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Microsoft has used E3 week to announce new eSports related features for the Xbox One and a $100,000 Killer Instinct competition. At its press conference on Monday the platform holder announced Xbox Arena, a new set of features coming to the Xbox One that will allow people to sign up for, compete in and watch …
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Support extends to dedicated SPORTS1 esports app with live updates and more! ESL, the world’s largest esports company, and SPORT1, Germany’s leading 360° multimedia sports platform confirm rumours of a partnership to bring esports to German free-TV. As part of the deal, ESL One Frankfurt, Europe’s largest Dota 2 festival, is set to be broadcast …
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The award winning Recycle for Esports campaign will be returning this June with its third season of the Pantamera CS:GO Challenge. Throughout the next five months, teams with a majority Swedish roster will be able to compete in a series of qualifiers for their chance to reach the Season Finals. “We are very proud to …
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A leading gaming marketplace and a top-class global eSport organization are joining forces to deliver an unforgettable experience for every eSport fan. This sponsorship is a testimony to Kinguin’s devotion to the eSport community. Involvement in tournaments has always been crucial for Kinguin, and this time they decided to up their game: eleven events, including …
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At ESL One New York, fans won’t only be treated with a world class CS:GO tournament, but so much more. After being announced last Friday, “The Brooklyn Beatdown” is set to see up to 1024 players clash in Street Fighter V for a prize pool of US$75,000 in total. Do you have what it takes …
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The ESL One Cologne 2016 offline qualifier came to a conclusion last weekend with eight out of the 16 competing teams securing a Challenger slot at the next major. FaZe Clan and mousesports qualified for the main event on day three of the qualifier with perfect 3-0 scores. Gambit Gaming, OpTic Gaming, ENVYUS, G2 Esports, …
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Manchester United Football Club are in talks with a competitive gaming team as they look to enter the eSports industry. The historic English Premier League football club are in talks with a professional European Overwatch team who are currently signed to another organisation, eSports News UK can exclusively reveal. On top of that, established eSports …
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ESL is planning to organise UK Overwatch community cups – which could lead to the creation of an official ESL UK Overwatch Premiership. The first tournament will take place next week on Wednesday June 15th, and will likely be cast by experienced UK casters Joe “Munchables” Fenny and Ciernan “Excoundrel” Lowe on the UK Overwatch …
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The schedule and groups for the Esports Championship Series – Counter-Strike (ECS-CS) Finals have now been set. Starting on Friday, 24 June at 12:15 BST, each of the top eight teams will face off in the first rounds of the group stage. The following two days, those teams will vie for the top position in …
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This weekend, Major League Gaming and the Call of Duty World League, Presented by PlayStation 4 present the Call of Duty MLG Anaheim Open. All twelve North American World League teams and up to 96 amateur teams will compete for a $100,000 prize pool and 10,000 CWL Pro Points. The large number of Pro Points …
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Intel Extreme Masters Shanghai, the first event of Season XI, is already looming on the horizon and we’re looking to finalize our qualifiers. So far, nine players have already qualified over the last few weeks. Here is the current player list: Protoss PtitDrogo Neeb Has Cyan PiLiPiLi Terran Major Zerg TooDMing Snute Enderr Who will …
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Overwatch has had a rocket start after its release and is almost everywhere you look. At this year’s gamescom in Cologne, Germany, we are proud to present the largest Overwatch tournament to date. At the Overwatch® Atlantic Showdown, eight teams, four each from North America and Europe, will fight for the title as well as …
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ESL One New York to host US$75,000 tournament with up to 1,024 players ESL today confirmed the addition of an open US$75,000 Street Fighter® V tournament “The Brooklyn Beatdown” to be played out in Brooklyn’s Barclays Center alongside the announced ESL One New York Counter-Strike: Global Offensive competition. This marks the second competition to be …
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Over the course of the past ten months (August 2015-May 2016), fans of competitive gaming consumed a total of 803.7 million hours of esports content on the online streaming platform, Twitch – for which ESL broadcasts were a main contributor. According to data from Newzoo, the world’s largest esports company dominates Twitch with the delivery …
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At this weekend’s ESL Mortal Kombat X Pro League Season 3 Finals in Burbank, Ed Boon, creative director at NetherRealm Studios will reveal the first gameplay of Injustice 2, the super-powered sequel to Injustice: Gods Among Us. Please tune-in to twitch.tv/netherrealm on Sunday, 12 June @ 1am BST for a sneak peak at what will …
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