Month: October 2017

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Hoplon Details Heavy Metal Machines Esports Plans

Hoplon, the developers behind the upcoming free-to-play car-combat MOBA Heavy Metal Machines is pleased to reveal new details for a number of its Esports Championships ahead of the South American Championship final hosted by ESL Play this Sunday, 22nd October.

After a successful inaugural Heavy Metal Machines European Championship in 2017, the tournament returns in Q1 2018 and Hoplon is taking steps to build a much larger and compelling competition, with the main final now taking place live on stage.… Read the rest

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Indonesia at Essen SPIEL 2017

Indonesia will be participating as exhibitor this year at Essen SPIEL 2017, the biggest and most anticipated board game con in the world. This will be the second time board game publisher from Indonesia exhibiting in the SPIEL.

Indonesian board game industry has grown significantly since the previous participation in Essen SPIEL 2014.… Read the rest

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Trion Worlds Creator Program at TwitchCon 2017

TwitchCon 2017 is almost underway in Long Beach, CA, and Trion Worlds will be at the event from October 20 through October 22! We’ll be at Booth #1126 showing off some of latest content from our awesome roster of games, including Trove, ArcheAge, RIFT, and Atlas Reactor. Additionally, we’ll be providing information on the Trion Worlds Creator Program, which lets us work with and provide livestreamers and content creators with in-game loot, codes, and more for their followers!… Read the rest

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The inaugural Red Bull The Pit in Germany

Red Bull eSports

Ahead of the inaugural Red Bull The Pit in Germany, we run down what you need to know about this three-on-three Street Fighter clash.

Are you ready for a Street Fighter V tournament like no other? Red Bull The Pit goes down on October 21 and 22 in Cologne, Germany, with a three-on-three format that pits teams against each other in a bid for glory.

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This Week in Rocket League

Rocket League

News from Psyonix

Patch 1.38

After the Autumn Update on September 28th, players reported various issues the update introduced. On Wednesday, Psyonix released a patch to help resolve issues introduced, including: fixing broken audio, adjusting demolitions, fixing Season 4 boost trails, and more.

Haunted Hallows Event

When the Autumn Update was announced in September, Psyonix introuduced a new crate event system.… Read the rest

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Overwatch League Roster Announcements, 10/03-10/17

Blizzard Entertainment

We are excited to present the Overwatch League official team roster announcements for October 3-17, 2017. The teams in the inaugural season include Boston, Dallas, Houston, London, Los Angeles (Kroenke), Los Angeles (Whinston), Miami-Orlando, New York, Philadelphia, San Francisco, Seoul, and Shanghai, and the official player signing window is open until October 30, 2017.… Read the rest

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Culver-Stockton College Launches Varsity Esports Program

Collegiate Star League

The golden age of collegiate esports continues to rise and it seems to be centered primarily around the midwest, as another University in the Missouri Valley has announced a Varsity Esports initiative.
Officials at Culver-Stockton College unveiled the new esports addition to their Varsity sports programs at a press conference this past week on October 11th.… Read the rest

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Brawlhalla Circuit Champions Head to World Championship

Brawlhalla developer Blue Mammoth Games has announced the 20 1v1 contenders who have earned the top-seeded invites to the second annual Brawlhalla World Championship Expo (BCX), the grand finale of the year-long Brawlhalla Circuit.

On Nov. 3-5, 2017 these world class players will converge at the Cobb Galleria Centre in Atlanta, Georgia, where the top Brawlhalla players will battle for a share of a $100,000 USD prize pool.… Read the rest

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eSports Arizona: Desert Showdown on Oct. 21, 2017

Talking Stick Resort will host its inaugural eSports event this Saturday in the resort’s Showroom. eSports Arizona: Desert Showdown marks the first time a casino in the Valley has hosted a video game competition and it will feature Super Smash Bros. 4 and Super Smash Bros. Melee.

The Desert Showdown marks the first of a series of eSports tournaments slated for the resort’s showroom.… Read the rest

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Yorkshire Game Festival 2017 – Five-day event in November

With a remit both to celebrate games culture and introduce a new generation to the science and art of games development, the National Science and Media Museum in Bradford is excited to announce the return of the Yorkshire Games Festival, back for its second year.

In 2016, attendees were treated to talks from the likes of Warren Spector, John and Brenda Romero, Rhianna Pratchett and Charles Cecil amongst others, setting the tone for all the events to come.… Read the rest

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Latest invites, full qualification details & format adjustment for the IEM Oakland – PUBG Invitational

IEM

Since announcing the IEM Oakland – PUBG Invitational, the response from the community has been more amazing than we could have imagined. New teams have formed, rosters have been picked up by organizations, and PUBG broke records with 2 million concurrent players.

So far, five teams have accepted their invitation to the IEM Oakland – PUBG Invitational.… Read the rest