ESports

Fnatic announced on Monday that it was parting ways with long-time Counter-Strike coach and manager Viktor ‘Vuggo’ Jendeby, who was currently serving as the manager of the Counter-Strike Global Offensive team. “My two and a half years in Fnatic have been an amazing time, a journey with a lot of …

EVO organiser Joey ‘Mr. Wizard’ Cuellar has revealed the number of entrants at EVO for several different games, revealing that many games have seen huge drops in the amount of registered partipants. EVO is one of, if not the biggest, fighting game events on the international stage, and so a …

It’s all change in Dota 2, with Valve announcing a complete overhaul to the way the competitive season will work after The International in Seattle next month. Dota 2’s competitive scene at the moment hinges on several Major tournaments. These tournaments are backed by Valve, and in addition there’s an …

Russian Football Premier League team FC Anzhi Makhachkala has closed down its esports division — Cyber Anji — after just four months, amidst allegations that they haven’t paid their their athletes.  At the start of March, FC Anzhi Makhachkala announced it would be opening an esports division and formed a …

ESL has notified several staff that they’ll be made redundant, multiple sources have told Esports Pro. Reaching out to ESL for confirmation, the company responded with this comment, presented in full: "ESL is realigning resources and expanding its organization to drive innovation in the esports market, including creating opportunities in …

Starting this week Twitch will be giving its Affiliates the chance to offer a subscription service and earn a cut of the revenue, similar to the deal Twitch Partners are currently offered.  Affiliates will be able to offer $4.99, $9.99 and $24.99 subscriptions, similar to the tiers offered to Partners. …

Ubisoft announced a heap of changes for Rainbow Six’s esports tournament, the Rainbow Six Pro League, on Wednesday. First, the announcement that the Rainbow Six Pro League finals for Season 2 of Year 2 will occur at the ESL Arena in GamesCom. This will probably also comprise a reveal for …

Blizzard have changed the way Hearthstone’s card pack system works in China, probably in response to Chinese laws that now require games companies to disclose the exact odds of receiving each class of item in any sort of loot box. This includes Heathstone’s card packs, which fall foul of China’s …

PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds has released its third monthly patch, full of new content and balancing changes. In the patch notes, Brendan ‘PlayerUnknown’ Greene himself talked about the continued improvements to server performance which are taking place during the weekly optimisation patches as a preface to the patch notes themselves, adding that …

This weekend sees the return of the Summer version of Games Done Quick, and the semiannual speedrunning event has released its schedule, meaning you can decide which games you want to see ‘done quick’  It’s also a big deal for those in the games business, because it’s an event that’s …