eSports News, Live eSports On Twitch & Gaming Event News
ELEAGUE
LEAGUE, the premium esports tournament and content brand from Turner and IMG, will hold its second Major Championship in two years featuring Valve’s popular Counter-Strike: Global Offensive. The ELEAGUE Major: Boston will showcase live competition originating from Boston University’s Agganis Arena – including the Quarterfinals, Semifinals and Championship – Friday through Sunday, January 26-28.
Whether you’re joining us for BlizzCon® in person or online, get ready for an epic finale—Muse is coming to BlizzCon 2017! Blizzard Entertainment today announced that the Grammy Award–winning band will close out the 11th BlizzCon on Saturday, November 4, delivering a stage-shattering conclusion to Blizzard’s two-day community celebration for everyone attending in person and joining from home with the BlizzCon Virtual Ticket.… Read the rest
IndieCade is drawing near – and two of Novy’s most intriguing developers will be in attendance
The Black Widow (Flux)
Use an eerie spirit board to “communicate” with Louisa Collins, an Australian woman who was hanged after being convicted for killing her two husbands in 1887 and 1888. Listen to Louisa as she speaks from the grave and generate your own lines of inquiry in this spooky murder-mystery.… Read the rest
ESL Gaming
From October 6-8, $90,000 are on the line in the ESL African Championship Season 2 Finals for CS:GO and Hearthstone. After a hard-fought period of qualifiers and regular season matches, we’re excited to see the continents top four CS:GO teams and Hearthstone players compete at the rAge expo in Johannesburg, South Africa.… Read the rest
Intel Extreme Masters
We’re very excited to announce that PUBG will be making its way to the Intel® Extreme Masters Oakland 2017 mainstage for the IEM Oakland – PUBG Invitational! On November 18-19, 20 teams from North America and Europe will battle for their share of a $200,000 prize pool live at the Oracle Arena.… Read the rest
Blizzard Entertainment
The Hearthstone Championship Tour (HCT) Summer Championship is the last seasonal championship of HCT 2017, and it’s poised to be epic. Sixteen players from around the globe will converge on the Blizzard Arena Los Angeles to vie for their share of a $250,000 USD prize pool, as well as one of four spots at the HCT World Championship.… Read the rest
The Esports Championship Series (ECS), FACEIT’s premiere Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS:GO) league, today revealed the full lineup of teams from around North America and Europe set to compete in the Season 4. ECS Season 4 will kick off on October 6 and see the return of Season 3 winners, SK Gaming, Season 2 winners, Astralis, and Season 1 winners, G2 Esports, as each looks to be the first two-time winner of the ECS and take home the winner’s share of the $750K prize pool.… Read the rest
Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment and NetherRealm Studios are celebrating the 25th anniversary of the world-renowned Mortal Kombat franchise this October with a variety of events and in-game activities.
Sunday, 8th Oct, 1:30-2:30 pm, Javits Center, Room 1A24
Show attendees are invited to join a panel that includes the original team that developed the first Mortal Kombat game: Ed Boon, John Tobias, Dan Forden and John Vogel. … Read the rest
Iceberg Interactive and developer Zoetrope Interactive is honoured to announce that IndieCade’s selected Lovecraftian horror game Conarium to showcase at IndieCade Festival 2017. Conarium was chosen out of 1,000 submissions by IndieCade’s international panel of judges and curatorial team as worthy of exhibiting at the prestigious festival.
Conarium is a Lovecraftian horror game strongly influenced by H.P.… Read the rest
With over $100,000 in cash and prizes up for grabs, players from around the world have secured their coveted spot at the 2017 Big Buck World Championship and Ladies Tourney at the Hard Rock Las Vegas on October 27th and 28, 2017. Celebrating the 10th year of the largest arcade eSports event in the world, players and fans alike are counting down the days.… Read the rest
Organiser Eliphant announced a series of updates today for GameStart 2017 (#GameStart2017), Southeast Asia’s Premier Game Convention.
Industry professionals can look forward to a line-up of acclaimed seasoned veterans at the inaugural SEA Summit business conference on 12 and 13 October. The second edition of International Mobile Gaming Awards (South East Asia edition) on 13 October will unveil the region’s best-loved games. … Read the rest
Cygames has announced that the qualifying rounds for NGE’s Shadowverse Open Starforged Legends season will also serve as a one-off qualifying tournament to determine who will go to Tokyo to compete with the best Shadowverse players in the world for a prize pool of $120,000. North America players can enter the World Grand Prix NA Contenders Cup, and European players can enter the World Grand Prix EU Contenders Cup, and the top three players from each region will win a free trip to Tokyo and a guaranteed cash prize in the RAGE Shadowverse World Grand Prix.… Read the rest
Blizzard Entertainment
The full field of 16 players is now set for the 2017 WCS Global Finals at BlizzCon, and we’re anticipating another exciting finish to the year in esports as we crown this year’s StarCraft II World Champion. For 2017, we’re building a brand-new stage for StarCraft II and bringing it back to the show floor of the Anaheim Convention Center, the site of many iconic matches in StarCraft II esports history.… Read the rest
Lionsgate has announced the full list of fan-focused interactive game activities it will host at New York Comic Con from Oct. 5-8, 2017 within booth #210 at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center in New York City.
Lionsgate is teaming up with The Walking Dead: No Man’s Land developer Next Games, a mobile game trendsetter specializing in entertainment franchises, to showcase Next Games’ upcoming augmented reality mobile title – The Walking Dead: Our World.… Read the rest
Wil Wheaton, Geek Culture Icon will host finales at Paris Las Vegas Hotel & Casino October 27-29, 2017.
Tickets for the Unrivaled Tabletop Finale in Las Vegas, NV, have officially been placed on sale. Weekend passes and weekend plus final round packages can be purchased through Eventbrite here http://bit.ly/unrivaledvegas.… Read the rest