eSports News – Page 160 – eSports News & Gaming Events

January 30, 2018January 30, 2018

Rainbow Six eSports: ‘Escalation’ series videos

As the 16 best Rainbow Six: Siege teams gear up for the biggest tournament of the year, the Six Invitational, which is taking place on February 13th-18th in Montreal, the “Escalation” video series showcases what it takes to reach the level of a Pro League player. Players from Evil Geniuses (USA), Team Liquid (Brazil) and Supremacy (France), as well as shoutcasters KiXSTAr and Meligeni, go over the technicalities of Rainbow Six: Siege throughout this series of four episodes filmed during the Rainbow Six Pro League Season 3 Finals in Sao Paulo, Brazil.… Read the rest

January 30, 2018

Call of Duty: WWII – The Resistance Gameplay Video

Let’s play Call of Duty: WWII – The Resistance! The first DLC pack to this spectacular first-person shooter adds new multiplayer maps, a new War Mode experience, and the next chapter of zombies. The PlayStation Underground crew stops by Sledgehammer’s HQ to see the game in action.… Read the rest

January 30, 2018

Call of Duty: WWII – The Resistance DLC 1 Live Action Video

Players battle as European Resistance fighters with newmaps, a new war mission, and a new zombies mode. So join three friends as they take the spirit of the Resistance a little too far.… Read the rest

January 29, 2018

Champions collide as groups get drawn for StarCraft at IEM Katowice

Intel® Extreme Masters World Championship

Excitement continues to build around the Intel® Extreme Masters World Championship Katowice as it shapes up to be one of the best StarCraft® II events in history with a US$400,000 prize pool, 12 world-class players already confirmed, and with more than two applications per slot for the Ro76.… Read the rest

January 29, 2018

Attend the Fiesta Bowl Overwatch Collegiate National Championship in Tempe, Arizona

Tespa

Rush to Tempe, Arizona, for the Fiesta Bowl Overwatch Collegiate National Championship, on the campus of Arizona State University, to witness the crowning of the top collegiate Overwatch team in the country.

All the action, including the semifinals, finals, and an exhibition match between Arizona State University and University of Arizona, goes down on February 17.… Read the rest

January 29, 2018

The First WCS Champion of 2018 Is Crowned in Leipzig

Blizzard Entertainment

After a long three days of StarCraft, one player has risen to the top to take the title of WCS Leipzig champion. Joona “Serral” Sotala has long been considered one of the best European players, but he rarely performed as well as the hype decreed. Today that changed as he took down top players Artur “Nerchio” Bloch, Juan Carlos “SpeCial” Tena Lopez, and Tobias “ShoWTimE” Sieber in the Playoffs to claim his first WCS championship.… Read the rest

January 29, 2018

ELEAGUE Announces CS:GO Premier 2018 Key Dates & Format

ELEAGUE

ELEAGUE, the premium esports tournament and content brand from Turner and IMG, today announced plans to bring back its leading Counter-Strike: Global Offensive franchise with the CS:GO Premier 2018 set to begin Saturday, July 21, with exclusive live coverage on Twitch.

ELEAGUE shared initial details on the CS:GO Premier 2018 during its live coverage of The ELEAGUE Major: Boston Grand Final on Twitch and ELEAGUE’s innovative Game Command video player.… Read the rest

January 29, 2018

GWENT – Qualifiers for Challenger #3 announced

GWENT

The conclusion to the January GWENT Open introduced us to 2 participants who will be joining Freddybabes in the April GWENT Challenger tournament: Superjj102 (January GWENT Open winner) and Adzikov (January GWENT Open runner-up). This also means that 5 more spots remain to be claimed by the best GWENT players out there.

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January 29, 2018

‘TAG Heuer Virtual Bundesliga (VBL)’ officially part of the ‘Road to the FIFA eWorld Cup 2018’

Electronic Arts Inc.and Bundesliga International announced that the TAG Heuer Virtual Bundesliga (VBL), the long-standing competitive program for EA SPORTS™ FIFA, is officially joining the EA SPORTS FIFA 18 Global Series on the Road to the FIFA eWorld Cup™ 2018.

Through online competitions and live events, the best FIFA players from Germany, Austria and Switzerland are engaging in competition to determine who will represent the Virtual Bundesliga in the EA SPORTS FIFA 18 Global Series Playoffs* on the Road to the FIFA eWorld Cup 2018 this August.… Read the rest

January 26, 2018January 26, 2018

CS:GO – ORDER qualify for IEM World Championship Katowice through the Oceania qualifier

IEM World Championship

The US$500,000 CS:GO tournament at Intel® Extreme Masters World Championship Katowice is taking shape as we now have nine teams confirmed. The newest addition came from the Oceania qualifier where ORDER bested all of their opponents and secured themselves a ticket to the northern hemisphere, where they will join Virtus.pro,… Read the rest

January 26, 2018

League of legends – This or That: Worst Team NA LCS?

LoL eSports

Matt and Kobe return for This or That, the show where the slides are made up and the points don’t matter. Each week they’ll be back with fresh slides (which they’ve never seen) and will argue whether it’s “This” or “That”.… Read the rest

January 26, 2018

Gfinity Elite Series for Season 3 – Street Fighter V: Hottest Free Agents

Gfinity eSports

As in any professional sport, off-season recruitment and ‘silly season’ is a vital and fascinating time for all esports teams. Given the influx of new teams joining the Gfinity Elite Series for Season 3, demand for talented and experienced players will be at an all-time high. New franchises will be looking to fill their rosters with players with prior experience and knowledge of the series format, whereas the existing squads will be looking for that one key player that could be the difference between championship glory and not even making playoffs.… Read the rest

January 26, 2018

Halo WC Returns To London

Gfinity eSports

The Halo World Championship returns to London once again.

One of the esports world’s most popular and prestigious tournaments, with prize pools regularly running well into seven figures, the Halo WC is a highlight of the calendar each year. Online signups have commenced for the 2018 edition with the first round of online qualifiers already underway on January 21st.… Read the rest

January 26, 2018January 26, 2018

World Championship Series (WCS) – Top Players Represent Their Country in PyeongChang

Blizzard Entertainment

Eighteen of the greatest players in the world are headed to South Korea for the Intel Extreme Masters (IEM) PyeongChang. With $150,000 on the line, and a unique opportunity to represent their country ahead of the Olympic Winter Games, each of these players are going to bring their best to the global stage beginning February 5.… Read the rest

January 26, 2018

World Championship Series (WCS) – Top Talent Start Their Tour in Leipzig

Blizzard Entertainment

The 2018 season of the World Championship Series (WCS) is officially underway, and the first event of the year is about to begin in Leipzig, Germany. With large balance updates and a new map pool since the Global Finals, there’s plenty of opportunity for surprises and metagame shifts from last year’s season.… Read the rest