Esports Nutshell News | December 17, 2015

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Team Fire wins the League of Legends All-Star Event
Tencent buys out remaining equity of Riot Games
Evil Geniuses beats Virtus Pro at the Summit 4 winning $114k
XBox One HoloLens streams Halo 5
Riot looks for a new European Shoutcaster
ESL One Frankfurt 2016 tickets go on sale for June 18-19
Erlend Holm “Nukeduck”, Ilyas Hartsema “Shook”, & Petter Freyschuss “‘Hjärnan” join Team Vitality
Heroes of the Storm releases new character Lunara
Taylor Eder “Arthelon” leaves Bob Ross Fan Club and joins Cloud9
Zac Cordoni SFAT joins Counter Logic Gaming Smash Bros. team
Hi-Rez announces a $100k Founder’s Tournament in Atlanta, Spring 2016
Tekken 7’s Fated Retribution update and new character Akuma is announced
Azubu gets the rights to broadcast Mars TV’s Dota 2 League outside of China
The new Rainbow Six Siege game provides a top-down spectator view
Failing to sell Elements for $500k to Team Nevo owner Jacob Toft-Anderson “Maelk” begins rebuilding the team
XBOX two will only happen if Microsoft sees that there is a demand for it given the financial disappointment of XBOX One
Nintendo’s recent patent application shows an all touchscreen gamepad potentially for their new NX console with a glasses-free 3D option, analogue sticks and shoulder buttons
Media Pixel wins the Vainglory EU finals champions in Katowice, Poland
UK’s Market for Computer and Video Games announces Esports Pro Awards will premiere September 2016
ESTAR wins Heroes of the Storm Gold Series Season 2
Unreal Tournament, the free to play reboot in Unreal Engine 4 is making a comeback in ESL
MechWarrior released in 2013 by Infinite Game Publishing then bought up by Piranha Games announces a $100k tournament for 2016
17 year old Dominique McLean “Sonic Fox” makes $150k in two weeks playing Mortal Kombat and remains undefeated
UK’s National University Esports League founded by Josh Williams & Tom Davies gets GAME Digital as their first title sponsor
Former Azubu Managing Editor Darin Kwilinski moves to ESPN to be their Esports Editor
19 year old Australian Kayla Squires qualifies as the first female in the Call of Duty World League under team Pure N3gs
Blizzard staggers global Tavern Brawls to relieve lag and connection issues with the Americas, China, Korea/Taiwan, and Europe
Smite’s Reborn Prince 2.20 patch makes clash mode “normal” mode & Ravana gets a bunch of changes
The first college to start an Esports team, Robert Morris University says they scout potential recruits using sites like na.op.gg
Turner is constructing a dedicated studio facility for their CS:GO tournaments in Atlanta
Esports engagement platform Matcherino get $1.2MM in a funding round led by Madrona Venture Group supported by Vulcan Capital, Ashton Kutcher’s baby
Gaming Resorts is going bankrupt in the next three months and will not pay out the $50k it owes to G2, Na’Vi & Titan for playing in the Gaming Paradise Lost tournament
UK’s Game Digital subsidiary “Insomnia” Festival expands to Ireland’s Killarney Convention Centre & Scotland’s Edinburgh International Conference Center
Hi-Rez studios’ Tribes gets a big patch after two years of nadda coined “out of the blue”
Esports Observer predicts the next Esport genre will be the “Arena Shooter” with games like Overwatch, Paladins, Lawbreakers, Team Fortress 2, Paragon, Unreal Tournament, Gigantic, and Battleborn
Fnatic purchases Swedish hardware company Func Inc., launches a kickstarter to fund manufacturing of Fnatic’s own gaming peripherals coined Fnatic Gear, then “Fnatic Gear” sponsors Tempo Storm
HTC and Valve announce “Vive” their joint virtual reality headset product formally coined “SteamVR”
League of Legends gets on Glassdoor’s “50 best places to work” list at #18 beating out the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints at #22,
WRC 5 will have a parallel Esport Championship. The tournament will be organized by Bigben Interactive, WRC Promoter, WRC 5 publisher, Kylotonn Games, and big boy ESL
Dota 2’s 6.86 Patch is released bringing new hero Arc Warden, Zeus Arcana, runes, items, map layout changes, hero tweaks across the board, player statistics tracking, private chat channels, and social features
Mike Stubbsy breaks down the top 10 Esport team earners, starting at number ten Cloud 9 with $1.4MM, SK Telecom T1, EHOME, COGnitive Gaming, Virtus.Pro, Team Secret, Vici Gaming, LGD Gaming, CDEC Gaming at $3.2MM, and Evil Geniuses at number one with $8.9MM in prize winnings
Evolve Labs launches BlackFlag Esports Arena for League of Legends using Riot’s tournament API allowing players to set up matches for a $5 entry fee
Valve releases the R8 revolver in Counter Strike
Virtual Gaming Technologies LLC sues EA

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