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Vega Squadron completed their roster

August 22, 2016

Vega Squadron completes their roster with the addtion of former Virtus Pro captain, Artyom “fng” Barshak and former Team Spirit player, Bogdan “Iceberg” Vasilenko. Vega Squadron will put this roster to the test, in their first match in the WCA European Regional Qualifiers on the 24th of August. After continuous...

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CS:GO watched more than LOL in July

August 17, 2016

Recent figures from Newzoo reveal the Top 10 esports games watched based on the number of hours on Twitch. It comes as no surprise that we see CS:GO take top spot in July for the ESL One Cologne 2016 which had a prize pool of $1m for the event. Even though...

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Monkey King – Dota 2’s new hero, announced at TI6

August 15, 2016

The fifth day of The International 6 was peppered with surprises. Despite announcing the release of Underlord on the 23rd of August, Valve has showcased another new hero. Monkey King will be arriving this Fall, through the New Journey update. He is the first hero to be released in Dota...

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This Week’s LCS, LCK and LPL Results

August 15, 2016

NA Quarterfinals (Best of 5): SATURDAY, AUGUST 13, 2016 – DAY 1 Cloud9 Vs Team Envy 3-1 SUNDAY, AUGUST 14, 2016 – DAY 2 Counter Logic Gaming Vs Team Liquid 3-1 Next Week’s Semifinals: SATURDAY, AUGUST 18, 2016 – DAY 1 Immortals Vs Cloud9 SUNDAY, AUGUST 21, 2016 – DAY...

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Premier League Executive Feels Threatened by eSports

August 15, 2016

This Week’s Hottest League of Legends News Premier League Executive Richard Scudamore believes that the two biggest threats to football are social media and esports. While other sports may pose a threat to football in terms of participation, Scudamore told BBC Radio 5 Live: “I see gaming, all sorts of...

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Echo Fox qualifies for NA LCS Spring Split

August 9, 2016

League of Legends Weekly News Update 8th August With the Olympic Games already in their third day, some online opinion pieces have already expressed a desire for an eSport event in the future. What do you think? Can you imagine an eSports Olympian? No matter how exciting the events in Rio...

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This Week’s LCS, LCK and LPL Results

August 8, 2016

NA (Best of 5): As we wait for the playoffs, this week we had the promotion matches. Echo Fox managed to qualify for 2017 NA LCS Spring Split. Just a reminder: LCS playoffs are comprised of six teams in a seeded, single elimination tournament and all the matches are played...

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The International 6 prize pool surpasses $20m

August 8, 2016

The Internatonal 6 prize pool has reached a staggering $20mil, just hours before the debut of the TI6 Main Event, in Seattle, USA. The release of the highly awaited Immortal Treasure III seems to be the driving force behind the latest increase. The International 6 prize pool continues to increase...

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Another one bites the dust: Team Spirit disolves it’s roster

August 1, 2016

After successive struggles with their roster stability, Team Spirit decided to dissolve it’s roster. Although the situation looks grim, there is still light at the end of the tunnel as Team Spirit announced that they will be looking for a new squad. The Ukrainian team, Team Spirit has decided to...

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This Week’s LCS, LCK and LPL Results

August 1, 2016

Week 9 (LCS, LPL), Week 10 (LCK) After nine weeks of exciting games, we finally have the teams that will compete in the playoffs. Unicorns of Love and Team EnVyUs have secured the sixth and final position of the summer playoffs. Let’s see what happened in the final week of...

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