Quake World Championship Announced!

Quake back in eSports Bethesda during their E3 2017 showcase announced they are reintroducing the world of Quake to the eSports which brought competitive gaming to be highlighted worldwide with notables players such as Fata1ity and ZeRo4 being the ambassadors of the game. the Quake World Championships will be kicking off in June and will end …

Europe recieves eSports boost

Syfy UK and Syfy Germany channels that specialise in science fiction and fantasy shows such as these greats Heroes and Knight Rider are to start broadcasting its first eSports tournament. NBC sports groups whose parent company NBCUniversal is launching its first 2 v 2 international Rocket League tournament using FACEIT as its gaming platform, the …

Overwatch Too Late to Party

Teams dropping like flies Ninja in Pyjamas has just announced the release of their Overwatch competitive squad, which is another in a growing list of eSports organizations that are dropping their teams associated with the video game in an alarming trend that doesn't look good for the future developments of Blizzard's eSports title. NiP's expressed their …

Atari Returning to Console Market

Retro Console Maker returning? Atari has announced that they are returning to the console world with a new entry to the capitalise on the popularity that has been shown toward the retro gaming newcomers with the latest Nintendo NES mini bringing great success with its return. The new project is proposed to be called AtariBox and the …

Korean Government to Punish Boosters

Korea Release the Banhammer! The South Korean government are going full throttle on tackling game cheats as they have proposed a law that will ban boosting making it an offense with the prospect of two years in jail and a hefty fine of  20 million won which equates to roughly £13,800 quite the sentence for …

Australia Pull Out of AIMAG 2017

eSports Competitive Fiasco The Australian Esports Association and Australian Olympic Committee have recently announced they will not be participating in the Asian Indoor & Martial Arts Games (AIMAG) of this year hosted by the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA). The AIMAG is to stand as a catalyst for future sporting events to include eSports into …

Spurs To Capitalise on eSports

New stadium to be premium eSports arena A report in the Daily Mail has stated that Tottenham Hotspurs are looking into capitalising on the increasing popularity of eSports within the United Kingdom with making their new stadium available as an arena for eSports events. The article focuses more on the financial gain that the club could …

Blizzard eSports Dream

Blizzard playing games Blizzard has been causing a storm recently in the news with them promoting their team-based shooter Overwatch to become the 'premier' eSport in the world with the Blizzard Overwatch League. Bobby Kotick was said to have stated the long term goal of the Overwatch League is to generate revenue to the scale of …

League of Legends announce UK Masters

UK Masters EUW league of legends official website today announced the sign-up stage for the UK Masters for the summer of 2017. 4 qualification dates have been advertised to determine which teams will play through the summer for the final bout at the home of the UK's biggest gaming festival Insomnia 61 which takes place …

EGL announce 48 team limit for open bracket at CWL Sheffield

Competition: CWL Sheffield Organisation: EGL Event Dates: 24th June - 25th June 2017 Prize Pool: $25,000 CWL Sheffield The European Gaming League have today announced a 48 team limit for the open bracket play for the Call of Duty World League hosted in Sheffield at the Ponds Forge International Sports Centre. It's a two-day event in which …