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League of Legends and Dota 2 get all of the attention, but a different kind of competitor is also growing. Vainglory told GamesBeat that Nvidia and Amazon will sponsor the season finals for the mobile multiplayer online battle arena (MOBA), which take place at the Esports Arena in Santa Ana, …
Read More »Fnatic begins crowdfunding new line of team-branded hardware
Fnatic, one of Europe’s largest multi-game eSports organisations, is turning to Indiegogo to crowdfund a new line of team-branded peripherals. The Swedish team, which has top-flight teams in CS:GO, League of Legends and Dota 2, previously had a line of headphones, mice and mouse mats under the SteelSeries line of …
Read More »NBA team owners buy into League of Legends eSports, form NRG
An investment group led by Sacramento Kings co-owners Andy Miller and Mark Mastrov has bought a spot in this year’s League Championships Series (LCS). The team to fill the spot, NRG eSports, is currently being filled with talent including former SKT World Champion Jung “Impact” Eon-yeong and Lee “GBM” Chang-seok. …
Read More »Chinese eSports organisation Team DK shuts down
One of the largest multi-discipline eSports organisations in China closed its doors yesterday as Team DK chose to disband all its squads. The Chinese organisation, which had premier teams in Dota 2, League of Legends and Heroes of the Storm made the announcement via social media site Weibo. In the …
Read More »MTG acquires DreamHack, adding to controlling share of ESL
Modern Times Group has completed the acquisition of Swedish eSports and events organiser DreamHack four months after buying a 74% share in ESL’s parent company. The seeming monopoly on European eSports organisers has been sealed today after rumours of the DreamHack sale circulated last week. Final figures for the sale …
Read More »Ninjas in Pyjamas sack CEO over non-payment of CS:GO players
The Swedish eSports organisation Ninjas in Pyjamas has removed CEO Per Lilliefelth from his position after allegations that players have not received their salaries were levied last week. The company announced the ‘necessary organisational changes’ on Sunday, beginning with the immediate sacking of Lilliefelth. Unnamed sources close to the organisation …
Read More »Gfinity sells further shares after first annual financials show £3.6m loss
Gfinity held an accelerated sale of 1m in shares this week after the eSports company’s first public financial report detailed losses of 3.6m up to June 30. The report revealed that profits were up on the same period last year by 163%, from 213,450 to 560, 828, however losses had …
Read More »Gfinity sells further shares after first annual financials show
Gfinity held an accelerated sale of £1m in shares this week after the eSports company’s first public financial report detailed losses of £3.6m up to June 30. The report revealed that profits were up on the same period last year by 163%, from £213,450 to £560, 828, however losses had …
Read More »Halo 5 World Championship crowdfunds $500k extra prize purse during launch week
Halo 5 has been out for just over a week in The States and its in-game monetisation has already allowed players to crowdfund half a million dollars for the World Championships. The Halo World Championships, to be held from December to March by Microsoft and 343 Industries, started with an …
Read More »Taiwan moves to classify eSports under sporting authority
The Taiwanese government met with development and eSports board members yesterday in talks to become the sixth country to recognise competitive gaming as sport. Taipei’s Department of Economic Development and the Taiwan eSports League submitted an appeal to the country’s Ministry for Education last week to discuss classifying the activity …
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