eSports News, Live eSports On Twitch & Gaming Event News
Serving as a bastion for the UK’s ever-ambitious and successful games industry in the north of England, the National Science and Media Museum is excited to announce that the much-celebrated Yorkshire Games Festival will return to Bradford for its fourth outing between 5-9 February 2020.
Once again, the five-day event will be pitched at developers, gamers, and families alike, offering a wide variety of events and activities to appeal across the spectrum.… Read the rest
Season 5 rolls on and the vehicular hijinks continue with a new tool of destruction. PUBG Update 5.2 introduces a new spike trap, a navigational Way Point system, some balancing updates on Vikendi, and new ways to test out content with PUBG Labs.
In this update, players can get ahead of automotive assaults headed their way by deploying the new Spike Trap tool.… Read the rest
Support has arrived! Learn more about the head of medical research and brilliant healer in the new Overwatch short story, “Valkyrie,” where Mercy must confront her past and wrestle with whether she should join the fight again.
From November 12-December 2, players will be able to get back out there and obtain eight sprays, a player icon, and the legendary Dr.… Read the rest
Visa and FACEIT, the largest independent competitive gaming platform in the world, announced an agreement that will create a new dedicated gaming environment for esports enthusiasts. The partnership, leveraging the unique competitive advantages of each brand, will significantly expand gaming experiences for fans around the world. Russia will be the first market for the partnership to launch and will focus on several top esports disciplines relevant for the geography, and will be launched commercially with one of Russia’s top banks.… Read the rest
FACEIT revealed the groups and schedule for the prestigious ECS Season 8 Finals from Nov 28th – Dec 1st at the Esports Stadium Arlington. The Dallas Finals will mark the conclusion of a Regular Season filled with fast-paced action and will see the best CS:GO teams from Europe and North America compete for a prize pool of $500,000 and the title of the ECS Season 8 champions.… Read the rest
More than 60 streamers are taking to Twitch today to try to raise $100k for type 1 diabetes research. The weeklong marathon is organized by JDRF, a global nonprofit whose mission is to improve lives today and tomorrow by accelerating life-changing breakthroughs to cure, prevent, and treat T1D and its complications.… Read the rest
The British Esports Association has launched a brand new campaign to celebrate females within the esports industry. From casters to professional players, marketeers to production specialists and more, there is a vast amount of talent in the esports industry to shout about.
30.4% of esports viewership is made up of women, according to a report by Interpret in Q4 2018, and that number has risen by 6.5% over the past three years.… Read the rest
Cinema is about to get interactive with the launch of CineLeague – an international esports tournament hosted, broadcast and centered around movie theatres.
The ground-breaking initiative from UK-based Cooldown Ventures will beam content and tournaments into cinema venues, with the aim of building local communities and delivering amazing live entertainment experiences for the next generation of esports talent and audiences.… Read the rest
Join in 2 minutes of silence to commemorate the end of WW1 and read below about shell shock.
One hundred and one years ago today, the Armistice was signed between the allied powers and Germany. Earlier armistices had already been signed with German allies, and the Armistice of November 11th, 1918 finally ended fighting for good.… Read the rest
SQUARE ENIX® released the latest expansion pack for the wildly popular FINAL FANTASY® TRADING CARD GAME (“FFTCG”) titled “Opus X: Ancient Champions.” With the release of Opus X, FFTCG has now shipped over 200 million cards worldwide. The set introduces the new keyword “Damage,” allowing for deeper tactical strategies by initiating unique effects once a player has taken a specified amount of damage.… Read the rest
adidas and Vitality continue their partnership and heighten their collaboration by introducing VIT.01, their first pair of limited-edition sneakers. The VIT.01 shoe, which was created at the SpeedFactory, Adidas’ factory of the future, is available at Team Vitality’s new headquarters, the V.Hive, on their e-shop, on adidas.fr and on footlocker.fr… Read the rest
The all-new Royale Pass Season, new TDM map, a falcon and more has arrived to PLAYERUNKNOWN’S BATTLEGROUNDS MOBILE (PUBG MOBILE) adding an impressive amount of enhancements and upgrades with the 0.15.5 content update.
“The Fury of the Wasteland” themed update will introduce players to new weapons, vehicles and new skins as the all-new Royale Pass Season 10 begins.… Read the rest
Razer confirms that work has begun, and pre-registration is open to support the production of an updated version of the ultimate left-handed gaming mouse: The Razer Naga Left-Handed Edition.
This is a costly venture for Razer, but the company invests in every mouse sold as a way of answering the impassioned plea of the left-handed gaming community and strives to make this effort sustainable.… Read the rest
ORIGIN PC launched their early Black Friday special offers, including discounts up to $750 off on desktops with select Intel Core X-Series processors, free US ground shipping, a $50 Visa gift card, and free RGB lighting on CHRONOS and NEURON gaming desktops. Select ORIGIN PC desktops and laptops also bring bonus digital games including Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, Borderlands 3, Remnant: From the Ashes, and more.… Read the rest