eSports News, Live eSports On Twitch & Gaming Event News
Danzaburou joins SMITE in the Legendary Tanuki update, the final SMITE update of 2020. This Hunter, belonging to the Japanese pantheon.
Even before Danzaburou, the year has been the best one ever for SMITE. And this is no small claim for a game in its seventh year.
With 12 content updates throughout 2020, Titan Forge released 5 new Gods including Cthulhu and Baba Yaga, 7 events and 6 Battle Passes.… Read the rest
The second add-on content for Project CARS 3, the Style Pack, is now available for all players on PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC. The Style Pack is available as part of the Season Pass, and can also be bought separately.
The Style Pack brings three breathtaking new cars to the game: the most powerful Ferrari road car in history, the most powerful Lamborghini in history, and the 1,817hp Hennessey Venom F5, months before its official launch.… Read the rest
Codemasters® confirmed the first major update for DIRT 5™ which adds wheel-support across all platforms, improved online matchmaking and other bug fixes and optimizations. Update 2.00 launched on PC followed later in the week on PlayStation and Xbox.
Most modern wheel devices are supported, including the latest range from Logitech and Thrustmaster.… Read the rest
World of Tanks announced the launch of Season 3 including a latest engine update coming to Consoles on the 15th of December, giving players an enhanced gaming experience and a complete overhaul of its current game, crafting the graphics, UI and tank experience to a complete new level. From improved visibility, to increased level of detail, lighting, and textures – World of Tanks Console will look and play better than ever before.… Read the rest
Technoblood (Chairman Il-young Ryu) officially announced the launch of its global e-sports festival “World Super League (WSL)” on December 16th.
WSL is an annual global e-sports competition where the world’s best e-sports gamers participate under the accreditation of the International e-Sports Federation (IESF), which has 88 member states around the world.… Read the rest
Games charity GamesAid, is holding their annual ‘Stand Up for GamesAid’ night on Tuesday 15th December hosted by top stand-up comedian Imran Yusuf and featuring awesome improv crew, Shoot From The Hip. The event will be live streamed into your home and tickets cost just £5.
All profits from the evening will go to GamesAid who support charities across the UK working with children and young people.… Read the rest
With more gamers getting online these days for some friendly competition, we’ve seen an amazing response from the PC gaming community. To give gamers more ways to engage and compete, Intel is kicking off the Master of Game event for participants to showcase their skills while winning big prizes totaling up to $250K.… Read the rest
eLaLiga Santander, the official tournament of FIFA 21 in Spain organized by LaLiga and Electronic Arts, is now more global than ever. This year, for the first time, it will bring the amateur competition to millions of fans around the world under the name of eLaLiga Santander Fan Cup. Alongside their sponsorship of the national competition, Santander Bank will also be the title sponsor of this event, demonstrating their interest in the business of esports.… Read the rest
The Game Awards, the video game industry’s biggest annual year-end celebration, aired live in 4K UHD tonight from around the world, with special segments from Hollywood, London and Tokyo. Naughty Dog’s The Last of Us Part II received top honors as the 2020 Game of the Year award recipient, plus Best Game Direction, Best Narrative, Best Audio Design, Best Performance, Innovation in Accessibility and Best Action/Adventure.… Read the rest
TGS Esports Inc. has teamed up with NorQuest College to create an all encompassing esports partnership which includes the launch of an all new esports series. The partnership will run from January to June with the option for both parties to extend the agreement.
As part of the partnership NorQuest will be launching a monthly online tournament featuring popular titles such as Rocket League and Valorant.… Read the rest
A cool (literally) new winter-themed game mode “Frost Festival” drops into PUBG MOBILE as part of a special holiday content update today. Mobile players can now cozy up and queue for the new event mode which will drop them into a unique version of the beloved Erangel battle royale map, complete with interactive and explorable wintry locations, snowy monuments, themed decorations and more.… Read the rest
The Game Awards Festival, a first-of-its-kind digital consumer event that brings the magic of hands-on gameplay demos to fans around the world, is back for the second year. The Game Awards Festival kicks off today on Steam, Xbox and GeForce NOW in anticipation of tomorrow’s global livestream of The Game Awards, the video game industry’s biggest annual year-end celebration, which will stream live and free across more than 45 platforms globally.… Read the rest
LoL Esports revealed viewership numbers for League of Legends World Championship Final, which took place at Shanghai’s SAIC Motor Pudong Arena on October 31, 2020 with a live audience of 6,312 fans and millions more online.
Riot Games works with Stream Hatchet to analyze global viewership data. This year’s Finals match achieved an Average Minute Audience (AMA) of 23.04 million and 45.95 million Peak Concurrent Viewers (PCU).… Read the rest
KRAFTON, Inc. revealed PUBG Season 10. The latest season features a new battleground named Haven, which is set in a unique environment that evolves players’ gameplay experiences. Survivors can drop into Season 10 when it releases for PC on 16 December and 17 December for consoles.
As a Season 10-exclusive map, Haven is PUBG’s most dense Battleground to date.… Read the rest
NACON and its partner Toyota GAZOO Racing have announced that the Grand Final of the 2020 eSports WRC championship has been postponed to 2021 because of the ongoing pandemic and lockdown restrictions. To comply with regulations and ensure the safety of players, those working on the event and the public, the competition’s organizers are rescheduling the event to a more suitable date.… Read the rest