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The White House is set to play host to a multi game event and Twitch stream next week that will feature some eSports show matches. On December 12th a four hour Twitch broadcast will air from the most important building in the USA in an attempt to raise awareness about …
Read More »Final set of maps coming to Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Remastered
After a month of waiting the final set of original maps are coming to the Call of Duty 4 remaster. The new update coming to all platforms on December 13th will up the map count from 10 to all 16 original maps. For those that weren’t around to play the …
Read More »Panda Global signs Gears of War team
Panda Global has picked up a Gears of War team just before the big Gears of War 4 Pro Circuit London Open event this weekend. Ben "Strangulate" Laird, Bobby "phenomxnon" Kenny, Alec "Shock" Colins and Demarco "Drix" Gainesmake up the core of the team, with Frank "ko" Tibbs being the …
Read More »The British Esports Association reveals its advisory board
The British Esports Association has finally announced its first advisory board members and has launched its website. The British Esports Association is designed to be the one stop shop for all eSports needs in the UK. Not only are they going to have a ton of content for people interested …
Read More »The Capcom Cup reached 87,000 on ESPN
The top eight portion of the Capcom Cup competition was broadcast on ESPN2 in the States over the weekend and according to initial stats it was watched by 87,000 people. According to SportsTVRatings.com around 87,000 tuned into the brodcast at one point or another, with around 46,000 being between 18 …
Read More »WESA releases details on its arbitration court
WESA has released the rules and guidelines of its arbitration court, in preparation for it to actually start functioning. The WESA arbitration court is designed to help solve disputes in the world of eSports, we knew that the court would see the two parties plead their case before thee independent …
Read More »Big upsets on day one of the Boston Major main event
The main event of the Dota 2 Boston Major got underway yesterday, and already there have been a few big upsets. Spoilers to follow. The first elimination round in the single elimination bracket saw The International 6 winners Wings Gaming face off against The International 5 winners, Evil Geniuses. In …
Read More »LoL Worlds had 43 million viewers
The League of Legends world championship again broke its own viewership records by bringing in 43 million unique viewers for the final. When SK Telecom T1 faced off against Samsung Galaxy in the grand final more than 43 million unique viewers tuned in, with a total of 14.7 million concurrent …
Read More »Beyond the Summit announces its first CS:GO event
Beyond the Summit has announced cs_summit, the company’s first ever Counter-Strike: Global Offensive event. cs_summit will run from April 19th to 23rd 2017, and will take place in Los Angeles, presumably at the Summit house. Eight of the best CS:GO teams will battle it out for a share of the …
Read More »Boston Major brackets revealed
The brackets for the main event of the Boston Major have been revealed, with Wings and EG facing off in the first round. Yes the two previous winners of The International will face off, meaning one will be going home in last place thanks to the single elimination format. Other …
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