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Both Grandmaster Jackets and No Tomorrow have won qualifiers to secure a spot in the upcoming 2017 Heroes Global Championship Pro League. Both teams managed to secure their spot by placing in the top two during last weekend’s North American qualifier. They beat out teams such as Vox Nihili and …
Read More »Rogue, Misfits and Luminosity make three way Overwatch player trade
With the Overwatch world preparing for the upcoming Overwatch League teams are doing everything they can to get in, and for some that means roster changes. Rogue, Misfits and Luminosity have all traded players between themselves according to a report from hollywood.com. Both Tim "Mannetens" Byhlund and Kalle "Zave" Haag …
Read More »NFL Media to work with EA on Madden eSports
EA has partnered with NFL Media in order to cover the Madden NFL Championship Series according to a report. Both theScore eSports and SportsBusiness Journal have confirmed that EA and NFL Media have formed a partnership to cover the $1 million competition. The partnership will see a new 30 minute …
Read More »Rouge signs Call of Duty team
Rogue has signed a Call of Duty team in preparation for the upcoming Call of Duty World League. The new Rogue roster, which is made up of Daniel "Miyagi" Ho, John "Johnny" Cookson, Alex "Examples" Hartlaub and Mike "Blfire" Glushenok, features three players that played together on Team Lethal. Johnny …
Read More »Cloud9 and Immortals make it into the ELEAGUE Major qualifier
Both Cloud9 and Immortals have made it to the qualifier for the ELEAGUE Major, making the competition incredibly stacked. Cloud9 and Immortals managed to make it to the qualifier after winning the Americas Minor competition. Muffin Lightning failed to win a game at the Minor leaving TSM, Immortals and C9 …
Read More »Call of Duty World League 2017 detailed
The Call of Duty World League will again return in 2017, with MLG unsurprisingly taking the lead. Throughout 2017 there will be more open LAN events than in 2016, with the CWL Las Vegas Open, the CWL Atlanta Open and the CWL Anaheim Open all already confirmed for North America. …
Read More »Marvel vs. Capcom Infinite announced
At the Playstation Experience over the weekend Capcom announced Marvel vs. Capcom Infinite. The new title is due in 2017 on PlayStation 4, Windows PC and Xbox One and we already have our first look at the gameplay. Ryu, Mega Man X, Iron Man and Captain Marvel all appear in …
Read More »The weekend wrap up: 05/12/16
Here at eSports Pro we hate event spoilers, but also know that no one has the time to watch every major tournament every weekend. That’s why we are starting up the weekend wrap up, a short post every Monday that lists all of the winners from the previous weekend. What …
Read More »Febiven heads to H2K for 2017
Former Fnatic player Fabien "Febiven" Diepstraten has signed for H2K, pending Riot’s approval. Febiven has replaced former H2K player Yoo "Ryu" Sang-wook, who was part of the team that made it to the semifinals of the World Championships. The news was announced on The Bridge, the daily three hour talk …
Read More »Groups for the Boston Major announced
The groups for the upcoming Dota 2 Boston Major have been announced, with more than a few exciting matches set for the early stages. Group A features The International 6 champions Wings Gaming along with WarriorsGaming.Unity, LGD.Forever Young and the team that Wings Beat in the TI6 final, Digital Chaos. …
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