PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds Corp has announced plans for its first competitive season of professional play, with competing teams fighting for $2 million in prizes.
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Olympic Committee decides eSports not ready for Paris 2024 games
by Staff Writer in ESPORTS will not make its debut at the 2024 Paris Olympic Games after the International Olympic Committee decided to further delay its introduction at its summit over the weekend.
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FlyQuest coach forced to resign after callous mental health comments
by Staff Writer in The coach of eSports team FlyQuest was forced to resign this week after extreme backlash to his comments lambasting mental health conditions like depression as “made up bullshit”.
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Growing eSports industry on the fast lane towards $1 billion
by Staff Writer in It’s a very good time to be in eSports. According to a report from Newzoo, the world of professional gaming is going to become a $1 billion industry in the next 12 months.
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CS:GO moves to free to play and adds battle royale mode
by Staff Writer in Counter-Strike: Global Offensive is now free to play and includes a new battle royale mode called Danger Zone.
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NASCAR teams with developers to announce Esports League
by Staff Writer in The high-octane world of NASCAR is getting its own eSports league after teaming up with Race Team Alliance and 704Games to create the eNASCAR Heat Pro League.
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UK study finds young girls flocking to esports in increasing numbers
by Staff Writer in A United Kingdom market intelligence organisation named Kids Insight released an interesting report this week, showing that girls are flocking to the sport in ever-increasing numbers.
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German Sports minister out to exterminate use of ‘sport’ in eSports
by Staff Writer in The German State Minister of the Interior and for Sports of Hesse, Peter Beuth, has gone public with his distaste of the term ‘esports’, saying it does not warrant being called a sport.
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Racism row ends in Chongqing Major ban for Carlo “Kuku” Palad
by Staff Writer in Philippine Dota 2 player Carlo ‘Kuku’ Palad has been banned from competing at the Dota 2 Chongqing Major after making racist taunts that have incensed the Chinese gaming community.
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Australian senate takes no action on loot boxes after committee report
by Staff Writer in The Australian Environment and Communications Committee’s report into video game loot boxes was delivered to the Australian senate last week, noting that a consensus around the world had not been reached on whether the practice should be considered gambling.