In the first press conference of the HGC 2017 Mid-Season Brawl, South Korean team L5 gave a response to a question that you could feel physically alter the atmosphere in the room. The best Heroes of the Storm team in the world – and the current world champions – had …
Read More »Facebook’s broadcasting and streaming feature, Facebook Live, is now available to use on desktop and laptop computers. For some time now the feature has only given users the ability to share live video content through their phones and mobile devices. Now, with the new changes to Facebook Live on PCs, …
Read More »Team ROCCAT has announced an exclusive partnership with German sports marketing company, Lagardère. Lagardère will support Team ROCCAT on ‘optimised marketing strategies’ and the ‘expansion of the team’s structure’ with the aim to work towards greater professionalism within the eSports scene. Lagardère already has a number of significant names from …
Read More »A number of NBA teams have begun to discuss their enthusiasm and excitement for the NBA 2k eLeague, the eSports league based on the developer’s basketball title. “We are, like the rest of the marketplace, extraordinarily curious about the potential of eSports,” said Dave Hopkinson, Chief Commercial Officer at Maple …
Read More »Ligagame eSports, an eSports channel and organisation based in Indonesia, has announced it will be building an eSports arena in the country. Eddy Lim, Founder and CEO of Ligagame, discussed the plans while speaking to eSports Observer. He revealed that the eSports arena will be built in the country’s capital, …
Read More »In order to commemorate the opening of their new eSports arena in Taiwan, Blizzard will be launching an Asia-Pacific Overwatch league this April. Eight teams from across the region will compete over a thirteen week period with the top teams qualifying for a spot in the playoffs finals. All competitors …
Read More »Gfinity has announced a partnership with OMEN by HP for the Gfinity Elite Series. As the ‘Official Hardware Partner’ OMEN by HP will be used throughout both the Gfinity Challenger Series and Gfinity Elite Series. “We are incredibly proud to announce OMEN by HP as our first partner for the …
Read More »Developer of Rocket League, Psyonix, has spoken out against the game’s inclusion on a real money gambling service. Unikrn, a gambling platform that allows users to bet on competitive gaming, has recently added the RC car and football mash-up to its list of available games for its Australian members. The …
Read More »DreamHack has announced that it will continue its partnership with Twitch for the ninth year running. The renewed agreement will mean that events and eSports competitions at the computer festival will continue to be streamed on Twitch throughout 2017. This continues the deal established back in 2009 between DreamHack and …
Read More »Tencent, the Chinese tech behemoth, and owner of League of Legends developer, Riot Games, has reported it made $21.9 billion in revenue for 2016. Diving deeper into thefinancial report for the year 2016, which was released today, Tencent report that “online games revenues grew by 16% YoY [year on year]” …
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