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Counter Strike: Global Offensive’s latest patch went live on Monday, and there’s good news for the professional scene. The headline changes are a Tec-9 rebalance, and a fix for the jumping bug that plagued last month’s CS:GO major in Krakow. The Tec-9 rejig is reported the start of a wide-ranging …

PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds has announced a new set of rules with yesterday’s monthly update. The new rules laid out are the 14 commandments of PUBG, and if you think the Bluehole team aren’t serious on cracking down, it’s worth bearing that over 50,000 players have already picked up bans from the …

Millenial Esports, a Canadian esports company that provide turnkey solutions for the esports industry, has invested €2.5m in a French online TV network, Alt Tab. Alt Tab are best known for OGaming TV, a French-language esports channel which broadcasts international events in French. This means French fans can watch events like …

Gfinity has partnered with ELEVEN SPORTS to broadcast The Elite Series in the USA and seven other major international markets. This will include live competitive streams of competition at the Elite Series, across the three games being featured: Street Fighter V, Rocket League and Counter-Strike: Global Offensive. All matches are …

Four new characters were confirmed for Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite last night at an SDCC panel. Final Fight’s Haggar, the professional wrestler turned Metro City Mayor, will be showing that he’s still the mayor of pain, while Dead Rising’s Frank West has a series of unique mechanics, levelling up during …

Esports Pro is organising a half-day esports workshop on Thursday November 2, with some hands on opportunities to learn more about the esports industry. We’re acutely aware that there are plenty of different esports events, but we’re focusing our workshop more on how esports can be monetised, and how UK …

Betway has been announced as the Official Betting Partner for ESL One Cologne, and will be providing live odds and other probability based shenanigans on the game’s live broadcasts. It’s a big deal for the industry, as live odds are generally viewed as an impossibility in esports betting, with betting …

Evil Genuises have released their Overwatch team into free agency after just two months, shortly after the team failed in their bid to qualify through the North American Overwatch Contenders open qualifiers. The team were formerly known as East Wind, and were signed by Evil Geniuses in April. Initially they’d …

Minute Media has unveiled a new esports platform, DBLTAP, which is coming out of beta after a number of months of iterative design. The platform will focus on esports video and editorial content, and it’ll have exclusive access to several events and teams due to strategic partnerships. These partnerships include …

The Anschutz Entertainment Groupe (AEG), an American worldwide sporting and music entertainment brand, have announced an investment into North American esports outfit Immortals. It’s not AEG’s first investment into esports, with the brand teaming up with ESL in September 2016 to make use of AEG properties for ESL events. The …