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Betradar has introduced live odds for League of Legends after partnering up with esports data outfit DOJO Madness. Live odds is something of a holy grail for esports betting, with many tournaments marred in terms of gambling by ‘betting suspended’ while most games are in play. Several companies are making …

GankStars has won the title of Critical Ops World Champions, snagging the £6,500 prize for first place after victory in the final of the Critical Ops Championship Series. Critical Ops is a mobile shooter reminiscent of titles like Counter-Strike that is quickly gaining popularity on the esports stage, and this tournament, …

Research outfit Nielsen has launched a new division focussing on esports, a response to the growing interest shown in the company’s games division. Esports is in the middle of a massive boom, and it makes sense that research firms are preparing offerings for those looking to get involved in the …

The PUBG team is changing the way they do patches, doing away with the weekly and monthly patches that have so far been a large part of the game’s update schedule. This seemed like a long time coming, after the team missed a couple of planned patches last month, including …

Do you tilt when you’re stressed out? Does the idea of competing on a big stage make you nervous? Both of these things will make it harder to control your heart rate, something that’s disastrous if you’re looking for success in mobile card battler Champions of the Shengha, made by …

Counter Strike: Global Offensive’s latest patch went live on Monday, and there’s good news for the professional scene. The headline changes are a Tec-9 rebalance, and a fix for the jumping bug that plagued last month’s CS:GO major in Krakow. The Tec-9 rejig is reported the start of a wide-ranging …

PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds has announced a new set of rules with yesterday’s monthly update. The new rules laid out are the 14 commandments of PUBG, and if you think the Bluehole team aren’t serious on cracking down, it’s worth bearing that over 50,000 players have already picked up bans from the …

Millenial Esports, a Canadian esports company that provide turnkey solutions for the esports industry, has invested €2.5m in a French online TV network, Alt Tab. Alt Tab are best known for OGaming TV, a French-language esports channel which broadcasts international events in French. This means French fans can watch events like …

Gfinity has partnered with ELEVEN SPORTS to broadcast The Elite Series in the USA and seven other major international markets. This will include live competitive streams of competition at the Elite Series, across the three games being featured: Street Fighter V, Rocket League and Counter-Strike: Global Offensive. All matches are …

Four new characters were confirmed for Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite last night at an SDCC panel. Final Fight’s Haggar, the professional wrestler turned Metro City Mayor, will be showing that he’s still the mayor of pain, while Dead Rising’s Frank West has a series of unique mechanics, levelling up during …