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Written by: Stephen “Sajam” Lyon ELEAGUE When I was first contacted about doing ELEAGUE, I was more than a bit concerned. Like many other people in the fighting game community, I’m generally a bit cautious when a newcomer steps in to put on an event of this size. Fighting games pride themselves on having a …
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The weekend approaches, but while the masses get time away from the office, the esports professionals get down to business. Here’s what to look out for this weekend. North American LCS Promotion Tournament It’s crunch time in North American League of Legends, especially when one of the league’s staple teams could lose their spot in …
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Multiplay has today confirmed the final all-star line-up at its Insomia60 festival at the NEC in Birmingham. The UK’s largest gaming festival, which runs over the Easter bank holiday weekend, will welcome the biggest company names in gaming, alongside music stars, YouTube talent and thousands of fans. Alongside world-class esports gaming on top-of-the-range PCs, a number console experiences will be available.… Read the rest
Blizzard Entertainment The HGC will be at home in Taipei. Heroes of the Storm will be one of the first games to set up shop in Taiwan’s new Blizzard Estadium when the HGC Eastern Clash rolls into town beginning August 11. The HGC’s second major event in Asia for 2017, the Eastern Clash will once …
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Gfinity Today, we’re delighted to introduce you to the first international team, as we welcome one of the most successful and storied eSports organisations to the Elite Series, Team EnVyUs. The agreement will see Team EnVyUs in the inaugural Gfinity Elite Series taking place live at London’s Gfinity Arena from 26th May-30th July 2017.… Read the rest
The ELEAGUE Street Fighter 5 (SFV) tournament really hit its stride yesterday, with the apparent ‘group of death’ delivering the best day of Street Fighter action to date. Well, tell you what – today’s Group D is the secret group of death. In fact, it’s hard to see if anyone in this group will go …
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CEVO We’re proud to announce that CEVO will again be hosting the iBUYPOWER Spring 2017 Counter-Strike: Global Offensive $16,000 Invitational! The iBUYPOWER Spring 2017 Counter-Strike: Global Offensive $16,000 Invitational is an online CS:GO tournament taking place on Saturday, April 1st & Sunday, April 2nd, 2017 featuring the best Professional CS:GO teams from all across North …
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ESL Gaming Put your skills to the ultimate test and participate in 1on1 tournaments for a chance to challenge a pro player live at ESL Pro League Dallas and win awesome prizes! We are happy to announce that a local cyber cafe, Java Gaming Cafe, in Dallas and ESL will host several 1on1 CS:GO tournaments …
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The first season of the Global StarCraft II League (GSL) in 2017 has concluded. Kim “Stats” Dae Yeob won a tense 4-2 matchup, securing his first GSL championship and a place at the World Championship Series (WCS) Global Finals later this year. Stats Takes His First GSL Championship After a long, challenging journey this season, …
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Following the announcement of the complete set of Elite Series titles; CS:GO, Street Fighter V and Rocket League, we’re delighted to reveal the first batch of professional teams set to compete in the world-class eSports tournament, designed to establish the UK as a leader in global eSports. The tournament aims to set a new standard …
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Group C. The Group of death, so to speak. Three EVO champions, one Marvel God, two bitter rivals, and two of the best dressed men in the FGC are all set to do battle on day three of ELEAGUE‘s first foray into competitive Street Fighter. K-Brad Mr Clean himself, K-Brad has had some inconsistent results …
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NGE (Next Generation Esports) and Cygames announced the first season of the NGE Shadowverse Open. Starting today, players of the hit multiplayer turn-based card game Shadowverse can register to compete in Season 1 of the NGE Shadowverse Open, a three-month series of qualifier tournaments leading up to an online invitational finals round where players will …
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Actress, director, writer and tech entrepreneur Talulah Riley will lead a live interrogation of an artificial intelligence at a key moment during next week’s London Games Festival.
The Westworld star will come face to face with a real A.I. in the special session programmed by the organiser Games London and startup Spirit AI at the Festival’s Artificial Intelligence Summit.… Read the rest
Heading for their first LAN tournament win? When the CS:GO lineup of FaZe Clan was formed, it was intended to be a super team which would dominate the scene. However, the initial lineup did not work out as it was missing a certain aspect of CS:GO, leaving the team reaching quarterfinals of tournaments at best.… Read the rest
With the inaugural ELEAGUE Street Fighter V tournament kicking off yesterday we’re now into a few weeks of Street Fighter action featuring some of the World’s best players. Tonight (9PM UK) is the turn of qualifying group B, which is perhaps the most intriguing group of them all. Four bona fide Street Fighter legends are …
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