Ubisoft Montreal have announced that the second season of Rainbow Six Siege’s year two content will be delayed, meaning the Hong-Kong operators and map will be introduced in Season 3, in order for the team to focus on game health issues. This is the first time Rainbow Six Siege has …
Read More »Stage set for $250,000 CS:GO show match between Virtus.Pro and Astralis
ELEAGUE, an esports tournament operator that is run by Turner and IMG, has put $250,000 on the line in a show-match pitting current CS:GO Major champs Astralis up against runners-up Virtus.pro. $250,000 show matches are a new concept for esports, more familiar to fans of Boxing or UFC bouts then …
Read More »Dota 2 International 2017 prize pool could exceed $25m
The majors are over, and Valve is now gearing up for its crowning jewel: The International. The International is somewhat unique because its prize pool is crowd-funded by players. Valve put $1.5m into the prize pool and then sell in-game items and put 25% of the monetary value of any …
Read More »Clash Royale announces first international tournament, with a $1m prize pool
Supercell has dated the first ever Clash Royale global competitive season, dubbed the Spring Season. The league will kick off on May 11, with thousands of players competing in open tournaments to prove themselves the Clash Royalists. Players will also be competing for a share of a $1m prize pool. …
Read More »How LCC game jam title, boardgame Felines Fighting Fish, apes esports giants
Last week, a game jam hosted by the London College of Communication (LCC), where students from across the BA and MA game design courses came together to try and create a game across the two days. There were several different games produced over the weekend, with the game jam’s theme …
Read More »CS:GO has a host of new customisable gloves on the way
Counter-Strike Global Offensive will be getting a collection of new combat-mittens for operators to try to collect in the near future. The idea of being able to customise your gloves being a large gameplay aspect is nearly humourous until you consider how much money Valve make with their massive item …
Read More »SG e-sports taking out top seed Team Secret is biggest upset at Kiev Major
While OG may have won the Kiev Major, the most exciting matches came from Brazilian upstarts SG e-sports, who beat top seed Team Secret 2-1. In what has been described as the David and Goliath battle of the Kiev Major, SG felled Team Secret, and their unbeaten string of 19 …
Read More »Overwatch is free in May… if you’re in China
Gamers in China about to be given the gift of Overwatch next month, with the entire game being free to play for the entirety of May. The full game will be free, although free players will be locked out of competitive mode to avoid free players messing with the balance …
Read More »Overwatch players let go by Lunatic-Hai are picked up by Laser Kittenz
Two Overwatch players signed and released from Lunatic-Hai this week have now been picked up by a new team. Esports organisation Laser Kittenz has announced they’re signing Lee "claris" Keon-Ho and Byeon "Munchkin" Sang-Beom. The two were ranked first and second in Lunatic-Hai’s previous player testing, earning them spots on …
Read More »Blizzard to show off Heroes of the Storm in big livestream tonight
Blizzard is holding a livestream event this evening, streaming Heroes of the Storm ahead of the release of its 2.0 update. The livestream (watch here) will have several exciting reveals if you’ve got the HOTS for Blizzard’s MOBA, with a walkthrough of the new update, a new hero reveal and …
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