ESports

Mitch ‘Krepo’ Voorspoels has been announced as the new head coach of Schalke 04’s League of Legends team, it was revealed Tuesday. Voorspoels is a retired League of Legends pro player, who became a professional caster with Riot Games in 2015. Voorspoels ducked out of casting after nude photos of …

Blizzard have unveiled changes to their Heroes of the storm HGC event, with the second year sticking closely to a lot of the format and culture of this years inaugural year, although with a few tweaks. Here are some of the big changes, which will take effect when the HGC …

DreamHack has signed a data and integrity partnership deal with Genius Sports. Genius Sports will now distribute data and video streaming from DreamHack’s esports events around the world to a global market of regulated betting outfits, but this data access will also see Genius Sports stepping in to ensure that …

North American esports outfit Cloud9 has raised $25m in Series A Investment, welcoming investment partners from across sports and entertainments. The fund was led by Founders Fund, made up of several Paypal funders, and it was joined by funding from San Francisco Giants outfielder Hunter Pence, the Beverly Hills Sports …

Heroes of the Storm’s esports league keeps rolling, but organisations still aren’t interested. What’s going on with Heroes of the Storm’s esports scene?  BlizzCon 2014 saw the first iteration of Heroes of the Storm esports on stage. At that time Heroes of the Storm was still in technical alpha and …

The British Esports Association has partnered up with the Enemy of Boredom Esports Academy (EOB), a series of workshops for young people interested in esports which is backed by the Prince’s Trust. The EOB Esports Academy offers educational programmes for 14-30 year olds. These workshops are designed to help young …

Every Western team is out of League of Legends worlds championship, after a weekend that nearly saw reigning world champs SK Telecom T1 (SKT) knocked out by European team Misfits. The biggest upset of the weekend, and arguably of all time for competitive League of Legends, saw Misfits up 2-1 …

Baseball giants the New York Yankees announced Thursday that they are making a move in the world of esports as they enter an investment partnership with Vision Esports, the largest shareholder of three esports companies, including Echo Fox. Vision Esports are the largest shareholder of Echo Fox, Twin Galaxies and …

HyperX has announced its first NBA team sponsorship today, becoming the official headset partner of the Philadelphia 76ers and the 76ers owned esports organisation Team Dignitas. HyperX, a division of Kingston Technology Company, will be working with the 76ers and Dignitas in a range of activations. With the 76ers they’ll …

Riot Games are the headline sponsors for Esports Pro’s Esports Workshop, a name we wouldn’t encourage anyone to try and say too fast. Mark ‘General_Coxy’ Cox is Riot’s UK Head of Publishing and the driving force behind the company’s new London office, one of several satellite offices the company is …