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Gfinity Elite Series Season 3: Week 2 Preview

Week 1 is already in the rear view mirror and week 2 of the Gfinity Elite Series Season 3 is upon us in a flash – where did the time go? Our teams will be eager to get back into battle once more; either to avenge first-week losses or continue their stirling start to the new season.… Read the rest

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The International 2018 Dota 2 Championships Tickets and Venue

Dota Team

For the first time ever, the battle for the Aegis of Champions will be waged on Canadian soil, as The International Dota 2 Championships invite the world’s top Dota teams to face off at Rogers Arena in Vancouver, British Columbia on Monday, August 20th through Saturday, August 25th.

Tickets sales begin on Friday, March 23 at 10:00 AM and 10:00 PM PDT, with two ticket types available.… Read the rest

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Hearthstone, Two new decks coming to the upcoming Witchwood expansion

Hearthstone Lead Designer Dean Ayala went into detail on two new kinds of decks coming to Hearthstone in the latest expansion, The Witchwood: Even- and Odd-cost decks.

Two new neutral Legendary cards enable players to fully embrace the Even- and Odd-cost mechanic: Baku the Mooneater and Genn Greymane.

  • Baku the Mooneater asks players to build a deck with only odd-cost cards and rewards them by upgrading their starting hero power to make it more powerful.

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Immortals Launches New Mobile Division, “Immortals Mobile”

Positioning itself to capitalize on the growth of mobile esports, global esports organization Immortals announced today that it has established a new mobile division, “Immortals Mobile,” and acquired a roster in one of the most popular mobile games, Arena of Valor (Tencent).

Immortals CEO Noah Whinston said, “Mobile games represent the fastest growing segment of the gaming industry, and mobile esports are poised to benefit from that explosive growth.… Read the rest

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Heroes of the Dorm – Regional Championships Week 5

Blizzard Entertainment

Heroes of the Dorm’s regular season wrapped up this past week with a whole menu of regional championships. Here’s a look at the most compelling results from this past weekend’s action.

•[University of Michigan] (Michigan) def. [Ohio State] (Ohio) 2-1 Match Results
•[George Mason] (GMU) def. [Johns Hopkins University] (JHU) 2-1 Match Results
•[University of Buffalo] (UB) def.… Read the rest

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Everything You Need to Know About WCS Challenger Season 1

Blizzard Entertainment

The World Championship Series (WCS) Challenger tournament is a crucial piece of the puzzle for aspiring and seasoned pro StarCraft® II players. In addition to seeking the title of regional champion in the European and North American Challenger events, players can win prize money and those all-important WCS points, which count toward qualifying for the WCS Global Finals.… Read the rest

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Introducing the Vainglory Premier League

Vainglory eSports

2017 was an unforgettable year for Vainglory esports: New global partnerships forged, new champions crowned and new foundations laid for what’s already shaping up to be a massive step forward for 2018 competitive play.

Today, we’re excited to reveal what’s coming next:

Introducing the Vainglory Premier League! VPL will, for the first time ever, feature Vainglory 5V5 as Vainglory’s official competitive game mode.… Read the rest

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GWENT Open #4 is happening this weekend

GWENT Open

Join us on Saturday and Sunday (March 17-18th, 4 PM CET) for another series of epic GWENT battles between top Pro Ladder players! TailBot, Kolemoen, Hanachan, Adzikov, proNEO, Cmel, lbdutchboy and Damorquis will compete for a share of the $25,000 prize pool, Crown Points, and participation in April’s GWENT Challenger tournament.… Read the rest

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HaloWC Mexico City Finals Preview

Official HCS

After stellar stops in Orlando, London, and Sydney, the Halo World Championship tour heads to the home of one of Halo’s most passionate fanbases – Mexico City. The region’s best teams and players will descend upon the Corona Forum with only the last squad standing punching their ticket to the HaloWC Finals in Seattle on April 13-15.… Read the rest

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Lol eSports – 2018 NA LCS Playoffs Picture

BY Lolesports

Heading into Week 9, Spring Playoffs are top of mind. Find out which teams are locked in, on the bubble, and eliminated from Playoffs. Can CLG make it? Maybe.

LOCKED IN:

  • Echo Fox (FOX)
  • Cloud9 (C9)
  • 100 Thieves (100)
  • Clutch Gaming (CG)

ON THE BUBBLE: 

  • Team Liquid (TL)
  • TSM (TSM)

TL & TSM just need to win 1 game to get into Playoffs

  • Counter Logic Gaming (CLG)

CLG has 4 options:

Option A: 

-If TL wins at least one of their two games (vs C9 and OPT) in Week 9.… Read the rest