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Blizzard has announced a big boost to the competitive World of Warcraft scene with a massive $280,000 prize pool for the World Championships. Warcraft Arena eSports has kept growing over recent years, with big name organisations such as Splyce entering the scene. This has seen the community grow significantly and …
Read More »Gamurs to merge with Dot eSports
Online eSports publication Gamurs is set to merge with Dot eSports next week. The Gamurs company purchased Dot eSports late last year, retaining much of the editorial staff and rebranding it slightly, however the two sites have remained totally separate until now. On March 15th gamurs.com will start to redirect …
Read More »Major roster shuffles hit the NA LCS mid season
When Doublelift announced he would be playing for Team Liquid for the rest of the split we assumed the roster changes were done, but boy were we wrong. Phoenix1, Team Dignitas and Team Liquid have all made more changes to their rosters, causing havoc in the NA LCS. Team Liquid …
Read More »Panda Global signs Street Fighter player Punk
With the ELEAGUE Street Fighter V Invitational rapidly approaching Panda Global have decided to sign one of its participants. The organisation announced the signing of Victor "Punk" Woodley earlier this week, giving the player the backing of a significant organisation just before he heads to Atlanta to play at ELEAGUE. …
Read More »First Blizzard backed Overwatch tournament heads to SEA
Despite being out for almost a year at this point there has never been a Blizzard backed Overwatch tournament in the South East Asian region, until now. The Overwatch SEA tournament is open to players from Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines, Vietnam, and Thailand and features a $5,000 prize pool, which …
Read More »Alex “Machine” Richardson to host the ESL UK Premiership finals
ESL UK has announced that Alex “Machine” Richardson will be the desk host for the upcoming ESL UK Premiership finals. The event, which features both CS:GO and League of Legends, will be held at the ESL Studio in Leicester on March 18th and 19th and will feature the best teams …
Read More »Street Fighter V joins the Gfinity Challenger Series
Gfinity have announced the second of three titles that will be played in its Challenger and Elite Series competitions. Street Fighter V is the latest game to be revealed for the competition, after Counter-Strike: Global Offensive was announced earlier in the week. This marks the first time that Gfinity has …
Read More »Russian football club FC Anzhi Makhachkala starts eSports division, signs XBOCT
Russian football club FC Anzhi Makhachkala have announced a new signing, in the form of Dota 2 player Alexander “XBOCT” Dashkevich. XBOCT is one of the best players ever from the CIS region, being a part of the NaVi team that was considered the best in the world for many …
Read More »Ad Finem’s Dota 2 team leave the organisation
One of the most entertaining European Dota 2 teams have left their organisation after their contracts expired. The Ad Finem team has left the organisation, and will be announcing details of their new home in the coming weeks. The core of the team has been playing together for many years, …
Read More »Doublelift will play for Team Liquid for the rest of the Spring Split
Last year Yiliang "Doublelift" Peng announced he would not play for TSM in the Spring Split to focus on streaming instead. But now he is back. However it may not be where you think, as Doublelift will be playing for rivals Team Liquid. After a horrific start to the season …
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