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Riot’s decision to block advertising from select key resellers at the 2015 League of Legends World Championships has been heavily criticised by G2A. Earlier this week it was revealed that Riot had ordered teams at the event to pull all sponsored branding for the retailer. The move concerned a disagreement …
Read More »BBC Three to live stream League of Legends World Championships
eSports are taking one step further into the mainstream as the BBC has announced it will be live streaming the League of Legends World Championships. This coverage will be hosted by Radio One DJ Dev Griffin, while freelance journalist Julia Hardy will be on hand to interview players and fans. …
Read More »Raptr’s Plays.tv service partners with ESL, Wargaming
Gaming social network Raptr has announced new deals for its video sharing service Plays.tv, partnering with the Electronic Sports League and World of Tanks developer Wargraming. Gamasutrareports the moves build on Raptr founder Dennis Fong’s plans to promote Plays.tv as a method for eSports announcers to showcase highlights. The service …
Read More »Riot asks League of Legends teams to pull G2A branding
League of Legends developer Riot appears to be going to war with online key seller G2A.com. The Daily Dot reports that the studio recently asked teams sponsored by the retailer at the 2015 League of Legends World Championships to remove its branding from their shirts and merchandise. And the teams …
Read More »FanDuel acquires AlphaDraft to up the ante on eSports betting industry
Fantasy sports monolith FanDuel has acquired eSports betting startup AlphaDraft as further big players in sports wagering enter the scene. Last week’s announcement that current market leaders Draft King would be expanding to provide eSports options has been followed swiftly by closest rivals in the sector, FanDuel. The fantasy sports …
Read More »Valve details first of Dota 2 Majors series
Valve has announced the beginning of a series of Majors for Dota 2 to compliment its annual event The International, with the first to be hosted in Frankfurt in November. According to a post on theDota 2 blog, the event will take place at Festhalle Messe across six days of …
Read More »Turner Broadcasting will launch eSports league next year
American basic cable channel TBS has announced it will air multiple Counter-Strike: Global Offensive matches next year. The Wall Street Journalreports Turner Broadcasting has signed a deal to launch its own eSports league, and is set to broadcast Counter-Strike: Go competitions on Friday nights for 20 weeks in 2016. Qualifying …
Read More »Activision creates Call of Duty World League ahead of BLOPS 3 launch
Activision, publishers of the perennial Call of Duty franchise, today announced they are forming a standardised global league for eSports competition. The news comes ahead of Black Ops III’s November 6 launch, and details eSports-friendly features to be included in the upcoming title, such as spectator mode ‘CODcasting’ and built-in …
Read More »Turner Broadcasting unveils new televised CS:GO league
Turner Broadcasting is launching a Counter-Strike: Global Offensive eSports league in partnership with WME | IMG talent agency. The league, to be televised over two 10-week seasons per year on Time-Warner-owned American channel TBS, is set to begin in 2016. TBS currently hosts live Major League Baseball coverage and other …
Read More »CS:GO league outlaws teams displaying betting site sponsors in-game
North America’s largest Counter-Strike: Global Offensive league has banned teams from displaying betting site sponsors in-game. The ESEA, who partner with ESL to provide the Pro League, issued a statement yesterday regarding teams who receive sponsorship from betting sites that deal with cosmetic in-game items. The statement, posted on the …
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