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Esports is one of the world’s fastest growing entertainment verticals, and the Intel Extreme Masters PyeongChang tournament proved that this is just the beginning. As one of the top esports sponsors and a worldwide TOP partner, Intel hosted IEM PyeongChang in South Korea ahead of the Olympic Winter Games 2018 to showcase the excitement and influence of esports.… Read the rest
Fighting Gamers@UCI and Aksys Games announced that Anime Ascension will return to Irvine for its third year. The most passionate anime-focused fighting game tournament runs from March 31 through April 1 at the UC Irvine Pacific Ballroom. Featured games include Guilty Gear Xrd REV2, BlazBlue Central Fiction, and Under Night In-Birth Exe:Late[st], with side game announcements coming soon.… Read the rest
The PC Gamer Weekender played on OMEN by HP is returning to London Olympia next weekend. With access to new pre-release PC games, exclusive developer presentations, tournaments, workshops, careers advice and even an exclusive OMEN by HP eSports Bootcamp, it is a must for any PC gaming fan.
EXCLUSIVE STAGE PRESENTATIONS
The Weekender features two stages where developers will give back-to-back talks on some of the most exciting games of 2018. … Read the rest
The first Hearthstone update of 2018 is here, and packed with events, card changes, and more. You can read the full update notes on our site here, or check out the summary below.
Introducing Wildfest
To celebrate all things Hearthstone in the Year of the Mammoth, we will be holding several Wild events from February 19 to March 11.… Read the rest
DRAGON BALL FighterZ, one of the most highly anticipated fighting games to launch in recent memory will take its place amongst other serious, hard-hitting, tournament-worthy fighting games at this year’s EVO 2018 Championship – running August 3-5 in Las Vegas.
The Evolution Championship Series is the largest and longest-running fighting game tournament in the world, bringing together players of the highest caliber from around the globe to compete for big cash prizes and even bigger bragging rights within the competitive fighting game world.… Read the rest
IEM
USD $50,000 are on the line February 24-25 when 16 of the world’s best PUBG teams come together at the IEM World Championship in Katowice, Poland, for another iteration of the PUBG Invitational at the Intel® Extreme Masters. As one of the very first offline events being played on the full game version everybody is looking forward to see the different regions and play styles battle it out for the IEM Championship.… Read the rest
CWL Pro League eSports
This week, the 2018 Call of Duty World League season, Presented by PlayStation 4, continues with Division B taking state at the MLG Arena in Columbus, Ohio. Fierce competition CWL Pro League Stage 1 double round-robin tournament began on January 23.
In Stage 1 of the CWL Pro League, ten North American teams, as well as five squads from Europe and one team from Australia, are competing over nine weeks at the MLG Arena in Columbus, Ohio for a spot in a playoff series and a chance at the $700,000 event prize pool.… Read the rest
By Spencer Moran, Blizzard Entertainment
After last week’s (mostly) tight games between the teams at the top of the standings, the Stage 1 Finals picture is becoming clearer for some and murkier for others—while a handful of teams can look forward to a good night’s sleep on Saturday.… Read the rest
Rainbow Six eSports
It’s time to have a look at our second group — Group B — and learn about how each of the four teams made their way to the Invitational.
While it has only been two weeks since Team Liquid acquired the MOPA roster, the Brazilian superstars are no stranger to the competitive scene.… Read the rest
SMITE eSports
In the last few weeks, we’ve announced the details for the Spring Split in the SMITE Pro League, and revealed the SMITE Minor League for Season 5. All you console fans have been waiting patiently for word on your league, and today we are thrilled to announce the SMITE Console Series for Season 5!… Read the rest
Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege will be available to play for free from February 15th to 20th*. Interested players can join the 25 million strong Rainbow Six Siege community on all consoles and Windows PC via Uplay and Steam.
The first content from Year 3, Season 1, Operation Chimera, will be available on PC through the technical test server starting February 19th and will launch on all platforms on March 6th.… Read the rest
Global esports organization and industry leader KSV eSports and Razer™ announced details of a partnership to supply Razer’s best-in-class gaming peripherals for all KSV’s world class athletes, including dominant Overwatch League (OWL) season one favorites Seoul Dynasty.
The two-year sponsorship deal fits all KSV eSports teams with top of the line competition-quality mice, keyboards, headsets and surfaces.… Read the rest
IEM World Championship
With the European closed qualifier concluded, the CS:GO team lineup for Intel® Extreme Masters World Championship Katowice is nearly complete. Four European teams joined the fray after several hard-fought matches: Heroic, FNATIC, North, and Gambit Esports.
Capcom eSports
Street Fighter fans, the wait is almost over. Capcom Pro Tour (CPT) 2018 is nearly upon us and we’re proud to feature Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition and Season 3 this year.
We’re putting the finishing touches on the CPT 2018 schedule and expect to roll out the full details on February 19 before the season officially starts.… Read the rest