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Yahoo! has launched their long-rumoured eSports news division this week after bringing in Gamespot’s Travis Gafford to head the section. Gafford previously lead much of the League of Legends reportage for Gamespot, along with weekly talkshows on the game’s eSports community. The site has also employed CS:GO and Heroes of …
Read More »Valve’s Dota Shanghai Major woes continue at the main event
After a remarkable group stages-for all the wrong reasons-Valve’s flagship Major series of Dota 2 tournaments has run into further delays and production issues. In an opening gambit last week, Majors host James “2GD” Harding made a series of jokes about disabled pornography and Chinese government censorship leading eventually to …
Read More »EGL hosts first CoD World League Challenger LAN this weekend
The European Gaming League will host the first European LAN for Call of Duty’s World League Challenger Division this weekend in London. The Truman Brewery is set to become a busy place for gaming enthusiasts as PC Gamer takes over the other half of the building for their Weekender expo …
Read More »ESL and Intel create AnyKey diversity program for eSports
A partnership between ESL and Intel is hoping to improve and support the diversity around competitive gaming with the launch of the AnyKey initiative this week. The core goal of the program is tocreate more opportunities and inclusive spaces in eSports, and advocate for underrepresented members of competitive communities, such …
Read More »DingIt’s first year boasts 80m total viewers
DingIt, the eSports-centric streaming platform, has finished its first year of broadcasting with 80m viewers under its belt. The site, which insists that the current model for eSports streaming is broken and wants to fix the problems inherent to games broadcasting, currently sees 20m montly unique viewers. To date, the …
Read More »Valve increases CS:GO Major prize pools to $1m
The base pool for all future CS:GO Major tournaments has been raised from $250,000 to $1m thanks to Valve’s increased investment in eSports. Beginning with next month’s MLG Columbus event, every Valve-sponsored Major event will have the increased prize pool, offering $500,000 to the winners of each competition. There are …
Read More »Riot standardise punishments for pro League of Legends players
Riot Games has introduced new rulesets regarding penalties incurred by their top players in the League of Legends professional community. The changes comprise of a new penalty index, to more easily determine the severity of an infraction, and a penalty tracker which shows the public all rulings made throughout a …
Read More »Street Fighter V smashes Evo registration record 4 days into sign-ups
Street Fighter V is looking all set for a strong opening year in the competitive scene after breaking Evo’s registration records only four days after they began. Last year’s sign-ups saw the highest number of entrants to a single discipline as Ultra Street Fighter IV received 2,227 registrations ahead of …
Read More »CW’s Mortal Kombat TV special watched by 0.3% of US households
American network The CW aired the final part of Machinima’s Chasing the Cup docuseries on Monday night to an audience of around 346,800 viewers. The online series had previously whittled a tournament bracket of Mortal Kombat X players down to just five competing for the biggest share of a $100,000 …
Read More »SK Gaming partners with CD key reseller G2A despite continuing Riot ban
One of Europe’s oldest eSports organisations has taken up a partnership deal with prolific CD key reselling site G2A.com, which is still facing a blackout sponsorship ban by Riot Games. SK Gaming has described the deal as the first of their new partnerships in 2016, suggesting further sponsors in the …
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