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Fortnite World Cup hands out $30 million in prize money News Jul 29th, 2019

Fortnite World Cup hands out $30 million in prize money

A teenager won the solo competition taking home $3 million

Former StarCraft commentator Geoff Robinson passes away News Jul 22nd, 2019

Former StarCraft commentator Geoff Robinson passes away

Cause of death is unclear

Dota 2 The International 2019 prize pot hits $30m, surpassing Fortnite World Cup cash News Jul 22nd, 2019

Dota 2 The International 2019 prize pot hits $30m, surpassing Fortnite World Cup cash

Sitting at $30,158,755 at time of writing

Blizzard's global esports director Kim Phan has departed the company Job News Jun 24th, 2019

Blizzard's global esports director Kim Phan has departed the company

Comes less than a month after Overwatch League commissioner Nate Nanzer leaving the company for Fortnite maker Epic Games.

Konami rebrands Pro Evolution Soccer as... eFootball PES News Jun 13th, 2019

Konami rebrands Pro Evolution Soccer as... eFootball PES

Part of the Japanese publisher's focus on esports

Riot promotes John Needham to global head of League of Legends esports News Jun 7th, 2019

Riot promotes John Needham to global head of League of Legends esports

"We believe that we’re well ahead of the curve and that esports are still only in their infancy"

Overwatch League commissioner Nate Nanzer departs to drive esports at Epic Games News May 28th, 2019

Overwatch League commissioner Nate Nanzer departs to drive esports at Epic Games

"This has been the toughest decision of my life"

Fnatic expands its esports operation by raising $19 million in funding News May 1st, 2019

Fnatic expands its esports operation by raising $19 million in funding

British esports firm hopes to employ 1000 people worldwide by 2024

Over 99 per cent of players couldn’t beat OpenAI’s Dota 2 bot News Apr 23rd, 2019

Over 99 per cent of players couldn’t beat OpenAI’s Dota 2 bot

"Arena was a massive-scale experiment to test whether OpenAI is exploitable, given the entire Internet trying to break it"

Hollywood star Will Smith just took part in $46m funding round for esports firm Gen.G News Apr 18th, 2019

Hollywood star Will Smith just took part in $46m funding round for esports firm Gen.G

Funding to go toward global expansion, youth development and new LA HQ

Expanded Xbox Game Pass, E3 2019 plans and Gears of War esports: Here's what Microsoft announced during last night's Inside Xbox stream News Apr 17th, 2019

Expanded Xbox Game Pass, E3 2019 plans and Gears of War esports: Here's what Microsoft announced during last night's Inside Xbox stream

"Your feedback directly contributes to the evolution of Xbox Game Pass – thank you for taking the time to help us continually improve the service"

Niko Partners: Majority of gamers in South East Asia engage with esports News Apr 10th, 2019

Niko Partners: Majority of gamers in South East Asia engage with esports

“A surprising outcome of this study is how different the GSEA gamers are from western gamers"

GameStop and Complexity Gaming to open new esports venue in Texas News Mar 28th, 2019

GameStop and Complexity Gaming to open new esports venue in Texas

Frisco location will serve as Complexity’s new home and a training ground for future pro players

Overwatch's Philidelphia Fusion is building a $50 million esports stadium News Mar 26th, 2019

Overwatch's Philidelphia Fusion is building a $50 million esports stadium

Fusion's new next-generation esports and entertainment venue is the first of its kind in the western hemisphere

Denuvo wants to stop cheaters as well as pirates News Mar 20th, 2019

Denuvo wants to stop cheaters as well as pirates

Irdeto breaks into anti-cheat solutions to combat the rise of esports and battle royale foul play

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