Both the Overwatch League and the Dallas Fuel have taken action against a professional gamer who insulted a fellow competitor on his personal live stream following a match. Fuel player Felix 'xQc' Lengyel has been suspended for two weeks (4 games) by the Overwatch League, with a fine of $2,000, and the Dallas Fuel team have also added a futher week to the suspension. The … [Read more...]
Counter-Strike Qualifier Bans Cheaters – Mid-Match!
Qualifying has begun for Eleague Boston Major. And several of the Counter-Strike: Global Offensive players have already been banned during games for alledgely using cheating software. The CS:GO qualifiers are being organised by a company called CEVO who have been attracting various complaints about cheating, tech issues and other administration problems. But given the huge … [Read more...]
Official Overwatch League Start Dates Are Confirmed
The official Overwatch League is organised around 12 city-based team franchises so far. Competing franchises had to guarantee minimum salaries and employee benefits, with rules for rosters, housing, and practice facilities. And we already knew that the first season in 2018 will he housed at the new Blizzard Arena Los Angeles in Burbank California with seating for more than 450 … [Read more...]
Sports Arena Shooter Elevate Combat League Announced
Elevate Combat League is a new sports arena shooter coming to the PC, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. The idea is that two teams of Grid Runners compete to score the most goals. But to get the ball takes shooting and a variety of skills. These include climbing, surfing and jet packs. But also allow you to sculpt the arena and change it to help your team. “We’re thrilled to give … [Read more...]
CS:GO Team Immortals Late To Grand Finals
CS:GO team Immortals suffered a big loss at the DreamHack Montreal tournament on Sunday, September 10th after forfeiting one of their Grand Final matches when 3 players showed up late. The Immortals team were due to take on North over three matches to decide who would take the $50,000 top prize. But when Lucas "Lucas1" Teles, Vito "KNG" Giuseppe and Henrique "Hen1" Teles … [Read more...]
Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Pro League launches
Ubisoft, Xbox and the ESL have partnered for the launch of the Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Pro League. The league competition will start in the first week of March, 2016 with an opening ceremony at the Intel Extreme Masters in Katowice, Poland on March 4 with a showcase of European PC competition. The Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege league will begin with a total of 8 matches, … [Read more...]
Valve interviews with Pro CS:GO Players
The professional CS:GO scene is booming with the likes of the ESL Gaming Network tournaments (which also include Halo and Battlefield 4 alongside Counter-Strike: Global Offensive). And following on from the Cologne Tournament, Valve has put together some Pro CS:GO player interviews with some of the top names you might see competing. First here's a tournament recap video from … [Read more...]
ESL One Cologne to be a Counter-Strike Major Championship
ESL One Cologne, which will run from August 20-23, has officially been named a Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Major Championship, and, with support from Valve, will be the world's largest standalone CS:GO event. An offline group stage will take place in the ESL Arena on August 20-21, before the main play-off event at the LANXESS Arena on August 22-23. Sixteen … [Read more...]
Interstellar Marines Fight Night Tournament
Video from the first Interstellar Marines Fight Night tournament at Copenhagen Games which saw Badger eSports, MnM, FRB eSports and Team Karma compete for the DKK 5000 prize fund. … [Read more...]
Call of Duty Championship 2015 – Behind-the-Scenes Video
Call of Duty Championship 2015 - behind-the-Scenes video. … [Read more...]