eSports News, Live eSports On Twitch & Gaming Event News
The 5G gaming revolution is off to a galloping start in the new year, as Finnish telecommunications company Elisa, device maker OnePlus and cloud gaming pioneer Hatch team up to host the first ever 5G eSports tour in cities across Finland in January and February.
Hatch and Elisa Viihde first announced their cooperation last December at Slush, where they hosted the world’s first casual eSports tournament over a real 5G network.… Read the rest
CWL
The Call of Duty World League returns to Fort Worth, March 15-17! The first event in the new 2019 format, CWL Fort Worth will feature the sixteen CWL Pro League teams competing for the CWL Fort Worth Cup, a new spectator tournament that features the best Call of Duty Esports players in the world.… Read the rest
By Blizzard Entertainment
Joined Overwatch League: July 2017
Division: Atlantic
Academy Team: XL2
New York’s roster found immediate success in the Overwatch League. On the strength of a roster loaded with All-Star-caliber players, the NYXL posted a 7-3 record in Stage 1 before losing to London in the Stage Finals.… Read the rest
James Mattone – CWL
At CWL Las Vegas, Presented by PlayStation 4, OpTic Gaming, eUnited, Splyce, and Luminosity Gaming all earned a spot in the CWL Pro League for the Call of Duty®: Black Ops 4 season.
From January 16 to January 20, 28 teams that placed below them will fight to prove themselves worthy of joining this elite stage of the Call of Duty World League.… Read the rest
eFootball.Pro League
The first season of the eFootball.Pro League –the esports competition featuring top-notch football clubs– will be broadcast on the Catalan TV channel Esport3 starting Monday, January 14. This is the date chosen by the public sports television to show the competition’s first matchday which took place on December 2, with games between FC Barcelona and Boavista FC, AS Monaco and FC Schalke 04, and FC Nantes and Celtic FC.
Blizzard Entertainment
Joined Overwatch League: August 2017
Division: Atlantic
Academy Team: British Hurricane
Heading into the 2018 Overwatch League season, the Spitfire were one of the preseason favorites to win the championship. Bolstered by the strength, flexibility, and experience of its roster, London got off to a strong start in Stage 1 with a 7-3 record and a victory in the first-ever Stage Finals against New York.… Read the rest
2019 has officially started with our first major tournament of the year; Gfinity FIFA Series January!
32 of the best PS4 & Xbox players in the world will compete in an action-packed tournament on the road to the FIFA eWorld Cup. Recent FUT Champions Cup winner F2Tekkz will compete against the likes of Mo Auba & Gorilla and battle it out in the Gfinity Esports Arena for prize money and the all-important Pro Points.… Read the rest
Gfinity, a world-leading esports solutions provider, announces it will host the third EA FUT Champions Cup April as part of the EA SPORTS™ FIFA 19 Global Series. This latest announcement is in addition to the four previously announced events: the Gfinity FUT Champions Cup December, which took place at the end of last year, and three Licensed Qualifying Events which will run each month from January to March.… Read the rest
Alienware officially opened their new online destination for competitive game training, AlienwareAcademy.com, to the public. A collaboration between Tobii and Alienware, the academy is the first of its kind to include lessons enriched by Tobii eye-tracking insights. From launch, the site will offer a continually evolving repository of lessons, tutorials, and interactive exercises where all levels of gamers can learn tips and tricks from professionals on how to improve their skills and bring their game to the next level.… Read the rest
The Hearthstone team are modifying Arena card choices and making some changes to Rumble Run, the latest solo adventure for Rastakhan’s Rumble. Check out below for more information on these changes, and additional insights from the development team on Rumble Run in the blog post.
Display specialist AOC is proud to announce the arrival of the curved AG273QCG (Nvidia G-SYNC) and AG273QCX (AMD FreeSync 2 HDR) monitors of the third AGON generation. AOC’s revamped and redesigned premium gaming monitor series is available starting from January 2019. Designed for hardcore gamers, the AGON 3 models carry on with features of the past AGON displays such as refresh rates of up to 165 Hz, a high responsiveness of 1 ms, and now includes latest technologies such as AMD FreeSync 2 HDR and a refreshed sleek design, which in case of the AG273QCG has contributed to winning the “Red Dot Design Award 2018”.… Read the rest
By Blizzard Entertainment
Joined Overwatch League: September 2017
Division: Atlantic
While there was plenty of talent on the Outlaws roster last season, a lack of consistency throughout the season proved challenging. In Stage 1, the team looked like a legitimate contender, posting a 7-3 record and reaching the Stage Finals, where they lost to London in the first round.… Read the rest
By Blizzard Entertainment
Joined Overwatch League: July 2017
Division: Atlantic
Academy Team: Mayhem Academy
Starting off with a core roster comprised of former Misfits players, the Mayhem got off to a rocky start in the first season of the Overwatch League. During Stage 1, the Mayhem suffered six shutouts and won just once, against Shanghai—the league’s only winless team across the entire season.… Read the rest
Blizzard Entertainment
Serving as a prelude to the WCS 2019 season, this 10-week program will consist of a pair of 32-person online tournaments—one for the Americas (including Latin America, Taiwan, ANZ/SEA, and China) and one for Europe—each with a USD $60,000 prize pool! For more information about WCS Winter, see the program announcement.… Read the rest
