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The team Dignitas CS:GO team has left the organisation, despite having one of the best few months in the team’s history. The announcement stated that both parties mutually agreed to not renew contracts, meaning that once the contracts expire, presumably at the end of the year, the team of Rene …
Read More »Counter Logic Gaming sign Overwatch team
Counter Logic Gaming has signed an Overwatch team, presumably in preparation for the upcoming Overwatch League from Blizzard. The new CLG team was formerly known as The 1 Percent, and features Joao Pedro "Hydration" Goes Telles, Adam "waffletastic" Syndor, Bryan "iShiny" McCarthy, Nathan "Miso" Lui, Michael "The" Kuhns, and Daniel …
Read More »Terry Crews might be about to appear in Overwatch
Actor Terry Crews may be in line to voice the next Overwatch character after a fan campaign and a trip to Blizzard headquarters. After much digging around in the game and its lore fans seem to have concluded that the next Overwatch hero will be called Doomfist. One image in …
Read More »FeniX, Solo, Santorin and Rikara are Gold Coin United’s first players
Earlier in the week it was announced that NRG Esports had sold its slot in the North American Challenger Series to J2K Esports and Technology, now the first members of the new team have been revealed. The team from J2K Esports and Technology will be known as Gold Coin United, …
Read More »A conversation with cArn part 4: Fnatic’s new Dota team
Over the next few days will we be releasing part of our interview with Fantic’s Chief Gaming Officer and Counter-Strike legend Patrik “cArn” Sättermon. Last time he spoke about Fnatic’s CS:GO woes in 2016 and while today he jumps into the Fnatic Dota 2 teams recent roster changes. After the …
Read More »A conversation with cArn part 3: Fnatic’s CS:GO woes
Every day this week will we be releasing part of our interview with Fantic’s Chief Gaming Officer and Counter-Strike legend Patrik “cArn” Sättermon. Yesterday he spoke about Fnatic’s Overwatch roster and the upcoming Overwatch League while today he jumps into the Fnatic CS:GO team’s difficult 2016. Go back twelve months …
Read More »Tom Brady’s Religion of Sports documentary tackles eSports
NFL superstar Tom Brady has quietly been producing a TV documentary series that takes a look at different sports, and the latest episode took on the world of eSports. The episode aired last night over in the US, although there doesn’t seem to be a way to watch it online …
Read More »Missharvey will compete in the finals of Canada’s Smartest Person
Stephanie "missharvey" Harvey, a player on the Counter Logic Gaming Red CS:GO team and one of the best female CS:GO players ever will compete in the finals of Canada’s Smartest Person. The competition is a televised event, with the smartest people in Canada competing against each other in brain testing …
Read More »A conversation with cArn part 1: the Fnatic store
Every day this week will we be releasing part of our interview with Fantic’s Chief Gaming Officer and Counter-Strike legend Patrik “cArn” Sättermon, first up are his thoughts on the new Fnatic store located in central London. Fnatic is known as one of the largest eSports organisations in the world. …
Read More »‘We want to do for eSports what Sky did for football’ says AD&D
AD&D, a new partnership formed by UK agency Attention Seekers and US events giants Done & Dusted, has said it wants to do for competitive gaming what Sky did for football. The firm has said that it wants to revolutionise how eSports is presented and make them more accessible to …
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