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Gfinity has finally revealed the details of the upcoming European Halo World Championship 2017 Qualifier: London. The event will take place between February 17th and 19th, and in a surprising move it will be held at The Great Hall in Wembley Stadium and not at the Gfinity Arena. The best …
Read More »Gfinity announces strategic partnership with MediaCom Sport & Entertainment
Gfinity has announced a new partnership with MediaCom Sport & Entertainment, to “identify and develop innovative partnership opportunities for potential sponsors within the eSports environment.” The partnership appears to be centered around the upcoming Gfinity Elite Series, a major UK competition that we currently know little about. The partnership is …
Read More »Groups for the Gfinity London Call of Duty World League event have been announced
With the Gfinity London Call of Duty World League tournament kicking off in just over 24 hours the groups have finally been revealed. Group A will feature Splyce, Aware Gaming, Fab Games, and Bando. Group B will consist of Elevate, Supremacy, Imperial and Prismatic. Group C will house Orbit, Team …
Read More »The teams for the CWL Gfinity London event have been confirmed
Gfinity has announced the sixteen teams that will be competing at the Gfinity London Call of Duty World League event at the end of this week. Aware Gaming EU, Bando, Black Forest Games, Cyclone, Elevate EU, FAB Games eSports, Fnatic, Hadouken, Millenium, Orbit eSport EU, Splyce, Supremacy, Team 3G, Team …
Read More »Epsilon to miss Gfinity’s CWL event after admin error
Epsilon will not be competing at the Gfinity London Call of Duty World League event after the team failed to send an email. Tournament organisers required teams that met the pro points requirements to qualify for the event, to send them roster details by midnight on January 17th. Epsilon apparently …
Read More »The talent lineup for the Gfinity London CWL event has been announced
Gfinity has revealed the broadcast talent that it is bringing over to cast, host and analyse the Call of Duty World League event it is holding at the end of the month. The talent line up for Gfinity London is made up of: Alan ‘Bricetacular’ Brice, Oliver ‘ReL’ Whitfield, Philip …
Read More »Gfinity London Call of Duty World League event is now four days long
Gfinity has announced that it has added an extra two days to its Gfinity London CWL event, making the competition a four day tournament. The event will now start on Thursday January 26th and will run until Sunday January 29th. This is thanks to the new format for the event. …
Read More »Gfinity outline 2017 plans
UK eSports organisation Gfinity has detailed its plans for 2017. Speaking to MCV’s sister site eSports Pro, Gfinity’s head of partner relationships Mark Wyatt spoke about the upcoming Gfinity Elite Series league, and even the possibility of hosting a follow-up event to its popular Gfinity G3 tournament. The topic of …
Read More »What to expect from Gfinity in 2017 and beyond
As we get into 2017 Gfinity looks like one of the hottest properties in eSports. Its stock is on the rise after financial experts predicted big things, partnerships with Microsoft mean that both Halo and Gears of War will take up a lot of the company’s time and the announcement …
Read More »Gfinity hosting two Call of Duty World League events this year
Gfinity has announced that it will be hosting two Call of Duty World League events in 2017, with the first one set to take place at the end of January. The CWL London event will take place on January 28th and 29th, with a prize pool of $25,000. Of course …
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