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Here’s something fun to do while you wait for that clock to hit 5pm and the weekend to officially start. Red Bull has released the 2nd episode of its Away From Keyboard series with StrifeCro going racing. StrifeCro is of course a Hearthstone player for Cloud9, but for this episode …
Read More »New Fnatic LoL roster all signed to multiyear contracts
Last night Fnatic announced its new League of Legends roster at its new pop up store in London. We were in attendance and spoke to Patrik “cArn” Sättermon, CGO at Fnatic, about the team, when he revealed that they are all on multi year contracts. “The ambition with these guys …
Read More »Super Evil’s COO talks the first ever Vainglory World Championship
The first ever Vainglory World Championship kicks off later today over in Hollywood. Twelve of the best Vainglory teams from all corners of the globe will battle it out over the weekend to be crowned the first ever world champions. The action promises to be incredible, as teams meet for …
Read More »Paul “ReDeYe” Chaloner launches Code Red eSports agency
Paul “ReDeYe” Chaloner, who is best known as an eSports host, has today launched a new eSports agency called Code Red. The agency will act in a variety of ways, from consulting on all eSports matters through to providing broadcast talent for events. The agency will also help design in …
Read More »DeMoN, Raven and eyyou out of Fnatic’s Dota 2 team
Jimmy "DeMoN" Ho, Marc Polo "Raven" Luis Fausto and Nico "eyyou" Barcelon have all been dropped from the Fnatic Dota 2 team after failing to reach the Boston Major. The three players joined the squad after The International, aiming to combine the best players from two of the best performing …
Read More »Bengi and Duke leave SK Telecom T1, Faker stays put
After winning the League of Legends world championship the SK Telecom T1 team has undergone some changes, with two players and a coach moving on. Both Lee "Duke" Ho-seong and Bae "Bengi" Seong-woong who played in the championship winning team have not resigned with the SKT organisation, and are free …
Read More »Fnatic’s 2017 League of Legends roster includes sOAZ and Amazing according to report
With the post season roster shuffle in full effect major League of Legends teams are starting to finalise their rosters for 2017. Fnatic has supposedly done just that by signing two players from rivals Origen. According to ESPN’s Jacob Wolf the new Fnatic roster includes Paul "sOAZ" Boyer, Maurice "Amazing" …
Read More »Martin Wyatt reflects on Gfinity’s vastly different 2016
Over the last few years Gfinity has looked like a company that can’t quite decide what it want’s to be. One month they are focusing on a massive self funded event like G3 and the next they are effectively a production company for hire. Then they might return with the …
Read More »ROX Tigers seemingly disband after contracts expire
ROX Tigers, the team that placed second at Worlds last year and top four this year, have disbanded after player contracts expired. Song "Smeb" Kyung-ho, Lee "KurO" Seo-haeng, Kim "PraY" Jong-in, and Kang "GorillA" Beom-hyeon have all seemingly left the team after their contracts expired on November 25th. Over the …
Read More »Misterio and Tse444 out of the Capcom Cup, K-Brad and Yukadon are in
Both Felipe "Misterio" Patricio Torres Carvacho and Tse "Tse444" Wa Ping will not be able to compete at the Capcom Cup this weekend. They will be replaced by Kenneth "K-Brad" Bradley and Fujimura "Yukadon" Atsushi. No reasons for the drop outs have been given, but as is usually the case …
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