ESports

French football club Paris St Germain is withdrawing from League of Legends after its roster failed to reach the EU LCS. A post on the team’s website cites “numerous uncertainties” as PSG stepped up preparation for the 2018 season, and claimed that their experiences in the Challenger Series lead to …

PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds has announced its next big esports event, with a $200,000 invitational taking place at IEM Oakland. The event will take place on November 18 and 19 in Oakland’s Oracle Arena, home of NBA’s Golden State Warriors.   The tournament, unlike previous large events which have shown off a …

Immortals have named Ari Segal, a long time NHL executive, as their president and chief operating officer.  Segal’s role will see him reporting directly to Immortals CEO Noah Whinston, and will serve as a “non-voting board adviser” while his day to day responsibilities will involve him overseeing the business operations …

Gears Esports and The Coalition have announced that the second season of the Gears Pro Circuit will have an $2m prize pool, which, if hit, would double the $1m pool for season one.  Gears Esports have said that the addition of new regional events, grassroots tournaments and prize pool crowdfunding via …

After several players from PENTA have departed the organisation in the last three months, the esports organisation has decided to step away from CS:GO, leaving the remaining three players teamless.  This information comes after the team lost Kevin ‘HS Tarn and Miikka ‘suNny’ Kemppi in August, while Niko ‘naSu’ Kovanen, …

Swedish esports oufit GODSENT have signed Niko ‘naSu’ Kovanen as the new head coach for their Counter-Strike: Global Offensive team. He replaces Graham ‘messioso’ Pitt who has been handling the role in the interim this summer, who will be returning to a position with RFRSH Entertainment on the organisational side, …

The UK’s biggest school-based esports tournament, the Digital Schoolhouse National Schools Esports Tournament, is returning for a second year as part of 2018’s London Games Festival. Ukie has today announce that the tournament, powered by PlayStation, will be returning as part of the capital’s annual celebration of all things games …

After the Dreamhack Montreal controversy that tore up Immortals’ Counter-Strike: Global Offensive roster, the organisation has started to rebuild, filling one of its empty slots with the signing of João ‘Horvy’ Horvath. Horvath comes into a tumultuous period for the team, with Vito ‘kNG’ Giuseppe benched and then released, and …

A Nielsen study entitled “The Esports Playbook: Maximizing Investment Through Understanding The Fans” has revealed some interesting facts on numbers.  The headline is that while 71% of respondents believe that esports will become a mainstream activity in the near future, only 53% consider esports to be an actual sport.   Nielsen’s …

Battalion 1944 feels just like Call of Duty 2. This isn’t a surprise, Bulkhead Interactive’s multiplayer first-person shooter proudly proclaims itself as a spiritual successor to World War II classics Medal of Honour and Call of Duty 2, in a campaign that saw 10,096 backers throwing in £317,281 to help …