With over $100,000 in cash and prizes up for grabs, players from around the world have secured their coveted spot at the 2017 Big Buck World Championship and Ladies Tourney at the Hard Rock Las Vegas on October 27th and 28, 2017. Celebrating the 10th year of the largest arcade eSports event in the world, players and fans alike are counting down the days.… Read the rest
NA and EU qualifiers for the Shadowverse World Grand Prix
Cygames has announced that the qualifying rounds for NGE’s Shadowverse Open Starforged Legends season will also serve as a one-off qualifying tournament to determine who will go to Tokyo to compete with the best Shadowverse players in the world for a prize pool of $120,000. North America players can enter the World Grand Prix NA Contenders Cup, and European players can enter the World Grand Prix EU Contenders Cup, and the top three players from each region will win a free trip to Tokyo and a guaranteed cash prize in the RAGE Shadowverse World Grand Prix.… Read the rest
StarCraft II World Championship Series Viewing at BlizzCon
Blizzard Entertainment
The full field of 16 players is now set for the 2017 WCS Global Finals at BlizzCon, and we’re anticipating another exciting finish to the year in esports as we crown this year’s StarCraft II World Champion. For 2017, we’re building a brand-new stage for StarCraft II and bringing it back to the show floor of the Anaheim Convention Center, the site of many iconic matches in StarCraft II esports history.… Read the rest
Unrivaled Tabletop Tournament Finale Tickets on Sale
Wil Wheaton, Geek Culture Icon will host finales at Paris Las Vegas Hotel & Casino October 27-29, 2017.
Tickets for the Unrivaled Tabletop Finale in Las Vegas, NV, have officially been placed on sale. Weekend passes and weekend plus final round packages can be purchased through Eventbrite here http://bit.ly/unrivaledvegas.… Read the rest
Rocket League – Local Events (LANs) | October 2017
Rocket League News
Africa
VS Gaming League Championship | Johannesburg, ZA
Location: Johannesburg, South Africa
Date: October 6th-8th
Time: 5PM and 12AM SAST
Format: 3v3
Prize: ~$1400
Discord: VS Gaming, RLSA
Register: N/A
More Information: Link1, Link2
Europe
Comrade Gaming at Horizon E-Sports Club | Liverpool, UK
Location: Liverpool, United Kingdom
Date: October 14th
Time: 12 PM UTC+1
Format: 3v3
Prize: £250
Discord: N/A
Register: Link
Engage Gaming | Aberdeen, SCT
Location: London, Scotland
Date: Every Tuesday.… Read the rest
October Overwatch Esports Calendar
Blizzard Entertainment
Overwatch esports ramps up this month with more live events and streams around the globe:
- Overwatch Premier Series wraps up its second season live from Shanghai. Tune in for the grand finals October 1.
- Overwatch Pacific Championship—broadcast from the Blizzard E-Stadium in Taipei—will complete its regular season and head into the playoffs to crown its Season 2 champions on October 6.
Overwatch League Roster Announcements, 08/23-10/02
Blizzard Entertainment
We are excited to present the Overwatch League official team roster announcements for August 23 – October 2, 2017. The teams in the inaugural season include Boston, Dallas, Houston, London, Los Angeles (Kroenke), Los Angeles (Whinston), Miami-Orlando, New York, Philadelphia, San Francisco, Seoul, and Shanghai, and the official player signing window is open until October 30, 2017.… Read the rest
DISSIDIA FINAL FANTASY NT and DRAGON BALL FighterZ will be showcased at Revolution 2017
DISSIDIA FINAL FANTASY NT and DRAGON BALL FighterZ will be showcased at Revolution 2017 courtesy of Square Enix and Bandai Namco! Revolution is London’s premier fighting game event, on October 6-8. The event is being sponsored by ourselves, and organized by the fantastic NGI crew.
Dissidia Final Fantasy NT – an evolution in arena fighters
Currently taking Japanese arcades by storm, DISSIDIA FINAL FANTASY NT is the latest version of the action-packed Final Fantasy crossover fighter — heading for PlayStation 4 in January next year.… Read the rest
ELEAGUE: The Ups, Downs and Team Drama of Group C
It turns out ELEAGUE, or at least the Group C portion of it, was no country for old men. While the weekend’s broadcast didn’t end with a sorrowful monologue, perhaps one was still delivered in a hotel room somewhere, most likely in Polish. Virtus Pro’s downward spiral is eclipsed only by Trent Reznor’s, having gone from in contention among the names discussed as potentially the number one team in the world, to a team that, a few anomalies aside, isn’t troubling the average tournament group stage.… Read the rest
Overwatch League, Shanghai Dragons to represent their city for inaugural season
After it was first announced at BlizzCon in 2016, the Overwatch League™ has inspired great anticipation among players and fans all around the world. For its inaugural season, the Overwatch League will field 12 city-based teams based in Asia, Europe, and North America. The Shanghai team in China, led by Chinese internet technology company NetEase, is pleased to officially unveil the team’s name, logo, and colors today.… Read the rest
Dueling Dragons Dojo (D3): Live Stream and Event Information
Dueling Dragons Dojo (D3)
Dueling Dragons Dojo (D3), held from October 1st through 2nd in Chengdu, China, is one of several great Capcom Pro Tour events taking place around the world this weekend! Time is running short to earn enough points to earn a spot at Capcom Cup 2017, so it’s no surprise that many of Asia’s best players are here.… Read the rest
EU Regional Finals at Milan Games Week: Live Stream and Event Information
EU Regional Finals at Milan Games Week
The first of four Regional Finals for the 2017 Capcom Pro Tour season is this weekend! EU Regional Finals at Milan Games Week, held in Milan, Italy from September 29th through October 1st, will grant one of only four (one per Regional Final) automatic qualifying spots to Capcom Cup 2017 to the event’s winner.… Read the rest
Northwest Majors IX.5: Live Stream and Event Information
Northwest Majors IX.5
Northwest Majors IX.5 is one of the final offline North American events of the Capcom
Pro Tour 2017 season! Many of the country’s finest will be competing to
qualify for not only the NA Regional Finals at Red Bull Battle Grounds,
but also the Capcom Cup itself. Join us online via Twitch.tv… Read the rest
2017 GSL Super Tournament 2 Survival Guide
Blizzard Entertainment
Event Summary
Will sOs get a chance to defend his title at BlizzCon? Will Maru step forth to take his place, or perhaps Rogue will surge from the depths to once again take a podeum finish at the year’s most presitigious event?
The GSL Super Tournament 2 stands as the last chance for many of the world’s most talent StarCraft II players to take their shot at attending the WCS Global Finals.… Read the rest
Vainglory 2017 World Championship Comes to Singapore’s Kallang Theatre December 14-17, 2017
Super Evil Megacorp, creators of Vainglory the world’s leading mobile esport, is bringing Vainglory’s 2017 World Championships to the Kallang Theater in Singapore from December 14-17. The 12 best teams from across the globe, including North America’s Cloud9, Korea’s Rox Armada and ACE Gaming, Indonesia’s Elite8, China’s Hunters and Singapore’s home team, Impunity, will compete in front of a live audience in the country where the game – then known as Kindred – was first rolled out at the end of 2013 (beta).… Read the rest