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Blizzard is suing a company that makes cheats for its games for more than $8.5 million. The company, Bossland, creates cheats and hacks for many of Blizzard’s titles, and sells them online. Blizzard argues that this is copyright infringement, unfair competition, and violates the DMCA’s anti-circumvention provision. They also claim …
Read More »Former NFL player Hank Baskett buys Denial eSports
Hank Baskett, a former wide receiver for NFL teams such as the Philadelphia Eagles and Indianapolis Colts, has purchased a stake in Denial eSports. The organisation announced the deal earlier in the week, with Baskett becoming a co-owner of the team alongside Stephen A. Crystal, a well known tech investor. …
Read More »ESL partners with TEG Live for IEM Sydney
ESL has partnered with TEG Live, a major live events company operating out of Australia, to run the Intel Extreme Masters Sydney event. The partnership will see the two companies collaborate on the CS:GO competition that is set to take place at the Qudos Bank Arena in Sydney on May …
Read More »$50,000 Paladins tournament to take place at DreamHack Valencia
Hi-Rez has announced a Paladins “Console Wars” competition that is due to take place at DreamHack Valencia. The competition will pit the best Xbox One and PS4 Paladins teams against each other, as they compete for a share of the $50,000 prize pool. The Xbox finals will take place first …
Read More »Turtle Wax extends OpTic Gaming sponsorship
Car care company Turtle Wax has announced it has extended its sponsorship of OpTic Gaming. The deal was originally formed back in early 2016 and has seen the two companies work together on content, and of course keep the cars of the OpTic stars looking fresh. The expansion will see …
Read More »WESA brings in new rules to stop multi team ownership
The World Esports Association has announced a new set of rules for its competitions that restrict one company owning or having a financial stake in multiple teams in the league. A statement released by WESA states that “no team is permitted to be completely or partially owned or controlled by …
Read More »Dates for Blizzcon 2017 revealed
Blizzard has announced that Blizzcon 2017 will take place on November 3rd and 4th 2017 and will once again return to the Anaheim Convention Center. The two day event will, as ever, feature panels with developers discussing all aspects of their games, hands on with new updates and potentially entire …
Read More »Ninjas in Pyjamas sign draken
Swedish CS:GO team Ninjas in Pyjamas have announced a roster change that will see Jacob "pyth" Mourujärvi move to the bench and William "draken" Sundin join the team to take his place. Draken joins the team from Epsilon eSports, where he had been the star of the young team. His …
Read More »Call of Duty World League Birmingham Open details revealed
Multiplay and Activision have released some of the finer details of their upcoming Call of Duty World League event that is set to take place at Insomnia 60 in Birmingham next month. The open competition allows anyone to compete providing they purchase the correct ticket. Up to 96 teams will …
Read More »$20,000 Street Fighter tournament to take place at SXSW
South by South West has announced the first details of the Fighters Underground tournament, that will take place at the event over in Texas. The Street Fighter V competition will see some of the biggest names in the game invited to compete for a share of the $20,000 prize pool. …
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