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Blizzard Entertainment
More than 300 competing schools have been whittled down to 64 as the Heroes of the Dorm tournament enters the knockout stage of the National Championship and offers fans a chance at glory with the Heroes of the Dorm Bracket Challenge. For 2018, the Bracket Challenge will not only award $10,000 for the entry that predicts the most winners, but a perfect bracket entry winner will receive $1 million for correctly picking all 63 matches.… Read the rest
By Emerald Gao, Blizzard Entertainment
We’re in the final week of Stage 2, and that means the Stage 2 Finals are just around the corner.
On Sunday, March 25, 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—beginning at 1 p.m.… Read the rest
BY Kien Lam – League of Legends eSports
Not since the Battle of Endor have we seen so many TIEs break. After a grueling final day to end the regular season, the 2018 NA LCS Spring Split enters its do-or-die playoff stage. Six teams enter for a chance to represent the NA LCS in Europe at the Mid-Season Invitational.
H1Z1 Pro League
Joining the H1Z1 Pro League from Sweden is Alliance. Their mission is to “create a lasting legacy that supports esports experiences across the globe.” While having top teams in Dota 2 and Super Smash Bros., Alliance looks to continue their legacy in the H1Z1 Pro League.
Erik Barge, Chief Operations Officer for Alliance says “Alliance is excited to be joining the H1Z1 Pro League as one of the selected charter teams.… Read the rest
Independent video game developer and publisher, Psyonix, has announced that the Tournaments Update for Rocket League will officially go live on April 3, 2018 on all platforms (pending first party certifications). Besides the much-anticipated addition of the Tournaments feature, which allows players to create tournaments without leaving the game, the update will also introduce a number of quality of life improvements including Nintendo Switch™ performance and visual quality updates.… Read the rest
Overwatch’s newest hero, Brigitte, is now live on PC, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One!
The daughter of weapons designer Torbjörn Lindholm, Brigitte specializes in armour and defense— throwing Repair Packs to heal teammates, or automatically healing nearby allies when she damages foes with her Flail. Her Flail is capable of a wide swing to strike multiple targets, or a Whip Shot that stuns an enemy at range.… Read the rest
Taste true power with World of Tanks AR Experience on ARCore.
Download World of Tanks AR Experience and celebrate the launch of World of Tanks 1.0 with life-size tanks. Discover rare war machines in detail, take photos and create videos, and share them with your friends.
NOTE: In case you do not receive an automatic notification from Google Play, please ensure that you have the newest version of Google ARCore installed before running the app.… Read the rest
World of Tanks first roared onto PC in 2010 and to date has recruited 160 million registered players, becoming one of the most popular games in the world. The new World of Tanks Update 1.0 lands today in Europe and North America, unleashing Wargaming’s high-end Core graphics engine exclusively for PC players.… Read the rest
League of Legions eSports
Want the best plays from around the world? Don’t worry, we’ve got you covered, with this week’s latest episode of The Penta.… Read the rest
Blizzard Entertainment
Due to a series of violations of Heroes of the Storm Global Championship (HGC) rules, Aaron ”erho” Kappes is being fined $1,500 and suspended for the rest of the year. In addition, erho’s team, Simplicity, has chosen to release him. Simplicity will use a substitute for Week 6 of HGC North America play, and will have until March 28 to choose a replacement team member.… Read the rest
Blizzard Entertainment
The Hearthstone Championship Tour (HCT) is on the move once again! This time, it lands in Taipei—hometown of 2017’s HCT World Champion, Chen “tom60229” Wei Lin.
This online-to-offline tour stop will have four online qualifiers, from which 16 finalists will emerge. They will move on to compete at HCT Taipei, held in the Blizzard Arena Taipei on April 27 and 29.… Read the rest
ELEAGUE
Turner & IMG’s ELEAGUE will explore how TEKKEN ® 7 superstar Stephen “Speedkicks” Stafford uses uniquely analytical tactics against opponents in BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment America’s storied one-on-one fighting game, as ELEAGUE | TEKKEN Team Takedown returns to TBS with an all-new episode Friday, March 23. The second of four episodes – Semifinal Showdown – will air following the network’s live NCAA March Madness (approximately 10:30 p.m.… Read the rest
Blizzard Entertainment
Nation Wars is a fan-favorite StarCraft II tournament in which countries from all over the world pit their best players who were voted for by the community against one another in a unique format, and it’s coming back this year for a fifth installment! You won’t want to miss any of the action, so we made this handy survival guide for your viewing pleasure.… Read the rest
Dave Oliver, Blizzard Entertainment
The Global StarCraft II League (GSL) has already had an incredible first season of 2018, with some crazy upsets, close series, and a great foreign hope making it all the way to the quarterfinals. With this season wrapping up, only four players remain to make their run at the coveted title of GSL Champion.… Read the rest
By Official HCS
Open to teams in Mexico and South America, the HaloWC 2018 Mexico City Finals was a showcase not only of top-level Halo talent in the LATAM region, but also of the brilliant and passionate excitement these fans have for the Halo franchise itself. The turnout at the event certainly reflected these notions, with an outstanding increase in both participants and spectators alike over last year’s festivities.… Read the rest