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Controversial eSports organisation Team YP has signed its first Overwatch roster. The new team features members of the former Team YP Evolve team, who were widely considered to be one of the best in the world. Team captain Chairil Nightwane” Djoehana, Ronny Roon” Feuz and David Spanners” Morley all made …
Read More »The Best Goals From Rocket League’s Championship Finals
To call it a showdown is understating it a bit. The first Rocket League Championship Series finals took place over the weekend, and it was a battle of the best – the most notorious names in Rocket League – as NA faced off against EU. The road to the grand …
Read More »The casually triumphant pageantry of The International 6
Yesterday, Valve kicked off the first day of The International 2016 main event with an opening ceremony that was somehow both flamboyant and low-key. A large but unimposing figure in the shape of Gabe Newell, the company’s co-founder and managing director, strutted sheepishly onto the stage while Dota 2‘s theme …
Read More »Did we just witness the biggest upset in Dota history?
"If we win this, we’ll be one of the first who came in as the top dogs and actually won the whole thing," Tal "Fly" Aizik told me with his signature confidence ahead of OG’s Upper Bracket match this past weekend. "Like, Secret last year, they looked great, then failed …
Read More »Should eSports be in the Olympics?
In 1894, Pierre de Coubertin stood in front of a gathering of international sporting officials and proposed to change the world. Born into a French aristocratic family, Coubertin enjoyed the fruits of a high-class education. But instead of a career in politics or the military, he spent his life dedicated …
Read More »Millionaires in the making: Record-setting $20M esports purse
At over $20 million and climbing, the sixth International has the single largest purse in esports history. The International, Dota 2’s premier tournament, is essentially an esports World Cup. Teams gather from around the world to compete for the top prize—almost $9 million this year—and TI6 continues the tournament’s record-breaking …
Read More »World of Tanks heads to FACEIT for grassroots competitions
World of Tanks has been added to FACEIT, which allows players to compete in ranked matches, daily tournaments and ladders. FACEIT’s online system makes playing in tournaments and competitive matches easy for any World of Tanks player, all they have to do is sign up on FACEIT and then sign …
Read More »eGames announces titles for Rio de Janeiro Olympic pop up event
Just days before the competition is due to start, the games that will be played at the eGames pop up event in Rio de Janeiro have been announced. First up will be SMITE, with the best Brazilian players competing in a show match on August 15th. Hi-Rez Studios and Level …
Read More »Wargaming partners with ESL for official e-shop as WGL kicks off
Wargaming has partnered with ESL to create the official Wargaming online shop, as the Wargaming.net league returns for another year. The online shop will allow fans of Wargaming’s properties to buy high quality merchandise based around World of Tanks, Master of Orion and World of Warships along with jerseys of …
Read More »The Rocket League Championship Series was esports for everyone
Esports often miss out on the feats of physical grace that make for great SportsCenter clips, or, at least, giffable moments. With great punt returns or rim-shaking slam dunks, there’s no need for a nuanced understanding of football or basketball to gawp. Only on rare occasions are esports so immediately …
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