ESports

KeSPA has announced on Tuesday that it has entered into a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Legacy Pro Law, an American legal company based in Los Angeles   This means that Legacy Pro Law will be available to offer legal counsel to players on KeSPA team, with the MOU outlining that …

The tyrannical reign of PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds’ bulletproof water is soon to come to an end, according to Bluehole’s esports program manager Amir ‘am1rtv’ Khair. In a post on Reddit, Khair has revealed what the team are currently working on, and a full ballistics rework is on the cards. This includes …

Brendan Donohue, the managing director of NBA’s forthcoming 2K Sports League, has said that the NBA could go further in its esports plans and work with different, non-basketball, titles. This comes from his conversation with Esports Pro at Gamescom.  Donohue has said that at the moment the NBA is “super …

Speaking to Esports Pro Brendan Donohue, the managing director of NBA’s 2K Sports League, has outlined plans for the league, which is planned to run on a twelve month calendar. The NBA are moving as fast as they can, but logistical challenges have made it difficult to roll things out …

ESL’s parent company Turtle Entertainment is taking legal action against Azubu, formerly known as Smashcast. ESL allege a fraudulent breach of contract in their complaint, and if Azubu loses the lawsuit it could have to shell out over $1.5m. Azubu made a name for itself after its launch in December …

Evil Geniuses announced last week that CEO Peter ‘ppd’ Dager will be departing the role. Dager is stepping away as part of a top level restructure of Evil Geniuses’ management team, while will see Phillip Aram, the team’s current Dota 2 manager, step up and assume the role of COO. …

Esports coaching outfit Gamer Sensei has raised $4m in a new funding round. Gamer Sensei is a service that tries to link up coaches, often professional competitors, with players in a range of competitive games for one-on-one virtual lessons to help them improve. They now offer coaching in Overwatch, League …

“Kel’Thuzad is one of the most requested heroes to date," says Kyle Dates, a hero designer on Blizzard’s Heroes of the Storm. I’ve just asked him why Kel’Thuzad is Heroes of the Storm’s newest hero, and his answer is clear. Still, with so many heroes coming out, it wouldn’t surprise me …

The post-international roster shuffle, a yearly event as reliable as Christmas, is well underway, but it seems to have brought back an organisation that’s long been absent: Team Leviathan. Team Leviathan was a well known North American team that last competed in 2016, failing to reach The International 2016’s regional …

While most of the industry is recovering from Gamescom, Myztro are just warming up. The UK-based Quake Champions team are competing at Quakecon this weekend. Before they took off, we took the opportunity to ask Gareth ‘GaRpy’ Marshall and Aaron-Anton ‘Hell’ Jones about how they got their start in esports, …