GotFrag was a website, founded in 2002, that covered daily events and news about

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and professional video gaming. ''

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'' writer Michael Kane called GotFrag "the best source of gaming nformationfor the hard-core community". The site provided gamers with a place to find information and current events about their favorite eSports teams and players. In 2007, GotFrag became a wholly owned subsidiary of

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History

When launched in 2002, GotFrag primarily provided coverage of professional ''

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'' gaming. However, after the acquisition of other sites, GotFrag's coverage was expanded. In 2004, GotFrag released the second version of their website. Along with the launch of version 2, GotFrag announced their GotFrag Prime service. Prime provided paying viewers additional content, features, and benefits. In December 2004, GotFrag introduced GameSense, the first ever

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of professional players, providing an overview of professional gamers around the world with statistics and game records. In September 2006, GotFrag introduced its "GotComms" service which caters to

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and

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server rental. On June 6, 2007,

acquired GotFrag for an undisclosed sum. GotFrag, which had historically focused on PC games, said it would remain committed to covering the platform as well as increasing coverage of console eSports. In January 2015, after a long period of relative inactivity, the URL to GotFrag began redirecting users to the

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website. This has increased speculation that GotFrag has officially been shut down. As of November 20, 2015, the GotFrag domain simply redirects to lpkane.com, one of the former owners of ESEA.

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External links

GotFrag Wiki
Video game organizations Video game news websites Esports websites Video game genre websites Video game Internet forums Counter-Strike Internet properties established in 2002