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The Pokémon Company International invites players from around the world to compete in two major competitions for both the Pokémon Trading Card Game and video games.
Oomba, Inc has announced that it has finalized its acquisition of the national location-based entertainment centers, GameWorks. With this merger, the company plans to bring eSports stadium facilities to existing locations, employ Oomba tournament management software and aggressively expand with further GameWorks facilities.
Oomba CEO, Michael Williams stated, “GameWorks is the perfect venue for our vision of eSports Stadiums, VR experiences and hosting ‘game night’ at GameWorks.… Read the rest
For the second year in a row, and third year total, East Coast Throwdown is part of the prestigious Capcom Pro Tour. Capcom Cup 2016 was one of the most exciting E-sports events of the season last year, and the ECT team couldn’t be more honored or excited to be part of the circuit leading up to it once again.… Read the rest
Celtic Throwdown 2017, held this weekend from September 2nd through 3rd in Dublin, Irelend is one of several exciting Ranking Events taking place this weekend around the world. This event features Japan’s Hx|CYG BST|Daigo Umehara, winner of last week’s E-Sports Festival Hong Kong 2017 Premier Event, as well as top regional players such as France’s Method RB|Luffy, Norway’s BX3|Phenom and Ireland’s Method|Cobelcog.… Read the rest
First Attack is Puerto Rico’s premiere fighting game event and the biggest in the Caribbean. This is our 5th iteration and hope to stay true of being one of the hypes events, and definitely a memorable one. Be sure to tune in live to watch First Attack PR 2017 this weekend!… Read the rest
The new school year is here which means it’s time for the AVGL Collegiate Smite Championship!
This season will feature a $10,000 prize pool, 70,000 Gems, and it is free to enter! Sign ups end September 9th so players should begin finding teams immediately. Anyone in search of a team can use the AVGL Smite Recruitment Discord channel.… Read the rest
Blizzard Entertainment
The World Championship Series (WCS) Montreal is coming in early September, and 16 players have made their way through the brutal Challenger bracket to secure their seeds. Here are some of the highlights leading into the final WCS Circuit event of the year.
At the last two Circuit events, Zerg players have dominated the qualifiers.… Read the rest
Esports Championship Series, the revolutionary esports league by competitive gaming platform FACEIT, has announced the 16 teams set to compete in the Season 4 ECS Development League. The ECS Development League kicks off on Tuesday, August 29, with PGL Kraków Major winners Gambit and European giants North, among others, looking to earn a place in Season 4 of the ECS main league.… Read the rest
19-year-old Nikita “clawz” Marchinksy from Belarus shocked the Quake esports scene this weekend at the first Quake World Championships, overpowering experienced veterans and teams to claim both the Duel crown as an individual, and the Sacrifice crown as part of Team 2Z.
Joined by his Team 2Z teammates Latrommi, Silencep and Xron, clawz helped claim the $300,000 Sacrifice Grand Prize with a 3-1 victory over NOTOFAST, a squad of legendary Quake veterans that includes noctis, fazz, stermy and toxjq.… Read the rest
From September 1st through 4th, the Unrivaled Tournament Series, and GameWorks Seattle will be offering free game play to all registered attendees of the PAX West convention.
The Seattle GameWorks store was the fourth location in the Unrivaled Tournament multi-city Regionals where winning players earned an expense-free trip to Las Vegas for the Finals on October 27th – 29th being held at Bally’s and The Paris.
The journey to end this Legion’s crusade begins with Shadows of Argus (World of Warcraft Patch 7.3).
Heroes of Azeroth will be tested like never before when they take the fight to Argus, the source of the Legion’s power and its most fortified stronghold, in Shadows of Argus (Patch 7.3).… Read the rest
The best North American Blade & Soul Esports teams will compete in the Blade & Soul Regional Championship at PAX West in the PAX Arena on Sept. 3. Matches will be all day with finals beginning at ~6:30 p.m. PDT. The winner and runners up of the tournament will – for the first time in Blade & Soul’s history – secure their invitation to represent North America against 16 other teams from around the globe to be crowned the best of the best in Blade & Soul’s World Championships.… Read the rest
Exciting times ahead as we are now ready to unveil who will be joining us for WCS Montreal as part of our broadcast team! WCS Montreal will cap off the WCS Circuit with one last thrilling chance to qualify for BlizzCon for many of the competitors, and with two fresh faces joining us on stage and at the desk.… Read the rest
ELEAGUE, the premium esports tournament and content brand from Turner and IMG, has unveiled its full commentator lineup for the upcoming ELEAGUE CS:GO Premier 2017. The Premier is set to launch with a special preview show airing Friday, Sept. 1, at 10 p.m. ET/PT on TBS. Live action will take center stage the following week with the Group A round showcased Friday, Sept.… Read the rest
Jacob Hale – Ginx eSports TV
Since the release of Call of Duty: Black Ops II in November 2012, esports has become a staple of the Call of Duty franchise. The jump between Modern Warfare 3 and Black Ops II, with multiple large-scale tournaments and developer support, was astronomical, and one that very few saw coming.… Read the rest