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The deal that would see Kroenke Sports & Entertainment acquire Echo Fox's League of Legends Championship Series slot fell apart on Friday, according to a statement from the team. "Due to circumstances unrelated to Echo Fox, Kroenke Sports and Entertainme…

After Mike Rufail graduated from college in 2001, he turned to video games as a cheaper alternative to nights out, buying an Xbox 360 paired with popular first-person shooter Call of Duty 2. “I realized I was one of the better players pretty quickly,” says Ru…

ESPN has postponed coverage of a competitive tournament for the popular shooter game Apex Legends scheduled to air this weekend. The EXP Invitational - Apex Legends tournament at X Games Minneapolis was held from August 2 to 3 during the X Games, but cover…

Apex Legends EXP Invitational tournament highlights will no longer be shown on ESPN 2 as they had previously been scheduled. According to an email obtained by Rod Slasher Breslau, the network decided to pull the broadcast due to the tragic mass shootings that…

Sean M. Haffey/Getty Images ESPN and ABC have decided to pull the Aug. 11 television broadcast of the XGames Apex Legends EXP Invitational in response to recent mass shootings, according to esports insider Rod Breslau: Rod Breslau@SlasherESPN and ABC has ma…

"When we finally did crack that, I was over the moon," Robinson Swink said. "And then, believe it or not, once the game is complete, there's still a ton of work to do." This time around, she hired a PR team to handle marketing and pass out review codes for…

Earbuds, a new startup from Austin founded by former Detroit Lions lineman Jason Fox, wants to bring the power of social media to your eardrums. The company is one of a growing number of startups trying to rejuvenate the music streaming market by combining i…

3 with 3 posters participating View more stories Players looking for specific cosmetic items in Rocket League will have an easier time buying them directly in the near future. That's because developer Psyonix has announced it will "remove all paid, randomiz…

Chinese developer-publisher NetEase has unveiled plans to build a $725 million esports park in Shanghai, according to a report from Technode. NetEase is best known for creating games specifically for the Chinese market and distributing popular western releas…

Psynonix, the developers of the popular Rocket League, announced today that the game's microtransaction systems will be changing radically. Right now, Rocket League uses what is essentially a loot box system, where players get random rewards. In their stateme…