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Over the next few days will we be releasing part of our interview with Fantic’s Chief Gaming Officer and Counter-Strike legend Patrik “cArn” Sättermon. Last time he spoke about Fnatic’s CS:GO woes in 2016 and while today he jumps into the Fnatic Dota 2 teams recent roster changes. After the …
Read More »A conversation with cArn part 3: Fnatic’s CS:GO woes
Every day this week will we be releasing part of our interview with Fantic’s Chief Gaming Officer and Counter-Strike legend Patrik “cArn” Sättermon. Yesterday he spoke about Fnatic’s Overwatch roster and the upcoming Overwatch League while today he jumps into the Fnatic CS:GO team’s difficult 2016. Go back twelve months …
Read More »Tom Brady’s Religion of Sports documentary tackles eSports
NFL superstar Tom Brady has quietly been producing a TV documentary series that takes a look at different sports, and the latest episode took on the world of eSports. The episode aired last night over in the US, although there doesn’t seem to be a way to watch it online …
Read More »Missharvey will compete in the finals of Canada’s Smartest Person
Stephanie "missharvey" Harvey, a player on the Counter Logic Gaming Red CS:GO team and one of the best female CS:GO players ever will compete in the finals of Canada’s Smartest Person. The competition is a televised event, with the smartest people in Canada competing against each other in brain testing …
Read More »A conversation with cArn part 1: the Fnatic store
Every day this week will we be releasing part of our interview with Fantic’s Chief Gaming Officer and Counter-Strike legend Patrik “cArn” Sättermon, first up are his thoughts on the new Fnatic store located in central London. Fnatic is known as one of the largest eSports organisations in the world. …
Read More »‘We want to do for eSports what Sky did for football’ says AD&D
AD&D, a new partnership formed by UK agency Attention Seekers and US events giants Done & Dusted, has said it wants to do for competitive gaming what Sky did for football. The firm has said that it wants to revolutionise how eSports is presented and make them more accessible to …
Read More »Dustin Browder leaves Heroes of the Storm team
Dustin Browder has announced that he is stepping down as the game director for Heroes of the Storm. He will now move onto other projects within Blizzard, and will leave Heroes of the Storm in the capable hands of Alan Dabiri who has been a software engineer for the last …
Read More »Will Ferrell to star in eSports comedy movie
International movie star Will Ferrell is set to star in a movie about eSports. A report from Variety states that the film will be similar to Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby but focusing on eSports instead of NASCAR. A report from Variety states that the film will be …
Read More »SK Gaming to drops fnx
UPDATE: SK have confirmed the switch, and have confirmed that Ricardo “fox” Pacheco will act as a stand in for both the ECS finals and the upcoming ELEAGUE Major. Original story: Lincoln “fnx” Lau has left SK Gaming, and according to a report from Jarek “DeKay” Lewis on Slingshot eSports …
Read More »Longzhu Gaming sign PraY and GorillA
Longzhu Gaming has signed both Kim "PraY" Jong-in and Kang "GorillA" Beom-hyeon, who formerly played for the ROX Tigers. Both players have joined the organisation, which comes as somewhat of a surprise after Longzhu had a disappointing 2016. However just last week the team was purchased by one of the …
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