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Millennial Esports has announced that it will open its eSports Arena in Las Vegas this week. The grand opening will happen on Friday, March 3rd, with the North American Halo World Championship qualifier taking place on the same day at the venue. The 15,000-square foot arena can hold up to …
Read More »Bookmakers Betway announce king of the hill style Dota competition
Betway has announced the launch of the Betway Arena, a multi part eSports tournament series that kicks off with Dota 2. The series starts off with top Dota 2 teams playing in a weekly king of the hill style competition. Each week one match will be played, with the winner …
Read More »Splyce signs Filipino Champ
Splyce has announced the signing of Ryan "Filipino Champ" Ramirez, a professional Street Fighter player. Filipino Champ is the first fighting game player that Splyce have signed, but if their previous history is anything to go by he probably won’t be the last. As one of the top players in …
Read More »Peter Moore leaves EA’s competitive gaming division to become Liverpool FC CEO
Peter Moore, the former CEO of EA and current head of the publishers competitive gaming division, is set to become the new CEO of Liverpool FC. Last night the football club released an announcement saying that Moore will be joining the club in the summer, becoming its new CEO, where …
Read More »Capcom announces a streamlined Pro Tour for 2017
Remember last year when we were all desperately trying to figure out who had qualified for the Capcom Cup and who hadn’t? Well that appears to have been the last time we will have to do such a thing, as the new Capcom Pro Tour format seems a lot easier. …
Read More »Twitch to start selling games directly, streamers to get a cut
Twitch has announced that it intends to start selling games directly through its platform. The new system will see the streaming site offer games from Ubisoft, Telltale Games, Digital Extremes, Hi-Rez Studios, tinyBuild, Paradox Interactive, Trion Worlds, Vlambeer, and many more on its site. Anyone that purchases a game through …
Read More »North joins the ECS Season 3 Development League
FACEIT and Twitch have announced the details of the ECS Development League, including the teams that will be playing in it. The competition kicks off later today, with eight teams from Europe and eight teams from North America competing for a chance to play one of the relegation teams from …
Read More »Mousesports sign two street fighter players
Over the weekend mousesports announced the signing of two Street Fighter V players. Both Younes "CCL" Lazaar and UK player Ben "ProblemX" Simon have been signed by the German organisation, marking their first venture into the world of Street Fighter. Both players will make their debut for the organisation at …
Read More »$600,000 Overwatch Premier Series heads to China
A massive $600,000 is being committed to the Overwatch Premier Series over in China. Blizzard’s decision to announce the Overwatch League incredibly early on in the preparation stage has somewhat backfired, as outside of the APEX league over in Korea there has been a significant lack of competition in the …
Read More »Zlatan Ibrahimovic invests in Challengermode
One day he’s off winning the league cup with Manchester United and the next he’s off investing in obscure eSports companies. Oh to be Zlatan Ibrahimovic. Just before netting two goals, including an 87th minute winner, in the league cup final Zlatan Ibrahimovic announced that he has invested in Challengermode, …
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