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Former Misfits GM, Ali Saba, has founded new competitive Overwatch team Laser Kittenz. Combining former players from Bench Boys and a selection of new recruits, Laser Kittenz is comprised of Finley "Kyb" Adisi, Sergi "Winghaven" Torras, Luís "Greyy" Perestrelo, Carl "crems" Aspehult, Nikolaj "Zaprey" Moses and Herman "Nesh" Kobrin. Coaching …
Read More »Ninjas in Pyjamas sign draken
Swedish CS:GO team Ninjas in Pyjamas have announced a roster change that will see Jacob "pyth" Mourujärvi move to the bench and William "draken" Sundin join the team to take his place. Draken joins the team from Epsilon eSports, where he had been the star of the young team. His …
Read More »Chinese LoL player banned after provoking and ignoring a referee
Xie “Icon” Tianyu, the mid laner for Chinese League of Legends team Oh My God, has been banned from playing in the team’s next game. The ban has been handed down after Icon decided to annoy the referee in his game against Game Talents. After throwing his headset Icon apparently …
Read More »The future of the Nintendo Switch as an eSports platform
Since the Nintendo Switch launch on March 3rd, not to mention all the smaller reveal events leading up to it, the Switch craze has taken ahold of the gaming world. Launch titles such as The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, 1-2-Switch and Just Dance 2017 are keeping plenty …
Read More »Panda Global signs Street Fighter player Punk
With the ELEAGUE Street Fighter V Invitational rapidly approaching Panda Global have decided to sign one of its participants. The organisation announced the signing of Victor "Punk" Woodley earlier this week, giving the player the backing of a significant organisation just before he heads to Atlanta to play at ELEAGUE. …
Read More »Intel talks IEM, VR, money, TV, and the future of eSports
IEM Katowice is one of the largest tournaments in eSports, so big in fact it’s split across two weekends. While official stats have yet to be released, many thousands of fans swarm on the Spodek Arena in the small Polish town to watch the best LOL, Starcraft 2 and CS:GO …
Read More »Ad Finem’s Dota 2 team leave the organisation
One of the most entertaining European Dota 2 teams have left their organisation after their contracts expired. The Ad Finem team has left the organisation, and will be announcing details of their new home in the coming weeks. The core of the team has been playing together for many years, …
Read More »Epsilon finally confirm the signing of Call of Duty player Josh from Splyce
The European Call of Duty scene has been rocked by roster changes in recent weeks, with many of the top teams switching players in some way. However the most interesting story was the one that apparently started it all. Josh ‘Joshh’ Sheppard who was a member of the Splyce team …
Read More »Hearthstone’s Ben Brode raps about Journey to Un’Goro
When Blizzard revealed the latest Hearthstone expansion fans were generally quite happy, and all seemed good in the world. Then someone noticed that the announcement trailer didn’t have a song in it and all hell broke loose. Fortunately a thread on Reddit about the lack of a song caught the …
Read More »Stream.Me Signs Carl “Perfect Legend” White for new eSports team
Stream.Me has announced that it is creating its own eSports team and the first signing is Carl “Perfect Legend” White. Perfect Legend is a fighting game player who has won Evo four times in his career. Currently he is mainly playing Mortal Kombat X, although is expected to jump over …
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