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The Esports Championship Series (ECS) has announced the talent lineup for the Season 4 Finals including new analyst, Jordan ‘n0thing’ Gilbert, and returning commentators James Bardolph, Dan Kapadia and many more. The ECS Season 4 Finals take place at Hard Rock Hotel in Cancun, Mexico on December 15-17, with each of the three days to be broadcast around the world exclusively on FACEIT’s official YouTube Gaming channel – https://gaming.youtube.com/faceit… Read the rest
ESL Gaming
Intel Extreme Masters is South Korea-bound! As previously announced by Intel, StarCraft II will have its own stand-alone esports tournament ahead of the Olympic Winter Games 2018. The final event will take place in PyeongChang from February 5-7, 2018.
Intel Extreme Masters is South Korea-bound! As previously announced by Intel, StarCraft II will have its own stand-alone esports tournament ahead of the Olympic Winter Games 2018.
ESL Gaming
CS:GO is coming home! ESL One Cologne 2018 powered by Intel returns to the LANXESS Arena in Cologne in full force, bringing 16 of the world’s best CS:GO teams into the Cathedral of Counter-Strike. Throughout the group stage from July 3-5 and the main event from July 6-8, the fan-favorites will battle for a $300,000 prize pool, as well as the opportunity to chalk up another Intel Grand Slam event on the road to that massive $1,000,000 boost.… Read the rest
CEVO
The CyberPowerPC CS:GO Winter $25K Invitational is an online CS:GO tournament taking place on Friday, December 1st & Saturday, December 2nd, 2017 featuring some of the best Professional CS:GO teams that North America has to offer.
The tournament will consist of an 8-team single elimination best-of-three (bo3) map bracket, with each of the eight invited teams competing for their share of the $25,000 USD prize pool!… Read the rest
Blizzard Entertainment
Roster-mania has subsided, and new teams have been forged from the process. The top European teams have traded talent, with both Fnatic and Team Dignitas claiming they got the better end of the power-swap deal with Jonathan “Wubby” Gunnarsson switching places with Thomas “Ménè” Cailleux.
One of these two teams will succeed and the perception will be that it came at the expense of the other.… Read the rest
A new playable character is about to enter the ring in TEKKEN 7 with a new trailer revealed! Geese Howard from the Fatal Fury franchise brings his red hakama training pants and white kimono on stage. This new content includes Geese Howard as a new playable character, a new original stage and costumes!… Read the rest
Starting December 8th, players can delve deep into an unexplored underground realm packed with malignant monsters, terrifying traps, and treasures beyond imagination in Hearthstone’s newest expansion: Kobolds & Catacombs!
Here’s what’s in store:
ELEAGUE
Turner and IMG’s ELEAGUE will kick off The ELEAGUE Cup: Rocket League, an invitational tournament and televised feature series, with the first live matches between the world’s best Rocket League teams beginning Friday, Dec. 1, at 2 p.m. ET on Twitch. TBS will also televise a three-part The ELEAGUE Cup: Rocket League feature series beginning Friday, Dec.… Read the rest
by: Caleb Simmons
ELEAGUE
2017 has witnessed a changing of the guard in Rocket League. As the ELEAGUE Cup approaches, the likes of Gale Force Esports and PSG have soundly and consistently beaten the old titans Flipside Tactics and Team Envy. North American dynasty NRG, the long-standing Kings of the North, have conceded the throne to the rookies, Cloud9.… Read the rest
The Wargaming.net League’s 2017 Final Battle tournament will soon see its front-runners battling for their share of a $300,000 prize pool at this year’s WG Fest. A total of 12 teams will step into the eSports ring to compete in the crowning event of WGL Extended Season 2017, consisting of all the winners from regional tournaments.… Read the rest
Blizzard Entertainment
A core value of Overwatch esports is the building and maintenance of an ecosystem that can provide a path for players of all skill levels to grow as competitors and as teammates. We saw this idea in action over the past year, with Overwatch Contenders, the Open Division, and other regional leagues across the globe.… Read the rest
csgoleague
The Esports Championship Series (ECS), FACEIT’s premiere Counter-Strike: Global Offensive league, today revealed the final eight teams set to compete in the ECS Season 4 Finals from December 15-17 at the Hard Rock Hotel in Cancun, Mexico. Top teams from around the world will compete for a piece of the $750,000 USD prize pool, including the grand prize of $250,000 USD.… Read the rest
Smilegate Europe has officially revealed details of the world championship for its FPS game CROSSFIRE, the ‘CROSSFIRE STARS 2017 Grand Finals (CFS 2017)’. The tournament will run from November 30th through December 3rd in the city of Xi’an, China.
There will be a total of 12 teams coming from the regional qualifiers, the CFS 2017 National Finals, which takes place in 11 different regions around the world.… Read the rest
ASUS Republic of Gamers (ROG) is set to take Kuala Lumpur by storm with the ROG Masters 2017 Grand Final, running from December 7th – 10th, 2017. The Grand Finals follow on from a series of qualifying competitions that have invigorated esports communities across the globe. The 12 winning teams from the previous rounds will be competing on Dota 2 and Counter Strike: Global Offensive (CS:GO) to represent their respective regions: APAC, China, Americas and EMEA.… Read the rest
CWL
THE STORY SO FAR
OpTic Gaming, Red Reserve, and Mindfreak took home wins during the second CWL 2K of the season – the largest CWL 2K Tournament by participants in Call of Duty esports history. This is coming off an extremely strong first week, where OpTic Gaming, Splyce, and Mindfreak win their regions’ CWL 2K off of a bracket seeded by their CWL Pro Points accumulated from last season.… Read the rest