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This past weekend Genesis 4 took place, and featured a large Super Smash Bros. Wii U tournament. However at least one game, if not more, were played with the wrong settings bringing into question the results of the matches. During the top eight portion of the event the knockback setting …
Read More »The teams for the CWL Gfinity London event have been confirmed
Gfinity has announced the sixteen teams that will be competing at the Gfinity London Call of Duty World League event at the end of this week. Aware Gaming EU, Bando, Black Forest Games, Cyclone, Elevate EU, FAB Games eSports, Fnatic, Hadouken, Millenium, Orbit eSport EU, Splyce, Supremacy, Team 3G, Team …
Read More »Beyond the Summit announce the Smash Summit 4
Beyond the Summit have announced that they will host the Smash Summit 4 between March 2nd and 5th. The event will once again take place at the BTS house in California and will feature 16 of the best Smash Melee players in the world. Players will be competing for a …
Read More »Twitch star summit1g to return to professional CS:GO
Jaryd "summit1g" Lazar, one of the most popular streamers on Twitch, has announced that he will return to competitive CS:GO in the next season. Mythic will be his team of choice, joining former member of Team Liquid Eric "adreN" Hoag and former Winterfox player Alexander "LeX" Deily. They aren’t yet …
Read More »Call of Duty World League Pro Division LAN league start date revealed
The Call of Duty World League’s Pro Division will start on April 20th according to a press release from Activision. The press release, which was sent out to give further details on MLG Dallas, also revealed the start date for the LAN league, which was previously unknown. “The CWL Dallas …
Read More »G FUEL buys ELEAGUE Arena naming rights
ELEAGUE and G FUEL have entered an official marketing partnership that will see the ELEAGUE Arena renamed. The iconic Atlanta based studio will now be called the G FUEL ELEAGUE Arena, and G FUEL is now the official energy drink of ELEAGUE. G FUEL will be promoted across all of …
Read More »The Dallas Cowboys are looking to enter eSports
The Dallas Cowboys may not have been able to make it past the Packers last week, but there is some seemingly good news coming from the Cowboys camp. They are looking to invest in eSports. In an interview with AdAge, Matt O’Neil, senior VP of brand marketing for the Dallas …
Read More »MLG to host Call of Duty World League event in Dallas
Activision and MLG have announced that they are bringing the Call of Duty World League to Dallas this March. The event will take place between March 17th and 19th, at the Worthington Renaissance Fort Worth Hotel. Up to 176 will compete, with 16 teams being invited directly into the group …
Read More »Brazilian football star Ronaldo invests in eSports team
Ronaldo Luís Nazário de Lima, or Brazilian Ronaldo to you and me, has invested in CNB e-sports Club. The football star who won the World Cup back in 2002 has purchased half of the organisation alongside professional Poker player André Akkari and Igor Trafane Federal who is the CEO of …
Read More »Riot to host a third international League of Legends competition
During a press conference in China, Riot Games revealed that it plans to host a third international LoL tournament this year. According to Yahoo eSports, Rioter Ye Qiang revealed that the company will host a new international competition in July this year. Further details are not known but he did …
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