Pocket52 joins as Poker Sports League title sponsor
Poker Sports League (PSL) has announced its return for a fifth season. The upcoming season will have a prize pool of a whopping ?1.5 crore, as PSL 2023 promises an exhilarating...
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Thug Invitational returns for Season 6
Season 6 of Thug Invitational, India's foremost Road to Valor tournament with a whopping prize pool of ?2,00,000, kicked off on May 10, 2023. Sponsored by Monster Energy and powered...
India cruise through CS:GO South Asia qualifiers
India’s Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS:GO) team showcased a dominant combination of high-quality gameplay and supreme skills to overpower Pakistan and Nepal on the final day of the South Asia qualifiers...
G2 announces new partnership with CSGORoll
Esports organisation G2 Esports has announced a new partnership with Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS:GO) skins' trading market leader CSGORoll, which joins as the organisation's CS:GO side's Official Partner as they...
ESFI teams up with FITGMR
The Esports Federation of India (ESFI) has partnered with FITGMR Inc, a renowned esports technology and training firm, to create a top-notch player and coaching development initiative to foster healthy,...
Esporte Clube Bahia ink Axi sponsorship deal
Australian forex and contract for differences (CFDs) broker Axi has announced a new sponsorship deal with Brazilian professional football club Esporte Clube Bahia. After this agreement, the company will represent...
Revenant Esports win Battle Adda - New State Mobile
Revenant Esports have emerged as the champions of "Battle Adda - New State Mobile" — an official esports tournament for the game by Krafton. The win comes on the back...
eISL Season 2 Teams
In October 2021, Football Sports Development (FSDL) and one of south Asia's leading esports firms NODWIN Gaming joined forces to launch the eISL, the Indian Super League's (ISL) first steps...
Guild Esports inks Hummel deal
British esports organisation Guild Esports has announced a new three-year deal with international sports and fashion brand Hummel. The Danish brand will join as Guild's Official Technical Kit Partner and...
Skyesports League returns with Pokémon UNITE in city-based format
The Skyesports League is back in 2023, with a new game joining the city-based IP for the first time. Indian Pokémon UNITE fans gear up, as the Skyesports League 2023...
Revenant Esports signs SENSEI and MJ
Revenant Esports, one of Asia's fastest growing esports organisations, has announced the signing of two mobile gaming athletes: Deepak SENSEI Negi and Harshit MJ Mahajan. SENSEI was previously a part...
Skyesports Masters announced as India's first-ever franchise based esports league
Jet Skyesports, the leading esports tournament organiser in south Asia, has unveiled its latest IP, the Skyesports Masters, which is not only India’s first-ever franchise-based esports league but also the...
IMG renews PGL partnership
International sports and entertainment company IMG has renewed its partnership agreement with esports tournament organiser PGL. The multi-year partnership extension, which runs till 2025, will see IMG continue to serve...
ESL FACEIT Group expands Acer partnership
Global esports tournament organiser ESL FACEIT Group has announced a partnership extension with computer and hardware firm Acer. The partnership extension will see ESL FACEIT Group and Acer continue to...
Revenant Esports features in Zee5's E-Gaming Unplugged
Revenant Esports has made history by becoming the first Indian esports organisation to feature on an OTT platform. The organisation has tied up with ZEE5 for the E-Gaming Unplugged series,...
BLAST gets new partners for final CS:GO Major
Global spirit brands Absolut Vodka, Ballantine's Scotch Whisky and Jameson Irish Whiskey have joined as partners of the final Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS:GO) Major, which is being organised by BLAST...
BLAST on-boards ZOWIE as Paris Major 2023 partner
Esports equipment brand ZOWIE has announced a new partnership with BLAST for the final Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS:GO) Major — the BLAST.tv Paris Major 2023. The partnership agreement will have...
First Counter-Strike 2 Major to be held in Denmark
PGL has announced that the first-ever Counter-Strike 2 (CS2) Major will be held in Copenhagen, Denmark, between March 17 and 31, 2024. It was recently announced that the Paris Major...
Pokémon UNITE Championship Series 2023 India Qualifiers unveiled with US$75k prize pool
The Pokémon UNITE World Championship Series is set to return to India in 2023 with a much bigger format and higher stakes. The three-month tournament will reward teams in India...
BLAST renews Fornite Champion Series partnership
Esports tournament organiser and production firm BLAST has announced a renewal of its partnership with game developer Epic Games. The partnership will see BLAST continue to support the Fortnite Champion...
FaZe Clan complete Intel Grand Slam by taking home ESL Pro League Season 17 trophy
FaZe Clan completed their long-awaited Intel Grand Slam as they beat Cloud9 in the Grand Finals of ESL Pro League Season 17. FaZe Clan became the fourth team to complete...
Paris Major 2023 set to be final CS:GO Major
Valve has announced that the Paris Major, scheduled to be held in Paris from May 8 to 21, 2023, will be the final Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS:GO) Major. The announcement...
Saudi Arabia's Gamers8 to host CS:GO tournament
Saudi Arabia's esports festival Gamers8 has announced a Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS:GO) tournament with a US$1m prize pool. The tournament is set to have twelve of the world's most elite...
