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Simplicity Esports Opens A New
An interesting tidbit from Simplicity Esports this week as they have opened a new retails store in one of America's biggest malls The location is at the SouthPark Mall in Strongsville, Ohio The space itself is a 2,561 square foot location, which has 36 gaming stations made up of both PC and consoles And, of[...]
A Second Talent Leaves As Another Questions The Overwatch League
That said, I still believe in the concept of what it's trying to do in the esports space and — Erik "DoA" Lonnquist (@ggDoA) December 31, 2019 Season Three is going to be interesting to see how things end up on the broadcast side of things Along with Christopher "MonteCristo" Mykles, that makes three people who have[...]
Esports Broadcaster MonteCristo Announces Overwatch League Departure
Mykles has had a pretty lengthy esports career, first by forming the team Renegades and making them a powerhouse organization He also was the coach for Counter Logic before transitioning into broadcasting for League Of Legends, then into the Overwatch League His time there made him one of the most recognizable personalities at the desk[...]
Team Reciprocity Parts Ways With "Street Fighter V" Pro "Punk"
If you're ANY esports organization looking to put a bigger foothold in the fighting game market, this is your chance There are a LOT of teams who have never branched into it, some because they never found the right person to represent them This is understandable, as looking for individual talent to carry your brand[...]
Germany Has Created Dedicated Work Visas For Esports
Germany has taken the first steps in order to help regulate esports competitors coming into their country with dedicated work visas The idea was pitched a few months ago and finally wound its way through government procedures to where it will officially be enacted in the Spring of 2020 The shorthand is that their current[...]
"Dota 2" Will Be Getting New Matchmaking Improvements
A report from DotEsports has confirmed that Valve Corporation is suing the Global Electronic Sports Championship (GESC) for failure to pay out a tournament from 2018 The total combined winnings that they have failed to pay come to $750k The two tournaments they failed to payout on were back in March 2018 and May 2018,[...]
Auto Draft
Westwood One announced this week that they have launched a new esports-centric podcast called Esports 30 With Kevin Knocke As you might guess, the show will be hosted by Kevin Knocke, and will present an original format covering esports news and events The show will feature, "in-depth interviews with industry personalities, celebrities, athletes, influencers, and[...]
WSOE Will Host "Call Of Duty: Mobile" Creator Challenge Tournament
"We're looking forward to combining our passion for mobile esports with our high-quality WSOE production to put on a stellar event." The draft show will stream live from the PokerGO Studio in Las Vegas on Sunday, Dec 15 where 20 influencers from each region will be drafted into teams of five Competition will include a four-team[...]
Call Of Duty League Sells Out Launch Weekend Passes In 24 Hours
This is the team operated by WISE Ventures Esports, under the ownership of the Wilf Family, who also own the Minnesota Vikings The event will include the first professional matches of the regular season You can watch all the events live on Twitch when the league kicks off the first games of the inaugural season. [...]
Amazon Is Apparently Hiring An Esports Manager
An interesting job posting popped up on LinkedIn this week as Amazon is looking to hire an Esports Manager for the company The job will be working with Twitch, but by the way the job is described, it sounds like it will be more of an Amazon position rather than one for Twitch directly You[...]
The Overwatch League Fined Fissure $3K For Information Leak
According to Dot Esports, he leaked that the 2-2-2- lock rule would be coming to Stage 4 of the game That information was meant for league officials and players only at the time, as the Overwatch League was still in the middle of Stage 3. Credit: Robert Paul for Blizzard Entertainment Upon Fissure announcing he was on[...]