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A report from Slingshot eSports suggests that PEA will ban all teams that play in its league from competing in the rival ESL Pro League. PEA will be running its own league in 2017 in a similar fashion to the Pro League, which makes the move somewhat understandable. However players …
Read More »FC Copenhagen to enter the world of eSports with CS:GO, Dota and FIFA
Danish football side FC Copenhagen are looking to enter into the world of eSports according to a report from Danish publication Finans.dk. The report states that the team is looking to try and enter more than just FIFA, with them looking to pick up teams in CS:GO and Dota 2. …
Read More »Former Dignitas CS:GO team to sign with Danish football club according to report
Earlier in the week it was reported that the Dignitas CS:GO team will leave the organisation when their contracts expire at the end of the year. Now a new report suggests that the team will be heading to Danish football club F.C. Copenhagen. F.C. Copenhagen have recently entered the world …
Read More »Dignitas CS:GO team offered “very competitive deal” to stay with org
After announcing that the Dignitas CS:GO team would be leaving the organisation team coach Casper "ruggah" Due revealed that they were offered a good deal to stay. “As was announced earlier today, we are not re-signing with Team Dignitas when our contracts expire the 31st of December,” said ruggah in …
Read More »missharvey wins Canada’s Smartest Person TV show
Stephanie "missharvey" Harvey has been named Canada’s Smartest Person after winning a TV show competition testing contestants smarts. missharvey made it to the final of the competition after winning week one of the show. In the final she faced off against a mechanic, a national rugby player, a hockey commissioner …
Read More »Virtus Pro re-signs CS:GO team for another three years
Virtus Pro has re-signed its legendary CS:GO team to some of the longest contracts ever seen in eSports. Wiktor “TaZ” Wojtas, Filip “NEO” Kubski, and Jaroslaw “pasha” Jarzabkowski, Janusz “snax” Pogorzelski and Pawel “byali” Bielinski have all signed new contracts that will see them stay with VP until 2020. The …
Read More »Dignitas CS:GO team departs organisation
The team Dignitas CS:GO team has left the organisation, despite having one of the best few months in the team’s history. The announcement stated that both parties mutually agreed to not renew contracts, meaning that once the contracts expire, presumably at the end of the year, the team of Rene …
Read More »The weekend wrap up: 19/12/16
Here at eSports Pro we hate event spoilers, but also know that no one has the time to watch every major tournament every weekend. That’s why we are starting up the weekend wrap up, a short post every Monday that lists all of the winners from the previous weekend. This …
Read More »A conversation with cArn part 3: Fnatic’s CS:GO woes
Every day this week will we be releasing part of our interview with Fantic’s Chief Gaming Officer and Counter-Strike legend Patrik “cArn” Sättermon. Yesterday he spoke about Fnatic’s Overwatch roster and the upcoming Overwatch League while today he jumps into the Fnatic CS:GO team’s difficult 2016. Go back twelve months …
Read More »Missharvey will compete in the finals of Canada’s Smartest Person
Stephanie "missharvey" Harvey, a player on the Counter Logic Gaming Red CS:GO team and one of the best female CS:GO players ever will compete in the finals of Canada’s Smartest Person. The competition is a televised event, with the smartest people in Canada competing against each other in brain testing …
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