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Gfinity’s stock has risen significantly after a financial analyst for a national newspaper predicted that they will have a successful 2017. An article listing the “hottest stocks to grow your portfolio” sees James Coney suggest investing in Gfinity’s stock for big returns in 2017. I’m not entirely sure how he …
Read More »NaVi adds Pajkatt, rmN- and Biver to 2017 Dota squad
After a disappointing start to the Dota 2 season NaVi have made sweeping roster changes, bringing in Per Anders Olsson "Pajkatt" Lille, Roman "rmN-" Paley and Malthe "Biver" Winther. Pajkatt will captain the team and return to playing as the one position, while rmN- and Biver will take positions 4 …
Read More »Evil Geniuses drop StarCraft division and some fighting game players
After becoming a fully player owned organisation Evil Geniuses has dropped its StarCraft II roster along with Street Fighter players Justin "JWong" Wong, Yusuke "Momochi" Momochi and Yuko "ChocoBlanka" Momochi. The release of the StarCraft team means that Geoff "iNcontroL" Robinson and Chris "HuK" Loranger are now teamless, and neither …
Read More »Why Super Evil Megacorp is targeting UK universities for its eSports push
In the space of just over a year Super Evil Megacorp has managed to build Vainglory from a tiny eSport to one of the biggest in the world. Streams regularly bring in tens of thousands of viewers, a partnership with Twitch ensures them prime slots on the site and the …
Read More »A conversation with cArn part 6: LCS relegation
This is the final part of our interview with Fantic’s Chief Gaming Officer and Counter-Strike legend Patrik “cArn” Sättermon. Last time he spoke about Fnatic’s League of Legends team while today he jumps into the complex world of LCS relegation and franchising. Fnatic have been a stalwart of the European …
Read More »A conversation with cArn part 5: Fnatic’s League of Legends ventures
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 current Dota 2 team while today he jumps into the complex world of League of Legends. League of Legends has …
Read More »Wargaming.net League Grand Finals moves to Moscow for 2017
Wargaming has revealed that its annual Wargaming.net League Grand Finals will take place in Moscow in 2017. The event has traditionally been held in Warsaw, Poland with all three previous finals being held in the city. However after the success of the recent Wargaming Fest in Moscow, which saw over …
Read More »John ‘Revan’ Boble leaves MLG
Call of Duty caster and analyst John ‘Revan’ Boble has decided to leave his position at MLG and return to school. Revan has been a prominent voice in the world of Call of Duty for some years, and was one of the main broadcasters for the CWL last year. However …
Read More »PEA plans to ban its teams from playing in the ESL Pro League according to report
A report from Slingshot eSports suggests that PEA will ban all teams that play in its league from competing in the rival ESL Pro League. PEA will be running its own league in 2017 in a similar fashion to the Pro League, which makes the move somewhat understandable. However players …
Read More »missharvey wins Canada’s Smartest Person TV show
Stephanie "missharvey" Harvey has been named Canada’s Smartest Person after winning a TV show competition testing contestants smarts. missharvey made it to the final of the competition after winning week one of the show. In the final she faced off against a mechanic, a national rugby player, a hockey commissioner …
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