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Publisher Wargaming is planning to create a union of pro players, said the firm’s head of European eSports Nicolas Passemard. Speaking to eSports Pro at Wargaming.net’s League Grand Finals, Passemardsaid: We are thinking about creating a pro player union, so the players will be able receive assistance from us. We …
Read More »ESL One Cologne to become next Valve backed CS:GO major
Valve has announced that the upcoming ESL One Cologne tournament will be the next Counter-Strike: Global Offensive major. The event, which is set to run between July 5th and 10th at the LANXESS Arena in Cologne, will feature a one million dollar prize pool for the top eight teams from …
Read More »Mousesports sign German Vainglory team Rebirth of Empire
German eSports organisation Mousesports has entered the world of Vainglory by signing top European team Rebirth of Empire. Founded in 2015 Rebirth of Empire went on to win the Vainglory Master Series and finish third at the European Winter Live Championships in London, establishing themselves as one of the best …
Read More »Gfinity boosts Rocket League prize pools
Gfinity have announced that they will be significantly increasing their support for Rocket League competitions in multiple ways. For the first time Xbox One competitions will be held on the Gfinity platform, in addition to the PC/PS4 events that have been running throughout the year. The prize pools for the …
Read More »UK government backs the Olympics of eSports
Today the International eGames Committee, which is backed by the British government, announced the eGames, a new international eSports event. The first outing of the eGames will be a two day pop up event in Rio de Janeiro during the 2016 Olympic games. Players from across the world will represent …
Read More »Valve shows off Dota 2’s VR spectator mode
To coincide with the launch of the HTC Vive, the first Steam VR device, Valve created multiple videos to show what the hardware can do, one of which gave a first look at spectating Dota 2 in virtual reality. The short clip, which can be seen in the tweet below, …
Read More »Bwin predicts that more bets will be placed on League of Legends than Champions League
Online betting company bwin has predicted that more bets will be placed on League of Legends in 2016 than on the winner of the UEFA Champions League. Data that bwin has collected shows that if betting on League of Legends continues to grow at a similar rate, and that betting …
Read More »Streaming platform Hitbox partners with ESL, DreamHack and Wargaming
eSports streaming platform Hitbox has announced new partnerships to secure content from ESL, DreamHack and Wargaming. A two year partnership will see all ESL produced eSports content feature on the site, with the first event of this new deal being the massive Wargaming Grand Finals 2016 that takes place this …
Read More »Valve announces August date for Dota 2 International
Valve has announced that the main event of The International 6 will take place August 8th – August 13that the Key Arena in Seattle, with tickets going on sale April 7th. Tickets for the six day event, which will see the best Dota 2 teams in the world compete for …
Read More »Super Evil Megacorp teams up with Twitch to promote Vainglory as an eSport
Three-year multi-million deal will see live streaming platform handle merchandise and sponsorship for developer
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