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Hero skins and Twitch emotes will unlock with fan participation during matches
Read More »Overwatch League fans can unlock in-game items by watching live games on Twitch
Global esports revenue to hit $905.6m in 2018, according to Newzoo report
The esports business continues to boom
Read More »ESL UK and CinEvents team up to show IEM Katowice CS:GO finals in cinemas
13 cinemas across the UK to show Counter-Strike action
Read More »HyperX named official headset sponsor for Rainbow Six Siege majors
Company will be exclusive headset provider for Rainbow Six Invitational and Six Major Paris
Read More »Nordavind to compete in Gfinity Elite Series’ third season
Season three kicks off on Friday 9 March
Read More »ESL UK names Heather ‘Naysayerz’ Dower as marketing and communications manager
Dower will oversee ESL's UK events and initiatives
Read More »FNATIC appoints Nick Fry head of commercial strategy
Fry is former CEO of the Mercedes AMG Formula One team
Read More »McLaren name Ben Payne as first-ever head of esports
McLaren has hired Ben Payne as their head of esports. Payne comes from Microsoft, where he worked in multiple roles, most recently involved with marketing, partnerships and events for Xbox EMEA. This is the first esports director role at a Formula 1 team, and has been announced during the last …
Read More »Overwatch pro Daniel ‘Dafran’ Francesca gets a time-out from Blizzard after trolling stream
Overwatch pro Daniel ‘Dafran’ Francesca has had a rough night. Last night on stream he admitted to deliberately throwing ranked games, while getting himself killed repeatedly, streaming animated porn over his gameplay and other general unsportsmanlike content. Francesca is known for two things: his tracking and aim talents, and his …
Read More »Playerunknown’s Battlegrounds’ 2017 Charity Invitation raises over $220,000 for Gamers Outreach
Playerunknown’s Battlegrounds 2017 Charity Invitational, the first real competitive event for the phenomenally successful battle royale shooter, has raised a little over $120,000 for charity. Each region had 32 Duo teams competing for a win across three games, with the players with the highest placement across the three rounds in …
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