eSports News, Live eSports On Twitch & Gaming Event News
ELEAGUE
Turner and IMG’s ELEAGUE will host the thrilling conclusion to the first CS:GO Major Championship of 2018 – The ELEAGUE Major: Boston – with live coverage from Boston’s Agganis Arena presented on Twitch, beginning Friday, Jan. 26, at 10 a.m. ET. Eight of the initial 24 teams remain in contention for the title of World Champion, and will face off in a single elimination bracket, playing best-of-three map matches until a victor emerges. … Read the rest
SMITE Pro League
As we move closer to Season 5 of the SMITE Pro League, more and more of our partner organizations are locking in their rosters and making official announcements about which pro players will be playing under their banners. Today, we’re excited to announce that Trifecta Gaming has confirmed their lineup for the upcoming season of the SPL.… Read the rest
Intel Extreme Masters
Eight invited and eight qualified – a total of 16 CS:GO teams will compete at this year’s IEM World Championship Katowice. With the invited teams having recently been revealed, all is left is keeping a close eye to the regional qualifiers as teams fight for the remaining slots.… Read the rest
CrossFire eSports
We would like to give you a brief announcement of the CFPL Season 12 Pre-Season.
The pre-season starts from Jan 19th until Mar 6th (there is a break from Feb 5th till Feb 25th due to Chinese holiday), with 6 Chinese and 4 international teams competing against each other to prove their strength.… Read the rest
SMITE eSports
We’re in the thick of the free agency period for the next season of the SMITE Pro League, but a few of our partner organizations have already nailed down their rosters for the upcoming split. Spacestation Gaming announced their lineup — and today, we’re excited to confirm that Splyce has also announced their roster for Season 5.… Read the rest
SMITE eSports
We here at Hi-Rez Studios are excited to announce that Spacestation Gaming, one of our partner organizations for Season 5 of the SMITE Pro League, has announced their roster lineup for the upcoming season. This team boasts some NA superstars that you know and love, along with some old pros who are looking to make a comeback on the competitive scene.… Read the rest
Student gamers everywhere can now matriculate in a full schedule of college esports programs, as Tespa, Blizzard Entertainment’s college esports network, has revealed its lineup of tournaments and events for this year, including the fourth edition of Heroes of the Dorm™. With programs for Hearthstone® and StarCraft® II in addition to Heroes of the Storm®, Tespa will award more than $1 million in scholarships and prizing by the end of the 2017–18 academic year.… Read the rest
CD PROJEKT RED, creators of The Witcher series of games, announce that Jan “Superjj102” Janssen has triumphed in this year’s first GWENT Open tournament, which took place last weekend in Warsaw, Poland.
In the tournament, the Pro Ladder’s top 8 fought for their share of a $25,000 prize pool, as well as Crown Points, awarded to tournament participants for their achievements in GWENT’s official esports series.… Read the rest
| From Jan. 18 to Jan. 21, sixteen of the best Hearthstone professional players in the world gathered at the iconic Beurs van Berlage in Amsterdam, Netherlands for the 2017 HCT World Championship.
With the title of World Champion and the lion’s share of the tournament’s $1 million prize pool up for grabs, the tournament was set up to showcase the most competitive and exciting Hearthstone matches of the year. |
The StarCraft II World Championship Series is back! The first WCS Circuit event of the year gets underway in Leipzig, Germany this weekend from Friday, January 26 to Sunday, January 28, and esports fans can follow the action live.
Tune in on Twitch to catch some of the world’s top pro players face off for a share of $100,000 USD and a place at the 2018 WCS Global Finals.… Read the rest
Call of Duty: WWII – The Resistance Event Trailer
The Resistance is in search of new recruits. Prepare for Call of Duty®: WWII – The Resistance DLC1 with a new free limited time in-game event starting Jan. 23, including the new Resistance Division, more free weapons, the return of Demolition, all-new Resistance gear, 2XP playlists, and more.… Read the rest
Kobe, Jatt, and Azael break down all ten teams in the NA LCS and give us their power rankings for the Spring Split.
League of Legends eSports… Read the rest
Kobe and Jatt rapid fire the biggest questions going into the start of the NA LCS Spring Split.
League of Legends eSports… Read the rest
Blizzard Entertainment
As we head into the 2018 season, a few rules have been updated to make the road to the Global Finals more streamlined and satisfying. The following rules have been added or updated for this year:
We’ve redistributed the prize pool for WCS Circuit events in 2018.… Read the rest
Dylan Walker, Blizzard Entertainment
While we’ve profiled a few characters that have made moves in the HGC (POILK, BadBenny, Daneski) and the new teams that emerged from the Crucible (HeroesHearth, Leftovers, Team Ace, Good Luck), there are a few other new faces to familiarize yourself with before the league kicks off on Jan.… Read the rest