eSports News, Live eSports On Twitch & Gaming Event News
League of Legends
This week on the Dive, the gang takes a look at Solo Q picks in Pro Play before digging deep into Patch 8.2 and how that might shake things up. Finally, they recap Week 2 of the NA LCS Spring Split 2018 so far and what that might mean going into Week 3. … Read the rest
CWL Pro League
Of course, standings do not tell the full story of what happened over the past three days, so let’s take a look at some of the major storylines out of Stage One’s second week:
OpTic Gaming Double Their Division A Win Total
OpTic Gaming (1st, 6-1, 19-9) entered the second week with an undefeated record, and continued to streak through Division A with wins over Team Vitality (7th, 1-6, 4-20), Echo Fox (6th, 2-5, 9-16), and Mindfreak (5th, 2-5, 11-16).… Read the rest
Blizzard Entertainment
The first WoW Arena World Cup of 2018 starts this weekend with the European Qualifier cup #1 and will be broadcast live on Twitch beginning at 9:00 a.m. PST Saturday, February 3 and Sunday, February 4. Casters Rich Campbell, Adrian “Healingstat” Archer-Lock, Elliott “Venruki” Venczel, and Mohammed “Ziqo” Beshir will be on hand to keep you on top of all the exciting 3v3 arena action.… Read the rest
Dylan Walker, Blizzard Entertainment
This past weekend was chock full of upset wins, with teams in nearly every region taking Battlegrounds and series off veteran teams who have held onto their spots at the top of the standings for the better half of a year now. With the tides turning, here is what you should look out for as we head into our third week of play.… Read the rest
Blizzard Entertainment
HCT will feature a Tour Stop in Bangkok, right in the heart of the city.
HCT Bangkok will be a Grand Prix tournament held March 16 through 18. This offline tournament’s top 32 players earn Hearthstone Competitive Points, with additional cash prizes for the top 16 players.
The first Tour Stop in Southeast Asia for 2018, HCT Bangkok will have a 256-player bracket, which players will have to sign up for online before showing up to compete in-person.… Read the rest
Smite eSports
We’ve already done one Dream Team draft for Season 5 of the SMITE Pro League — but you all loved it so much that we’re back with one more! With the Spring Split of the SPL kicking off on March 6, we’re about a month away from all the action and hype that defines the SMITE pro scene.… Read the rest
Madden Ultimate League Kickoff 2/2 at 5 PM EST
See the full schedule on @MaddenLeagueOps Twitter.
For more information on how to get involved with Competitive Madden go to www.MaddenChampionship.com
On March 22-25, 2018, 16 of the best PUBG teams in the world will battle for their share of a $100,000 prize pool, live from the PGL Studios in Bucharest.
After establishing a reputation as an innovative esports broadcaster and organizer following its forays into the competitive scenes of Dota 2 and CS:GO, PGL embarks on a new challenge this spring by presenting the world with the PUBG Spring Invitational.… Read the rest
Gfinity, a leading international esports entertainment group, today announced that football team, esports organization and YouTube channel, Hashtag United, has signed-up to the Elite Series for Season 3. Hashtag United will line-up against esports heavyweights including Fnatic, Vitality and Team Envy, battling it out for part of the £250,000 prize-pool when the tournament kicks-off on Friday 9th March at the Gfinity Esports Arena in London.… Read the rest
FNATIC, one of the world’s leading global esports brands, revealed its new 2018 team jersey, which will be worn by players across all eight of FNATIC’s professional teams. This year’s jersey, designed and created with British graphic design studio Accept & Proceed, pays homage to FNATIC’s winning heritage within the esports industry since 2004. … Read the rest
The Breakdown with Zirene: FOX’s Comeback Against TSM (NA LCS Spring Week 2)
This week on The Breakdown we’re taking a look at the team fight that turned the tide of the game in FOX’s favor.… Read the rest
Jatt and Kobe decide what was better – this, or that – as we head into week 3 of the League of Legions NA LCS.… Read the rest
By Spencer Moran, Blizzard Entertainment
On Saturday, Feb. 10, at Blizzard Arena Los Angeles, the top three teams in the standings will battle it out for $125,000 in prize money—and bragging rights—after the conclusion of that day’s matches.
Stage Finals take the form of a seeded playoff where the second- and third-place teams face each other first, the winner of which will take on the top-seeded team in the title match.… Read the rest
UBISOFT® revealed the first details of “Operation Chimera” and “Outbreak Event”, the opening content of Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six® Siege Year Three. Two new operators, specialists in biohazard situations and playable in adversarial multiplayer, will have to face a major threat in the game’s first co-op event, Outbreak.
This time, the Rainbow team faces an entirely different threat: an infestation of unknown origin is attacking the small town of Truth or Consequences, New Mexico.… Read the rest
Riot Games is thrilled to reveal an exciting new vision for one of their original League champions, Annie. You can watch the brand new cinematic, simply titled “Annie”
The end of 2017 saw Riot Games start down a path of re-imaging their champions with striking and emotionally charged new backstories, deepening the lore of their beloved and iconic creations to extend outside of the game and deeper within the hearts of the LoL community.… Read the rest