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2015 has been the year of records for eSports. From viewership to investments, we’ve set the bar pretty high for 2016 and looking at the most recent announcements we’re already looking at a brighter future. You may recall the Dota 2 International surpassing $18 million, and various titles such as …

Turner Sports plans to expand its esports andCounter-Strikefootprint even further this winter. The American media company made headlines earlier this year after announcing it would run and televise aCounter-Strikeleague. Now the company, along with its partner, the international talent agency, WME | IMG, plans to run a separateCounter-Strike: Global OffensiveChampionship, …

In a presentation at the conclusion of Sunday’s Capcom Cup 2015,Street Fighterseries executive producer Yoshinori Ono announced the first details of the 2016 Capcom Pro Tour. With a baseline prize pool of half a million dollars, the tour next year will kick off on March 18 with Final Round in …

Aleksi "allu" Jalli has parted ways withNinjas in Pyjamas, just a few weeks before his contract was due to expire with the Swedish side. The lone Finnish player on the legendary SwedishCounter-Striketeam has departed the team following the Fragbite Masters Season 5 finals, that last event of 2015. Jalli initially …

There’s a – sort of – new Rez game on the way. Entitled Rez Infinite, the title supports the firm’s upcoming PlayStation virtual reality headset. It was announced on-stage at PlayStation Experience. It seems to borrow heavily from the original 2001 title – with involvement from creatorTetsuya Mizuguchi – but …

Since writingyesterday’s articleabout the violent altercation between CS:GO panelist Richard Lewis and Dota 2 pro player Jonathan ‘Loda’ Berg at DreamHack Winter 2015, I’ve been contacted by DreamHack offering further comment. "We can confirm that an incident did occur between both parties" writes DreamHack’s Michael Van Driel "and that at …

Most traditional sports haven’t always been considered true sports. When American football was invented in 1869, it was considered a game. It wasn’t until 1920 when the NFL was founded that the game of football was officially christened a sport. Basketball followed a similar path, as James Naismith invented the …

Lee "Flash" Young-ho, a Korean StarCraft pro who has played for KT Rolster for eight years, announced his retirement today at the age of 23. Lee, who was initially signed to the largest Korean eSports organisation in 2007 at the age of 14, has since gone on to win an …

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Police were called to Dreamhack Winter this weekend over an altercation between CS:GO panel host Richard Lewis and Jonathan ‘Loda’ Berg, the captain of Dota 2 team Alliance. In a tweet, Bergclaimed to have been strangledby Lewis. In response, Lewis said that he had been provoked when the pro player"pushed …