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Ian Faletti – Blizzard Entertainment
With the Spring Finals on the horizon and Europe’s top four decided, teams from North America duked it out in the third AWC North American Cup. With Method Orange flying high after success in the second N.A. cup, their spot at the Spring Finals live event seemed guaranteed, leaving four teams in the region to battle for three spots.… Read the rest
Blizzard Entertainment – Overwatch League.
A big D.Va self-destruct, a devastating Dragon Blade, DPS Zenyatta, a surgical Sleep Dart, and a Tracer player who just won’t die: these are your top five plays for Week 3 of Stage 2 of the Overwatch League.… Read the rest
NBA 2K League
Mavs Gaming today won the first NBA 2K League Draft Lottery and will have the No. 1 overall pick in the inaugural NBA 2K League Draft. The draft lottery, conducted at the MSG Networks’ 7th Avenue Studio in New York, determined the order of selection for the NBA 2K League Draft, which will take place on Wednesday, April 4 at The Hulu Theater at Madison Square Garden’s Lobby (1 p.m.… Read the rest
Blizzard Entertainment – Overwatch League
On this week’s Recap Edition of Watchpoint: Fissure cracks the code for the Los Angeles Gladiators! The Florida Mayhem show some signs of life and help is on the way with the arrival of Zappis. Plus: Monte, Mr. X and Uber review this week’s most meme-worthy moments in Emote Control.… Read the rest
The Collegiate StarLeague (CSL) announced that the 2018 North American Collegiate Grand Finals will be hosted in Huntington Beach, California, at new the dedicated eSports venue of Ultimate Media Ventures. The season-culminating event will be held from April 27-29, 2018, and will feature thousands of collegiate esports players from United States and Canada competing for more than $100,000 in scholarships.… Read the rest
Operation: Shamrock & Awe, Call of Duty: WWII’s St. Patrick’s Day-themed community event, has begun. From now until April 3 2018, Call of Duty: WWII gets a St. Patrick’s Day makeover, with a new limited-time Multiplayer playlist, two time-limited gear collections and special Orders and Contracts that yield special items and weapons.… Read the rest
The City of Arlington announced plans for the Esports Stadium Arlington, a state-of-the-art esports venue designed to draw competitive players and fans from around the world. The 100,000 square-foot space, which would be the largest and most flexible esports stadium in the country, is set to open its doors this fall in Arlington’s world-class Entertainment District. … Read the rest
Judy Heflin – ESL Gaming
The BIG EAST Conference and ESL are excited to announce that select BIG EAST Conference schools will participate in an esports pilot program, the BIG EAST Esports Invitational Powered by ESL, starting on March 19 with broadcasted finals on April 14-15, 2018.
Participating colleges have the option to compete in Rocket League® by Psyonix and League of Legends by Riot Games.… Read the rest
Leonard Schilcher – ESL Gaming
Most EU teams have played roughly a third of their matches and in Na’Vi and Space Soldiers, we have two surprising rosters at the top.
NA is lagging a bit behind with fewer matches played overall, which makes it more difficult to better understand who the favorites for this season are, especially as Cloud9 and SK have had disappointing results so far.… Read the rest
Blizzard Entertainment
The dust has nearly settled on the regular season and we’re now one step closer to crowning 2018’s Heroes of the Dorm National Champion. The Regional Championship begins March 11, and with over $500,000 in scholarships and prizes on the table, now is the time to meet this year’s top contenders.… Read the rest
Capcom Pro Tour
Hello Street Fighter fans! We’re ready to hit start on the Capcom Pro Tour for 2018 and with this new season, we’re adding new ways to expand CPT broadcasts.
The CPT is proud to be returning to Twitch. You can catch all of our Premier Event, Regional Finals, and Capcom Cup broadcasts on the Capcom Fighters Twitch channel.… Read the rest
Project CARS
The Actrollvision Community Racing “Triple Threat” league is nearing its finale after another few months of tight competition in Project CARS 2. Round 7 of 8 began with the GT5 class at Oulton Park. Bafrage was looking to extend his championship lead of 6 points over the tied second place drivers of Graham_068 and Fearmulle.… Read the rest
LoL 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
Turner & IMG’s ELEAGUE will introduce television viewers to TEKKEN ® 7’s fast-paced world of one-on-one fighting game action when the first-ever ELEAGUE | TEKKEN Team Takedown premieres Friday, March 16, following live NCAA March Madness coverage on the network.
In Captain’s Challenge, viewers will meet Ricky “Pokchop” Walker Jr., who lead one of four five-player teams in the TEKKEN Team Takedown, as 20 of the game’s best American players competed for a $100,000 purse.… Read the rest
BY Riot FearGorm – League of Legends eSports
As the Spring Split comes to a close, we’re experimenting with something a little different. We know it can be difficult to keep up with all the English broadcasts, so we want to make it a little easier with Must Watch Matches: a packaged rebroadcast of the 3 most exciting games from each week of LPL, LCK, EU LCS, and NA LCS.… Read the rest