ESports

ESL and DreamHack have announced a new deal with Twitter that will see action for both company’s events streamed on the social network. The deal will kick off with the Intel Extreme Masters Katowice event being streamed on Twitter this weekend. Following on from that multiple other events, including ESL …

FACEIT and Valve have announced the details of the open qualifiers for the Dota 2 Kiev Major.  FACEIT will be in charge of it all, including the new Champions Cup qualification tournament that sees Tier 8 Battle Cup winning teams invited to fight it out for a slot in the …

For Honor may have only been out for a matter of days, but it is already building up quite the competitive scene. Online competitions have proven to be very popular, and now one of the largest fighting game events in the world has included it in its game line up.  …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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.  …

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 …

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 …