Tag Archives: esports

mousesports announces partnership with Dr Pepper

German esports organisation mousesports has announced it is partnering with soft drink Dr Pepper. mousesports have taken to their website to announcing Dr Pepper Germany as the teams “new refreshing partner” and the team will be changing their jerseys to bear the Dr Pepper logo from the ESL Pro League …

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Esports: Designing for Pros

As the esports business booms, developers face tough new challenges. Esports Pro’s Jake Tucker discusses ways developers can make a smoother transition to the world of competitive gaming

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Gfinity’s Martin Wyatt on grassroots esports & why its Elite series is a “watershed moment” for UK esports

Esports outfit Gfinity have recently named a date for their long-awaited Gfinity Elite Series event, after a series of delays marred the event. This led to some critics of the company to speculate about the status of the event after Gfinity didn’t come forwards with a new date. Regardless, looking …

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Watch Destiny 2’s gameplay reveal here at 6pm GMT

It’s finally time to see Destiny 2 in action, and at 6pm BST / 10am PT / 1pm ET you can see it all play out below. We’ll bring bringing you a post with all of the details tomorrow and watching the 6pm announcement in the office ourselves, but for …

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War Child’s Wayne Emanuel on Game On and the charity’s aim to hold it’s first esports tournament

Gaming and charity have had a long and varied history together, with many initiatives looking to get gamers and those who enjoy gaming to donate to charity. War Child are one of the charities that seems to have really embraced this. For the last several years, the charity has worked …

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What can esports developers learn from mobile games?

While you can’t “create an esport”, many developers are now trying their hardest to create a game with a competitive scene, an attractive proposition for a game studio or publisher as esports success for a game can promise an opportunity for near-limitless cash and a strong community. But, while developers …

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Gambit Esports ditches LoL roster except for DiamondProx after Split struggles

After a poor performance from Gambit Esports in the LCL Spring Split, Gambit has announced that it’ll be getting rid of all of its League of Legend players except jungler Danil ‘DiamondProx’ Reshetnikov. Viacheslav ‘Archie2b’ Egorov’s contract was not renewed, while Michal ‘zoiren’ Zika, Valentin ‘NikSar’ Zimakov and Ivan ‘FiRees’ …

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Pro Tekken 7 players banned after suspected collusion

Bandai Namco has banned two players from the Tekken 7 UK Championships following accusations that they colluded to throw a match. Kotaku reports that it has been alleged that Justin ‘King Jae’ Nelson conspired with Charmel ‘C-Krizzle’ Miedji Koloko in their third round match in last weekend’s Birmingham qualifier. The …

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Hitbox and Azubu merge to form Smashcast

Live streaming services Hitbox and Azubu have merged to form Smashcast, turning the newly-formed LA-based company into the world’s largest independent eSports broadcaster outside Asia. The platform, which will utilise Hitbox and Azubu’s 20m monthly active users, hopes to be a main competitor to Twitch, and will be the only …

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