eSports News, Live eSports On Twitch & Gaming Event News
Echo Fox, the premier esports organization, announced today that it has solidified its 5-man player rosters for its 2018 North American LCS and Academy Teams. The upcoming seasons will take place on the Summoner’s Rift, the most common competitive map in League of Legends.
Jared Jeffries, President of Echo Fox, is enthusiastic for what awaits in 2018.
The first open tournament of what could be the most exciting season yet of the Call of Duty® World League (CWL) gets underway today through Sunday (December 8 -10) at the CWL Dallas Open. Call of Duty Esports teams from around the world, including North America, Europe and the Asia-Pacific region (APAC) will descend on the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center in Dallas to go head-to-head for the first bragging rights of the new CWL season featuring Call of Duty®: WWII and the initial steps toward the biggest yearly prize pool in CWL history topping $4.2 million.… Read the rest
The Formula 1 Esports Series has burst on to the world’s sports gaming stage. More than 60,000 gamers raced against each from early September to the end of November for the chance to become the first-ever Formula 1 Esports Series World Champion.
The winner was Britain’s 18-year-old Brendon Leigh, who beat Chile’s Fabrizio Donoso Delgado and Germany’s Sven Zurner in second and third place respectively in the Grand Final, held in the paddock of the Yas Marina Circuit on Saturday 25 November during the 2017 Formula 1 Etihad Airways Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.… Read the rest
Overwatch- Developer update video (Winter Wonderland)
3dRudder is a foot-powered controller for games and virtual reality, which takes the space limitations out of the room-scale VR experience. Users control their motion intuitively with their feet while sitting, leaving the hands free to grab hand controllers and maximize the immersion while playing games.
Winner of the CES innovation awards (virtual reality, gaming, accessible tech categories) two years in a row, 3dRudder is poised to establish the new grounds of Virtual Reality movement.… Read the rest
PLAYERUNKNOWN’S BATTLEGROUNDS – Xbox Game Preview launch trailer
PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds is coming to Xbox Preview on December 12th and and PC 1.0 Launch on December 20th.… Read the rest
CAPCOM
Thousands of Street Fighter V players have battled all year for a spot in Capcom Cup 2017. This weekend at PlayStation Experience in Anaheim, CA, 32 of the best players in the world compete to become the Street Fighter V World Champion and take home over $370,000 in prize money.… Read the rest
Eager adventurers can now set out in search of Legendary Weapons, mysterious treasures, and 135 alluring new cards hidden deep underground in Kobolds & Catacombs™—the latest expansion for Hearthstone®, Blizzard Entertainment’s smash-hit digital card game.
Kobolds & Catacombs takes Hearthstone players into the bowels of Azeroth, where the dastardly kobolds have been boring tunnels for thousands of years and hiding away scores of ancient treasures.… Read the rest
The third season of the Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Pro League reached its peak during the Finals happening November 18th & 19th in Sao Paulo, Brazil. This season, with a total prize pool of $275,000, has been tense right up until the last moment when ENCE Esports were crowned Season Champions for the very first time.… Read the rest
Super Evil Megacorp, creators of Vainglory, the world’s leading mobile esport, announced a strategic partnership with, Razer™, the leading global lifestyle brand for gamers, to further advance mobile esports. Razer recently announced the Razer Phone, Razer’s first smartphone designed as the ultimate mobile entertainment device for gamers.
Super Evil Megacorp and Razer have already collaborated on multiple promotional activities, such as the Razer Phone launch in partnership with UK carrier Three in London, the launch event at Razer’s flagship store in San Francisco, and at Razer’s booth at DreamHack Winter 2017 in Sweden.… Read the rest
ESL and Ubisoft® confirmed the calendar for the first-ever Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six® ESL Premiership season starting with an open online qualifier on Saturday 16th December on Xbox One.
Following the success of the Go4UK cups throughout 2017, ESL and Ubisoft announced the addition of Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six to the ESL Premiership programme at EGX, sitting alongside the official UK national leagues for Counter Strike: Global Offensive, League of Legends and Hearthstone.… Read the rest
En Masse Entertainment, a player-driven publisher focused on delivering great games and great service, is proud to announce that their flagship True Action Combat MMORPG, TERA, will make its public debut on the PlayStation®4 computer entertainment system during this year’s PlayStation Experience, PSX, taking place at the Anaheim Convention Center on Saturday, December 9 and Sunday, December 10.… Read the rest
Confirmed details of broadcast, talent lineup, and event information
KEY POINTS
TAIPEI, Taiwan, Decemer 6, 2017 — ROG Masters 2017 is set for a decisive climax this week as 12 champion teams converge at the Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre in Malaysia and clash, both for the larger slice of the US$470,000 prize pool and the honor of the winner’s trophy.… Read the rest
Overwatch League’s Opening Day is about five weeks away, and things are kicking into high gear! Preseason play begins December 7 for Europe, as Overwatch League teams take the stage for the first time at Blizzard Arena in Los Angeles.
Preseason
Tune in to Preseason play on OverwatchLeague.com or MLG.com to watch Overwatch League teams compete in a series of exhibition matches.… Read the rest
Gfinity announced that EA SPORTSTM FIFA 18 will be joining the Elite Series for Season 3 when it launches in March 2018.
The addition of the world’s most played sports title and its loyal competitive gaming following, cements the Elite Series as one of the world’s premier esports competitions.
The Gfinity Elite Series is an accredited official EA SPORTSTM FIFA 18 Global Series qualifier as EA brings competitive FIFA to millions of fans around the world through the EA SPORTS FIFA 18 Global Series on The Road to the FIFA eWorld Cup 2018 in August 2018.… Read the rest