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Call of Duty caster and analyst John ‘Revan’ Boble has decided to leave his position at MLG and return to school. Revan has been a prominent voice in the world of Call of Duty for some years, and was one of the main broadcasters for the CWL last year. However …
Read More »Scuf Gaming launches new Xbox One accessories designed to help pro players
If you like the look of that fancy Xbox One Elite Controller but can’t justify dropping £100 or more on it then you may just be in luck, as Scuf has some new toys for you. The new SCUF ELITE Paddle Control System & Directional Bias D-pad Kit allows you …
Read More »Dignitas announces 2017 League of Legends squad
Team Dignitas has revealed its roster for the 2017 League of Legends Spring Split. As previously announced Dignitas has secured Kim "Ssumday" Chan-ho to play in the top lane and Lee "Chaser" Sang-hyun to play in the Jungle. Both players come off good splits over in Korea and are now …
Read More »PEA plans to ban its teams from playing in the ESL Pro League according to report
A report from Slingshot eSports suggests that PEA will ban all teams that play in its league from competing in the rival ESL Pro League. PEA will be running its own league in 2017 in a similar fashion to the Pro League, which makes the move somewhat understandable. However players …
Read More »Evolved Talent Agency signs up Mithy, JDM, Quas and tarik
A group of industry pros including video game and eSports lawyer Ryan Morrison, head of Multi-Channel-Network Paragon Sebastien Delvaux, executive man Trevor Snowden, eSports agent Barry Lee, and law firm partner Jason Greenglass has created the Evolved Talent Agency and aims to represent eSports stars. The agency will, according to …
Read More »Misfits enter Hearthstone with three big names
Misfits has announced its entry into the world of Hearthstone by signing three top players. Stanislav “StanCifka” Cifka, George “Georgec” Connolly and Mikulas “Pokrovac” Dio are the three players to be signed to the organisation. All three have played across multiple high level tournaments and done reasonably well. The move …
Read More »FC Copenhagen to enter the world of eSports with CS:GO, Dota and FIFA
Danish football side FC Copenhagen are looking to enter into the world of eSports according to a report from Danish publication Finans.dk. The report states that the team is looking to try and enter more than just FIFA, with them looking to pick up teams in CS:GO and Dota 2. …
Read More »Former Dignitas CS:GO team to sign with Danish football club according to report
Earlier in the week it was reported that the Dignitas CS:GO team will leave the organisation when their contracts expire at the end of the year. Now a new report suggests that the team will be heading to Danish football club F.C. Copenhagen. F.C. Copenhagen have recently entered the world …
Read More »Akuma arrives in Street Fighter V
The second season of Street Fighter V has kicked off, with a new playable character and a ton of new changes. Akuma is now available to purchase and play along with his story, premium battle and nostalgia costumes. Akuma is the first of six new characters due over the course …
Read More »Dignitas CS:GO team offered “very competitive deal” to stay with org
After announcing that the Dignitas CS:GO team would be leaving the organisation team coach Casper "ruggah" Due revealed that they were offered a good deal to stay. “As was announced earlier today, we are not re-signing with Team Dignitas when our contracts expire the 31st of December,” said ruggah in …
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