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The League of Legends world championship again broke its own viewership records by bringing in 43 million unique viewers for the final. When SK Telecom T1 faced off against Samsung Galaxy in the grand final more than 43 million unique viewers tuned in, with a total of 14.7 million concurrent …
Read More »Beyond the Summit announces its first CS:GO event
Beyond the Summit has announced cs_summit, the company’s first ever Counter-Strike: Global Offensive event. cs_summit will run from April 19th to 23rd 2017, and will take place in Los Angeles, presumably at the Summit house. Eight of the best CS:GO teams will battle it out for a share of the …
Read More »Boston Major brackets revealed
The brackets for the main event of the Boston Major have been revealed, with Wings and EG facing off in the first round. Yes the two previous winners of The International will face off, meaning one will be going home in last place thanks to the single elimination format. Other …
Read More »Grandmaster Jackets and No Tomorrow qualify for the NA HotS Pro League
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 …
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