox out, Muffin Lightning in at the ELEAGUE Americas Minor Championship
After news broke yesterday that the Echo Fox CS:GO team had broken up, ELEAGUE has now announced that the team has been replaced in the Americas Minor Championship. With both Shahzeb “ShahZam” Khan and Ronny “ryx” Bylicki officially leaving the Echo Fox organisation, and only Ryan “Freakazoid” Abadir confirming that …
Read More »Valve facing $3m fine for breaking Australian consumer law
Company would prefer $250,000 fine, of course.
Read More »Alienware’s Frank Azor: need for Steam Machines isn’t as great as it once was
Delays with the Steam Machines launch and Microsoft launching Windows 10 dealt blow to Valve's initiative.
Read More »Team Liquid trying out zews as new CS:GO coach
Team Liquid has announced that Wilton "zews" Prado is trying out as the coach for the organisations CS:GO team. This past weekend he acted as the coach when the team competed at the Northern Arena 2016 Montreal competition. They didn’t have the best performance, going out of the group stage …
Read More »ESEA launches anti cheat tech for CS:GO LAN events
After years of developing software to detect cheaters in online games of Counter Strike, ESEA has finally come up with a similar solution for games that are played on LAN. The new ESEA LAN anti-cheat client uses similar tech to the online software to detect any players that are cheating …
Read More »iceiceice: “Streaming is destroying careers”
Daryl Koh "iceiceice" Pei Xiang, captain of the Faceless Dota 2 team, has said that streaming is destroying players’ careers in China. In an interview with Cnet iceiceice was asked about the lucrative streaming contacts that players can earn in China, and he had some controversial views on the subject. …
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