For those in the service of the Lich King, death is only the beginning. . . Blizzard Entertainment today announced Knights of the Frozen Throne™, the new expansion coming this August to Hearthstone®, Blizzard’s smash-hit digital card game. Adventurers will soon travel to Northrend, where they’ll confront the Lich King and be raised as Death Knights, wielding otherworldly powers and stealing life from their opponents, and ultimately ascending Icecrown Citadel to claim the Frozen Throne—and 135 frosty new cards—for themselves.… Read the rest
Introducing the For Honor Hero Series
ESL
Beginning July 8, players across all platforms can join the For Honor Hero Series to battle their way to a $10,000 Live Finals at the Intel Esports Arena in Burbank, California. Following weekly 1v1 Duel online competitions, the top 16 players will be selected based on overall tournament standings to qualify for the Live Finals on August 12.… Read the rest
WCS Challenger: Preparing for Valencia
Blizzard Entertainment
The World Championship Series (WCS) Challenger games concluded on July 2, and we now know all 16 players who are guaranteed a place at the table in Valencia. Here are the players who will head to Spain on July 13 to vie for a guaranteed spot at BlizzCon and their share of $100,000 USD and 11,000 WCS Points.… Read the rest
Elite Series Street Fighter V Survival Guide
After several months of fierce competition in the Challenger Series, the United Kingdom’s top Street Fighter V players have earned their place in the Gfinity Elite Series.
For the next nine weeks, the Gfinity Elite Series will provide the United Kingdom’s leading esports prospects with a professional platform to showcase their talent and skill, alongside some of the industry’s leading professionals.… Read the rest
Gfinity Elite Series first season
From July 7th until September 3rd, The Elite Series, will take place every weekend in London at the Gfinity Esports Arena, the home of UK esports. Fans will be able to catch all the action on GfinityEsports.com and can follow this intensive nine week schedule:
o Fridays: Street Fighter V – 6:00pm – 10:00pm
o Saturdays: CS:GO 10:00am – 10:00pm
o Sundays: Rocket League 12:00pm – 6:00pm
The Elite Series season one starts with the regular Season, during which eight teams – with a total of 160 players – will play seven crucial matches.… Read the rest
Rainbow Six Pro League expands to APAC for Season 3
By ESL
Proud of the talent of the teams all around the world, we decided to expand the Pro League to the Asia Pacific region. It’s our pleasure to crown not only the best team in Europe and the Americas, but a truly global champion.
The APAC Pro League will be handled differently than the other three regions.… Read the rest
The tournament of Champions – the Intel® Extreme Masters Shanghai player lineup is now complete!
By Intel® Extreme Masters
The very best StarCraft competitors will make their way to Shanghai, China to mark the 34th Intel® Extreme Masters SC2 tournament. Sixteen world class players will compete for their share of US$25,000 and WCS points.
Qualifiers began on the 22nd of June where two slots were available through a two day Chinese Qualifier.… Read the rest
Splyce and Immortals CEOs talk NA LCS franchising
By Red Bull eSports
Riot rocked the LCS world by announcing the end of relegation in the NA, but how do the team owners feel about the new look league?
A few weeks ago, Riot made what might be the biggest announcement the eSports world has ever seen. But if you’ve only been watching the LCS every week then you might not have noticed any difference.
ELEAGUE Injustice 2 World Championship Coming to TBS this Fall
ELEAGUE, the premium esports tournament brand from Turner and IMG, has partnered with Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment to bring NetherRealm Studios’ critically acclaimed, super-powered fighting game Injustice 2 and its massive lineup of DC characters to the forefront of the esports world with the first-ever ELEAGUE Injustice 2 World Championship.
The ELEAGUE Injustice 2 World Championship will provide a thrilling conclusion to the debut season of the Injustice 2 Championship Series, with the top 16 Injustice 2 players in the world facing off for $250,000 in prize money.… Read the rest
Heavy Metal Machines – ESL to host a free-to-play european championships
Hoplon, the leading video games developer in Brazil is today delighted to announce that Heavy Metal Machines, the upcoming car-combat MOBA, is opening up registration for its first ever Esports European Championship on July 1, 2017 for a limited time via their partners – ESL Play. Heavy Metal Machines is currently available to play for free on Steam.… Read the rest
Halo Championship Series – new details
While the Summer 2017 season has already started providing competitive Halo fans with plenty of intense Halo esports action, we’ve also got plenty of exciting news in store for what’s to come later this year. Today, we’re excited to announce our partnership with the outstanding folks at Gfinity for the EU Halo Championship Series Fall 2017 season, which will include an EU Open LAN event.… Read the rest
Company of Heroes 2 Grand Championship Finals Live from ESL this Saturday
Sometimes video games communities do awesome things. Their passion for the games they love underlined by their ability to galvanise their peers into doing something really rather cool. Company of Heroes 2 community stalwart, Matt Dunn, aka ‘A_E’, and a handful of likeminded friends did just that. They took it upon themselves to crowdfund a Grand Championship Series via Kickstarter.… Read the rest
FACEIT X Games Rocket League Invitational
FACEIT, the leading online competitive gaming platform, has collaborated with X Games, the world’s premier action sports competition, to present the FACEIT X Games Rocket League Invitational, a new esports competition taking place within the X Games festival village at X Games Minneapolis. Competitors will battle in heated rounds of Rocket League, the high-powered hybrid of arcade-style soccer and driving, to vie for a $75,000 prize pool.… Read the rest
Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six: Siege, Pro League season finals at the ESL Arena in August at gamescom
Ubisoft® announced that the Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six® Pro League will continue with the Pro League Season Finals at GamesCom in the ESL Arena, to be showcased on the central stage for two days in Cologne, August 25TH – 26TH this year. The Pro League will also arrive in Asia-Pacific for Season 3 this September with players in four Eastern regions competing in Japan, South Korea, Southeast Asia and Australia–New Zealand after one year of intense high-level competition in Europe, Latin America and North America.… Read the rest
Mass Luminosity Announces Global eSports Amateur Project
Dallas, TX based Mass Luminosity Inc., the parent company of the leading social media network for PC gamers, GTribe, announced today that it is launching a global Esports project for casual gamers, endorsed by Logitech G.
Mass Luminosity has recruited the most outstanding pioneers of Esports, some of which, to the very date, 20 years ago (June 27, 1997) launched a new era of sports by creating the world’s first professional gaming league for PC gamers, the Cyberathlete Professional League.… Read the rest