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Stormforce, a leading gaming PC manufacturer in the UK, has announced they are now sponsoring MnM Gaming. MnM Gaming, or Molotovs and Marshmallows to give them their full name, are a UK-based eSports organisation that compete across League of Legends, CS:GO, Overwatch and Hearthstone. Their recent achievements include League of …
Read More »IEM Katowice becomes the biggest eSports event ever
ESL has announced that the Intel Extreme Masters Katowice event was the biggest eSports event in history. 173,000 people attended the event over the two weekends, which is well above any other eSports event, while online broadcasts reached more than 46 million unique online viewers, a 35% growth from last …
Read More »ESL partners with TEG Live for IEM Sydney
ESL has partnered with TEG Live, a major live events company operating out of Australia, to run the Intel Extreme Masters Sydney event. The partnership will see the two companies collaborate on the CS:GO competition that is set to take place at the Qudos Bank Arena in Sydney on May …
Read More »WESA brings in new rules to stop multi team ownership
The World Esports Association has announced a new set of rules for its competitions that restrict one company owning or having a financial stake in multiple teams in the league. A statement released by WESA states that “no team is permitted to be completely or partially owned or controlled by …
Read More »Alex “Machine” Richardson to host the ESL UK Premiership finals
ESL UK has announced that Alex “Machine” Richardson will be the desk host for the upcoming ESL UK Premiership finals. The event, which features both CS:GO and League of Legends, will be held at the ESL Studio in Leicester on March 18th and 19th and will feature the best teams …
Read More »Intel talks IEM, VR, money, TV, and the future of eSports
IEM Katowice is one of the largest tournaments in eSports, so big in fact it’s split across two weekends. While official stats have yet to be released, many thousands of fans swarm on the Spodek Arena in the small Polish town to watch the best LOL, Starcraft 2 and CS:GO …
Read More »The Intel Extreme Masters head to Sydney
ESL has announced that it is bringing the Intel Extreme Masters to Sydney, Australia for a CS:GO competition. The event will take place at The Qudos Bank Arena on May 6th and 7th, with top teams competing for a share of $250,000 Australian. Both SK Gaming and Australian team Renegades …
Read More »ESL UK Premiership Spring Season finalists revealed
The ESL UK Premiership, arguably the largest competition in CS:GO and LoL for UK based teams, is coming to its final stages and now we know the teams that will be battling it out for the title of champions. FM ESPORTS and MnM Gaming have qualified for the CS:GO finals, …
Read More »Twitter partners with ESL and DreamHack for livestreams
ESL and DreamHack have announced a new deal with Twitter that will see action for both company’s events streamed on the social network. The deal will kick off with the Intel Extreme Masters Katowice event being streamed on Twitter this weekend. Following on from that multiple other events, including ESL …
Read More »Rainbow Six caster Panky on his eSports journey and growing the scene
Christopher Pankhurst, better known as Panky to pretty much every one, has been around the eSports scene for some time. Things started out for him in League of Legends, where he enjoyed a stint working for Riot Games, before deciding to test the waters of freelance casting and streaming. Since …
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