Computer maker Dell announced Friday that it will be spnsoring two of the world’s most recognized gaming teams – Team Pandemic and Ubisoft’s Frag Dolls. “With these sponsorships, Dell is ratcheting up its ability to network and play directly with college student and women gamers, via gaming events, online forums and other […]

eSports event organizer Cyber Evolution (CEVO) said it will continue hosting its online video-game competitions with Dallas-based dedicated server provider Layered Technologies (LT). “Since CEVO relies so heavily on the reliability and scalability of LT, we could not pull off our events without LT,”  said Charlie Plitt, CEO of CEVO. “This is why […]

The B5media blog network has decided to shut down FPS Rantings, its blog about first-person shooter games. Here’s the announcement from B5media’s Matt Scott:
Well folks. Due to a lack of traffic and readership, the powers that be have decided to close the pages of FPS Rantings. It’s been fun and I hope you all enjoyed […]

Jonathan “Fatal1ty” Wendel, probably the best-known professional gamer, says he’s not retiring but is teaming up with DirecTV to launch the Championship Gaming Series, a new international pro video gaming league. Wendel announced at CES 2007 that he will become a play-by-play commentator, advisor and official spokesperson for the Championship […]

Twitch Guru recently had an item titled 10 Things You Didn’t Know About Professional Gaming. One that was of interest to us was number 6, “Pro Gaming Has Its Own Sports Media”:
In addition to being broadcast on MTV, USA Network, and DirecTV, professional gaming has its own dedicated sports media that broadcasts the matches via the […]

Leading managed hosting provider Rackspace will provide web hosting for Major League Gaming (MLG), one of the leading competitive gaming leagues.