Counter-Strike 2 officially announced
fter months of speculations and numerous teases, Valve have finally given an official update about Counter-Strike 2, the sequel to Valve's extremely popular esports title, Counter-Strike : Global Offensive. Counter-Strike 2 (CS2) according to Valve is the 'largest technical leap forward in Counter-Strike's history' and all the new features will be revealed in the summer, when it is released. Limited testing for select players gets underway on March 22, 2023, and players who are selected will work towards evaluation of a subset of features to get the game ready before its worldwide release. The game will be a free upgrade to CS:GO. Amongst the new features, those that were announced in the release videos are :- Smokes - Counter-Strike 2 will see smoke grenades become 'dynamic volumetric objects' which will interact with the environment it's thrown in and additionally it will also react to gunfire, lighting and explosions. Bullets and HE grenades will be able to break up the smokes momentarily while the smokes now will also take the shape of the environment its thrown in. Smokes will also react to the lighting and CS2 will have CT smokes in the shade of light blue while the T smokes will be brown-ish grey. Sub-Tick - One of the most debated points in CS:GO was the tick rate and CS2 will be tickless - which means tick rates will no longer matter for shooting, moving or throwing grenades.
Team Spirit announces female CS:GO roster
International esports organisation Team Spirit have announced that they will launch a female Counter-Strike division. Spirit will be launching the Team Spirit Female (TSF) team and the roster will make its debut in the ESL Impact series. The roster which makes up the TSF team is the same one that participate under the MVP name. The team currently consists of Justina 'Tynka' Ducká, Jammie 'Jammie' Alagozova, Lea 'xia' Vagová, Svetlana 'suns1de' Mevlid, Mirte 'Moraltis' Horemans. Aleksey 'Nevar' Voronov will serve as the team's coach. Nikita Cheshir Chukalin, CEO of Team Spirit, commented, "Anyone who has been following our organisation for a long time knows that we have been nurturing the idea of a female CS:GO roster for years. However, we have put it off, often due to circumstances beyond our control. Women's esports is an area that is growing so fast that it cannot wait any longer. After following this sphere for a long time and considering many teams, we finally decided that this particular lineup is currently performing at a good level and can become a part of Team Spirit. ‘This is the first-ever female roster in the history of our organisation, so we can call it a double experiment: female and European, English-speaking roster. I sincerely hope both experiments will succeed and the girls show their best qualities."
Revenant Esports qualify for Brawl Stars Masters in Japan
Revenant Esports have clinched the title of the Snapdragon Pro Series – India Challengers and will now be representing the country at the Snapdragon Pro Series Masters — an International...
AA Gaming announces CSGO Rush B tournament
AA Gaming, one of India's leading esports production houses, is coming up with a new tournament IP. The CSGO Rush B is an invitational tournament for Valve’s first-person shooter Counter-Strike:...
ESL reveals Dota 2 Pro Tour
Leading esports and video game entertainment firm ESL FACEIT Group (EFG) have announced the details and dates for the upcoming brand new ESL Pro Tour (EPT) for Dota 2, which will be held in April 2023. The ESL Pro Tour will see the return of the DreamLeague, and the new seasons featuring 16 of the world's best teams competing and the DreamLeague will be an online event, produced from EFG’s Stockholm Studios in Sweden. The DreamLeague is a Dota 2 tournament which stopped in 2020. The inaugural season of Dota 2 ESL Pro Tour will have two DreamLeague Season which will be :- Season 19: April 9-23, 2023. The winning team will qualify directly for the Group Stage of Riyadh Masters. Season 20: June 7-25, 2023. The winner and runner-up will both qualify directly for the Riyadh Masters Group Stage. The main EPT will have two group stages and a playoff round. The group stages will get underway in late March 2023, following the group stage, the first DreamLeague season will take place. Following the DreamLeague season 19, the group stages will resume after which the season 20 of the DreamLeague will take place. The group stages will have a total of 16 teams, with the top four advancing to the second group stage. The second group stage will have a total of eight teams. The EPT season final will take place at the Riyadh Masters in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on July 17 - 30, 2023. The top 20 teams will fight it out for a total prize pool of $15,000,000 and the title of the EPT Champions.
Top-G wins NESC 2023 trophy to qualify for World Esports Championships
with a stunning 2-1 victory against team Purr-ple at the ongoing National Esports Championships (NESC) 2023 organised by the Esports Federation of India (ESFI). Following this monumental result, Top-G has become the first Indian female CS:GO team to qualify for the global finals of the World Esports Championships (WEC). With ace CS:GO athletes such as captain Swayambika Sachar (Sway), Shagufta Iqbal (xyaa), Nidhi Salekar (Stormyyy), Dilraj Kaur Matharu (COCO), Aastha Nangia (CrackShot) and Priyanka Choudhary (ALEXAA) as Substitute in their squad, Top-G proved their mettle against team Purr-ple in the closely-contested finals. Top-G dominated the first map by 16 -10 before Purr-ple made a stunning comeback to win the second map 16-14. While both teams were going toe-to-toe in the enthralling finals, Top-G utilised their effective teamwork and proficient attacking tactics to edge out their opponents and take the last map by 19-15 in overtime.
Pokémon UNITE Asia Champions League 2023 reveals LAN playoff dates
The Pokémon UNITE Asia Champions League is entering its final stage as the top six teams from across the continent make their way down to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, to battle...