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The worlds of Hollywood and eSports are to collide in a new comedy starring Will Ferrell. Legendary has confirmed an untiled movie based around the joke that Ferrell, who is 49, feels like an old man in a sector that is dominated by youngsters. The studio describes his character as …
Read More »Gfinity’s Martin Wyatt reflects on the company’s 2016 successes
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Read More »Watch the eSports Industry Awards at your leisure on Twitch
The live stream of the first ever eSports Industry Awards is now available to watch on demand on Twitch Originally broadcast on Wednesday November 23rd the star-studded show is now available on The eSports Industry Awards Twitch channel, which can be seen at the bottom of this page. After the …
Read More »Intel Extreme Masters Oakland hits 490,000 concurrent viewers
This past weekend saw the Intel Extreme Masters head to Oakland for the first time, with the event pulling in almost half a million concurrent viewers. IEM Oakland reached a peak of 490,000 concurrent viewers across the globe with broadcasts in 14 different languages. Online viewers ended up watching almost …
Read More »New Street Fighter V stage banned from Capcom Pro Tour play
Earlier this month the Street Fighter V team launched a new DLC stage called Skies of Honor, but it has now been banned in pro play. The stage takes place on the wings of a flying plane, the wings, which are the foreground, remain static but the background sees the …
Read More »Tempo Storm to purchase Dream Team’s NA Challenger Series slot
Dream Team is selling its place in the North American League of Legends Challenger Series to Tempo Storm. A report from ESPN’s Jacob Wolf first broke the news, with theScore eSports later confirming that the deal is in place. According to Wolf the deal is worth roughly six figures”, with …
Read More »Riot’s sale of LCS streaming rights to MLBAM seems inevitable after new report
Riot Games looks set to sell the streaming rights for its League of Legends Championship Series to Major League Baseball Advanced Media. The deal, which was originally reported on by Richard Lewis and Sports Business Daily, seems to be in the final stages of negotiations after a report from the …
Read More »Overwatch’s Symmetra becomes first hero with dual ultimates
The latest patch to go live on the Overwatch PTR has reworked Symmetra and given her an extra ultimate. Symmetra’s teleporter ult is still around, and has been slightly buffed with more shields making it harder to get rid of. However as the teleporter is incredibly situational and a bit …
Read More »First ever eSports Industry Awards crowns winners
18 awards given out at London event
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