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 …
Read More »Gfinity partner with ELEVEN SPORTS to bring Elite Series to TV in the U.S and other international markets
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 …
Read More »Haggar, Spider-Man, Frank West and the Nemesis confirmed for MvC:I at SDCC
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 …
Read More »Esports Pro is hosting an esports workshop on November 2
Esports Pro is organising a half-day esports workshop on Thursday November 2, with some hands on opportunities to learn more about the esports industry. We’re acutely aware that there are plenty of different esports events, but we’re focusing our workshop more on how esports can be monetised, and how UK …
Read More »Betway announced as ESL One Cologne official betting partner
Betway has been announced as the Official Betting Partner for ESL One Cologne, and will be providing live odds and other probability based shenanigans on the game’s live broadcasts. It’s a big deal for the industry, as live odds are generally viewed as an impossibility in esports betting, with betting …
Read More »Evil Geniuses release their Overwatch team after two months
Evil Genuises have released their Overwatch team into free agency after just two months, shortly after the team failed in their bid to qualify through the North American Overwatch Contenders open qualifiers. The team were formerly known as East Wind, and were signed by Evil Geniuses in April. Initially they’d …
Read More »Minute Media launch esports platform DBLTAP
Minute Media has unveiled a new esports platform, DBLTAP, which is coming out of beta after a number of months of iterative design. The platform will focus on esports video and editorial content, and it’ll have exclusive access to several events and teams due to strategic partnerships. These partnerships include …
Read More »AEG furthers esports commitments with Immortals investment
The Anschutz Entertainment Groupe (AEG), an American worldwide sporting and music entertainment brand, have announced an investment into North American esports outfit Immortals. It’s not AEG’s first investment into esports, with the brand teaming up with ESL in September 2016 to make use of AEG properties for ESL events. The …
Read More »Mysterious Monkeys pick up Amazing and Kikis
Mateusz ‘Kikiz’ Szkudlarek and Maurice ‘Amazing’ Stückenschneider are joining German League of Legends outfit Mysterious Monkeys. Several tweets featuring monkey emojis and cryptic comments led to rumours the pair would be joining up with the Monkeys, but Dot Esports has checked Riot’s player database to confirm the move, where the …
Read More »ESL and Intel announce extended partnership, Intel Grand Slam offering $1m to one CS:GO team
Intel and ESL have announced a new partnership that’s extending the pair’s cooperation, and also introducing a $1m Intel Grand Slam. The Intel Grand Slam is a new event that’ll award $1m to the first Counter-Strike: Global Offensive team that can win four out of the last 10 $200,000 events …
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