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CEO founder Alex Jebailey announced a new event called CEO Dreamland that will primarily focus on the Smash Bros titles. CEO Dreamland will be held at the Wyndham resort in Orlando, Florida, which is the same location as the normal CEO venue. The event will run from April 14th 2017 …
Read More »LGD to replace Execration at the Boston Major
LGD Gaming will replace Execration at the upcoming Boston Major after the latter failed to secure visas in time. Execration was directly invited to the event, giving them a good couple of months to get visas sorted, however it has not happened, with the team’s manager pinning the blame on …
Read More »Alex “Machine” Richardson is the host for the Boston Major
Alex “Machine” Richardson has been announced as the host for the upcoming Dota 2 Boston Major. This will be Machine’s first Dota 2 event, having traditionally worked on shooters such as Call of Duty and Counter-Strike: Global Offensive while employed by ESL. Earlier this month Machine decided to leave ESL …
Read More »Ginx successfully launches new show The Bridge
UK based eSports TV channel Ginx TV launched its new three hour talk show The Bridge last night. The first episode, which went live at 8pm on Monday November 28th on both the Ginx TV channel and the Ginx Twitch channel saw hosts Alex “Machine” Richardson and Marcella “Nysira” de …
Read More »DeMoN, Raven and eyyou out of Fnatic’s Dota 2 team
Jimmy "DeMoN" Ho, Marc Polo "Raven" Luis Fausto and Nico "eyyou" Barcelon have all been dropped from the Fnatic Dota 2 team after failing to reach the Boston Major. The three players joined the squad after The International, aiming to combine the best players from two of the best performing …
Read More »Bengi and Duke leave SK Telecom T1, Faker stays put
After winning the League of Legends world championship the SK Telecom T1 team has undergone some changes, with two players and a coach moving on. Both Lee "Duke" Ho-seong and Bae "Bengi" Seong-woong who played in the championship winning team have not resigned with the SKT organisation, and are free …
Read More »Fnatic’s 2017 League of Legends roster includes sOAZ and Amazing according to report
With the post season roster shuffle in full effect major League of Legends teams are starting to finalise their rosters for 2017. Fnatic has supposedly done just that by signing two players from rivals Origen. According to ESPN’s Jacob Wolf the new Fnatic roster includes Paul "sOAZ" Boyer, Maurice "Amazing" …
Read More »Martin Wyatt reflects on Gfinity’s vastly different 2016
Over the last few years Gfinity has looked like a company that can’t quite decide what it want’s to be. One month they are focusing on a massive self funded event like G3 and the next they are effectively a production company for hire. Then they might return with the …
Read More »Is the Gfinity Arena now known as the “Theatre of Electric Dreams”?
When Gfinity first revealed the Gfinity Elite Series they also dropped a bombshell that went somewhat unnoticed by many. They referred to the Gfinity Arena as the “Theatre of Electric Dreams.” This new name is something that has divided opinion. Some love it, while others hate it. But the big …
Read More »Ukie releases white paper full of suggestions to make the UK a top eSports destination
Ukie has released a white paper that is full of suggestions aimed at the government to try and establish the UK as a premier location for major eSports events. Ukie represents many major eSports companies and worked with them along with other eSports professionals to create the white paper. The …
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