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FACEIT and Twitch have today announced that the LAN finals for the ECS CS:GO league will be held at Wembley Arena on June 25th and 26th. The top eight teams from the league stage of the competition will head to Wembley Arena to battle it out across the two day …
Read More »Vainglory Spring Season Championships head to Hollywood and Berlin
Super Evil Megacorp and Twitch have announced that the Vainglory Spring Season Championships for North America and Europe will be held in Hollywood and Berlin respectively. The North American Spring Season Finals will take place at the Avalon in Hollywood, California between June 3rd and 5th. Defending champions Team SoloMid …
Read More »Intel Extreme Masters Season 11 Prize Pool will be over $1 million
The eleventh season of the Intel Extreme masters has been announced and will feature a prize pool of more than $1 million. Players and teams in League of Legends, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive and StarCraft II will battle it out over three events during the course of the year in an …
Read More »MarsTV and Perfect World join forces to host a $1 million Chinese Dota 2 league
MarsTV, Perfect World and the Chinese Sports Information Center of National Sports General Administration have partnered in order to create a $1 million Dota 2 league for Chinese teams. The first of two seasons of The Dota 2 Professional League, will start on May 18th and will feature 22 teams. …
Read More »Initial details on the World eSports Association leak
Initial details on the World eSports Association have been leaked ahead of an official announcement on Friday. Late yesterday an image, which has since been deleted but can be seen here, popped up on Imgur that showed a poster for the World eSports Association featuring the logos of many large …
Read More »Riot bans three League of Legends teams
Riot has banned three teams from its League of Legends competitions and handed one team owner a permanent ban. Team Impulse, Renegades and Team Dragon Knights have all been banned from the LCS and must now sell their slots in the league. Both Renegades and Team Impulse competed in the …
Read More »FC Schalke 04 reportedly buys EU LCS spot
German football club FC Schalke 04 has purchased a spot in the EU LCS from Elements according to the eSports Observer. According to multiple sources” the deal will be confirmed next week with Elements selling their place in the league to the football club after failing to do so before …
Read More »West Ham United sign FIFA player Sean "Dragonn" Allen
Premier League football club West Ham United have signed their first eSports player, Sean Dragonn” Allen. Allen is a professional FIFA player, and considered to be one of the top competitors in the world. He came second at the 2016 FIFA interactive World Cup, where he narrowly lost to Mohamad …
Read More »Dolby enters eSports with $10,000 Overwatch tournament
Audio giant Dolby will sponsor an Overwatch tournament due to take place days after the game’s release. Agents Rising will feature a $10,000 prize pool, making it the largest prize pool in Overwatch history. Taking place on the 28th and 29th May the event will be held at the eSports …
Read More »Nominations for eSports Industry Awards extended until May 20th
The nomination period for the eSports Industry Awards – taking place on Monday, 21st November at the The Brewery, London – has been extended to May 20th, meaning you still have time to tell us who you think should win on the night. Hosted by games industry commentator and presenter …
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