Madden NFL, although being largely based in North America, has plans to grow its esports franchis with a new deal between Elecrtronic Arts and NFL Media.

Coming in at fourth seed, NuckleDu sailed through the winner bracket dropping a total of four games to become the first North American Street Fighter Champion in over 14 years.

ACGL are doing the near impossible - 42 tournaments in 20 days with their new XP Fest. XP Fest is the beta phase of their new Leaderboard system with some fun modes and prizes spread across 7 titles.

Paul "ReDeYe" Challoner has launched Code Red, a new esports talent agency aimed at upping the level of production around the world.

Bravado Gaming have partnered up with GAMeS who will handle their marketing, branding and exposure for 2017.

You'd think all that keeps a player happy is being able to play and compete all the time. That's probably true, but the price tag for Lee "Faker" Sang-hyeok for continuig with SK Telecom T1 is a pretty large amount.

The UK are lobbying for eSports Infrastructure, and perhaps it's time we started looking at something similar here in South Africa?

Ignoring obvious issues with CS:GO, Valve have released a major content patch introducing cosmetic gloves, Steam Group Lobbies, and an all new music box with artists nobody recognizes.