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Read More »Facebook launches Instant Games feature, offering games inside of Messenger app and News Feed
14 companies bringing 17 free-to-play games to the platform
Read More »Watch the eSports Industry Awards at your leisure on Twitch
The live stream of the first ever eSports Industry Awards is now available to watch on demand on Twitch Originally broadcast on Wednesday November 23rd the star-studded show is now available on The eSports Industry Awards Twitch channel, which can be seen at the bottom of this page. After the …
Read More »Intel Extreme Masters Oakland hits 490,000 concurrent viewers
This past weekend saw the Intel Extreme Masters head to Oakland for the first time, with the event pulling in almost half a million concurrent viewers. IEM Oakland reached a peak of 490,000 concurrent viewers across the globe with broadcasts in 14 different languages. Online viewers ended up watching almost …
Read More »Riot’s sale of LCS streaming rights to MLBAM seems inevitable after new report
Riot Games looks set to sell the streaming rights for its League of Legends Championship Series to Major League Baseball Advanced Media. The deal, which was originally reported on by Richard Lewis and Sports Business Daily, seems to be in the final stages of negotiations after a report from the …
Read More »Winners crowned at the first ever eSports Industry Awards
Last night saw the first ever eSports Industry Awards take place at The Brewery in central London. People from across the industry attended the event hoping to get their hands on an award and help celebrate their peers’ achievements. With 14 awards given out live on stream and four awards …
Read More »The Gfinity Elite Series gives regular gamers a shot at the big leagues but that’s about all we know
Gfinity has announced the Gfinity Elite Series competition, which will give everyone a chance at competing at the highest level and will offer international competition. While that sounds grand at first, we actually don’t know all that much about the competition. A statement on the event’s website is pretty vague …
Read More »Team Secret signs KheZu
Maurice "KheZu" Gutmann has left Escape Gaming to join Team Secret after both teams failed to qualify for the Boston Major. KheZu will replace Lee ‘Forev’ Sang-don as Secret’s offlaner, and will make his debut for the team at the upcoming ASUS ROG Masters event due to kick off later …
Read More »iceiceice: "Streaming is destroying careers"
Daryl Koh "iceiceice" Pei Xiang, captain of the Faceless Dota 2 team, has said that streaming is destroying players’ careers in China. In an interview with Cnet iceiceice was asked about the lucrative streaming contacts that players can earn in China, and he had some controversial views on the subject. …
Read More »Limited tables left for eSports Industry Awards 2016
If you don’t want you and your team to miss out on the biggest night in the eSports calendar – make sure you book your table for the eSports Industry Awards 2016, held at the Brewery on November 21st, today. Representing all aspects of the growing industry, we will have …
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