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Nine Open Events. Dozens of GameBattles Pro Point Tournaments. Thousands of Pro Point ladder matches. Two Stages of the Global Pro League. Three Last Chance Qualifiers. Those hundreds of thousands of hours of competitive Call of Duty will all lead to one World Championship event that will determine the best team in the world.… Read the rest
Following this week’s Prerelease events in which players were able to preview new cards from the Hour of Devastation set, today Hour of Devastation is now available to purchase in games stores worldwide. Hour of Devastation is the second card set in the Amonkhet block, and takes place in a world inspired by Ancient Egypt.… Read the rest
Want to learn more about esports, meet and talk to pro players, watch SA’s top teams compete, and maybe even enter a competition yourself and win some prizes? Then Rush is where you want to be next weekend.
Designed by the creators of the legendary rAge (really Awesome gaming expo), the inaugural Rush event, powered by HP OMEN, is a first for esports in South Africa and is set to become an annual showcase of all things esports.… Read the rest
Ubisoft® announced that online qualifications for the fourth annual edition of the Just Dance® World Cup open on July 16TH, 2017. Just Dance players worldwide can compete to qualify online via the World Dance Floor online multiplayer mode in Just Dance 2017, on PlayStation®4, Xbox One™ and Wii U™.… Read the rest
SQUARE ENIX® today announced the inaugural FINAL FANTASY® Trading Card Game (FFTCG) Opus Series North American Championship. FFTCG players from across the United States and Canada will come together to battle using their ultimate FFTCG deck for a chance to represent North America in the FFTCG World Finals later this year.… Read the rest
Hoplon, the leading video games developer in Brazil is today eager to highlight that teams wanting to compete at the first ever ESL Play Heavy Metal Machines Esports European Championships, with a cash prize pool in excess of €10,000, will need to put pedal to the metal as registration closes on Saturday July 15th.… Read the rest
Intel® Extreme Masters
Intel® Extreme Masters Shanghai will be our first StarCraft® II tournament of season 12. A total of 16 players will gather in the Shanghai New International Expo Centre on July 27-30 to compete for the coveted trophy, a US$25,000 prize pool and WCS points.
We’ve assembled a great lineup to bring you all the action from Shanghai:
With all of the qualifiers concluded, the player lineup for the tournament is complete and it is one stacked lineup.… Read the rest
Las Vegas, NV, USA | July 14 – July 16 | Top players attending, stream schedule, embedded live stream and more!
The Evolution Championship Series (EVO) 2017 is coming up this weekend, so clear your schedule and grab your popcorn! EVO is the biggest single event of the year with more than two thousand players from all over the world taking part!… Read the rest
Blizzard Entertainment
The epic clash of one StarCraft II region versus many is just around the corner. From August 3 to 6, players will face off in team and individual competition for $100,000, and the pride of Korea or the World. The teams are now being formed, so check below for details on how you can get involved in voting your favorite player in!… Read the rest
With the Call of Duty World League Championship 2017 quickly approaching, North American players have continued to grind after they missed their shot at the CWL Global Pro League, and they now have one last chance to make it to Orlando, Florida.
Thanks to countless GameBattles ladder matches and online tournaments, as well as the CWL Open Events offered throughout the year, these players earned enough Pro Points, and also found the right teammates, to form the top sixteen North American teams in Call of Duty outside of the CWL Global Pro League.… Read the rest
There’s a new Hero infesting the Nexus! Armed with life-renewing pathogens and speed-sapping pustules, Admiral Stukov brings his own brand of support to Heroes of the Storm.
Stukov had a hard life, and an even harder death. He’s been betrayed, shot into space, resurrected and infested, almost cured, and then experimented upon as the infestation returned.… Read the rest
Activision Blizzard, Inc. announced the sale of the first Overwatch League™ teams for major global cities to seven entrepreneurs and leaders from traditional sports and esports.
New team owners include:
· Robert Kraft, Chairman and CEO of the Kraft Group and the New England Patriots (Boston)
· Jeff Wilpon, Co-Founder and Partner of Sterling.VC… Read the rest
NGE (Next Generation Esports) and Cygames announced the return of the NGE Shadowverse Open with Season 2. Beginning today, players of the hit multiplayer turn-based card game Shadowverse can register to compete in the NGE Shadowverse Open Season 2, a series of three qualifier tournaments followed by a month-long Invitational round robin tournament that culminate in nail-biting finals.… Read the rest
The University of Leicester is partnering with the UK arm of global esports company ESL to develop a unique course to help students gain valuable insights into the esports industry.
The course, which is the first of its kind, will help students to gain knowledge in developing services for esports, giving them hands-on access to data and intelligence from esports specialists to provide them with a unique advantage in gaining employment in the sector.… Read the rest