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Welcome back to another season of Collegiate Rocket League (CRL)! This season, we’re shaking things up to make it the best-possible collegiate esport program we can, so let’s dive in and get you up to speed on what to expect from CRL this Fall.
First things first, CRL is moving to a new tournament platform, Faceit.… Read the rest
North America’s top battle royale players begin their final push to claim the Ultimate Chicken Dinner with the opening matches of Phase 3 in the National PUBG League on September 7, part of the NPL’s streamlined schedule in the lead up to the PUBG Global Championship.
The NPL will run for four consecutive weekends with six matches on Saturdays and six matches on Sundays and each matchday starting at 2:00 p.m.… Read the rest
As every team attempts to put their best foot forward, roster changes are inevitable. Over the course of a lengthy Phase 2, teams are bound to discover what’s working and what isn’t. As we approach the start of Phase 3, six teams have decided to make adjustments to their rosters. G2 Esports introduced two new players to their roster, who will be joining their two leading fraggers from the last phase.… Read the rest
LiveXLive Media and Allied Esports Entertainment, Inc. announced a multi-year partnership to create original live esports experiences and related content at music festival and events throughout the world. Allied Esports’ fleet of mobile esports venues, the HyperX Esports Trucks, will serve as content generation hubs, providing a unique opportunity for new revenue streams by connecting the $9 billion live music industry with the $100+ billion esports and gaming industries.… Read the rest
The Horde and the Alliance were out in full force on Monday—World of Warcraft® Classic set a new record for the highest launch-day concurrent viewership biggest-ever game launch on Twitch, with livestreams of World of Warcraft reaching a peak concurrent viewership of more than 1.1 million unique viewers of WoW® Classic’s launch day!… Read the rest
This weekend, the sold out Summoners War World Arena Championships (SWC) Americas Cup will bring top competitors from North and South America to the massive 35,000 square foot OGN Super Arena in Manhattan Beach, Calif. Matches begin Saturday, Aug. 31 at 1PM PDT and winners will be crowned that evening.
Players from as far away as Peru and as close as Los Angeles will be squaring off head to head and monster vs.… Read the rest
In eager anticipation of the forthcoming F2™ 2019 season, Codemasters today released the first in a new series of videos focusing on the FIA Formula 2 Championship™. For the first time in the official videogame’s history, players are now able to choose from both F1 and F2. Fans of F2 were able to play the full 2018 season at launch and, in the coming weeks, Codemasters is set to release an update giving players access to the full 2019 season.… Read the rest
DeNA Co., Ltd., in partnership with The Pokémon Company, launched the highly anticipated mobile game Pokémon Masters worldwide for Android and iOS devices. The game is now available for download using the links below.
Download Links
· Google Play (Android): https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.dena.a12026418
· App Store (iOS): https://apps.apple.com/app/id1442061397
Pokémon Masters is a strategy and battling game where players form teams of sync pairs (the combination of a Trainer and their partner Pokémon) to engage in 3-on-3 real-time battles against AI opponents.… Read the rest
The next Premier Event of the season is coming your way this weekend! Celtic Throwdown 2019, takes place in Dublin, Ireland from August 31st through September 1st. Being a Premier Event with up to 700 points up for grabs for 1st place, players from around the world will be present to compete.… Read the rest
Ranking Event: Never Give Up 2019
This weekend’s Ranking Event is Never Give Up 2019, which takes place from August 31st to September 1st in Santiago, Chile. Up to 200 points are up for grabs for a first place finish. Top players from the region including UMBRELLA|Dark from Brazil, SONICBOXX|Doomsnake507 from Panama and RAPTOR|Pikoro from Peru will all be attending.
ELEAGUE and Wizards of the Coast are teaming up to bring you the deep strategic gameplay of Magic: The Gathering Arena through a new weekly esports competition series. THE ELEAGUE SHOWDOWN: MTG Arena presented by Intel Gamer Days will launch with its first competition Wednesday, Sept. 4, at 8 p.m. ET, with exclusive coverage available on ELEAGUE’s Twitch channel.… Read the rest
Your Event Guide to Rainbow Six at DreamHack Montreal
Rainbow Six returns to DreamHack this Friday, September 6th! This is your event guide to all things # R6DHMTL: where to watch, when to watch, and all of the teams competing! From September 6th-8th, teams from around the world will compete for a collective prize pool of $75,000 and a guaranteed invitation to the Six Invitational in February!… Read the rest
With the Final Draft complete, the 2019 MotoGP™ eSport Championship heads toward its defining stage. The Global Series is upon us and the fastest gamers from around the world have chosen their teams for the three-round Championship.
12 successful players that graduated from the European and Rest of the World Selections had to post the fastest time around Qatar’s Losail International Circuit aboard Fabio Quartararo’s Petronas Yamaha SRT M1 in the Final Draft, a challenge that defined which player will contest the Global Series for which of the current MotoGP™ teams.… Read the rest
Four long weeks without F1 action comes to an end, as the Belgian Grand Prix takes place. But why should real-world F1 get all the fun? We’re back in business, with another Qualifying event for F1 Esports 2020. And of course, that means another shot at winning two tickets to the Australian Grand Prix!… Read the rest
When their Phase 3 journey ends, PEL’s top teams will be hoping for a chance to stake their claim as the best squad in the world. The PUBG Global Championship (PGC) takes over California this November, and teams will put everything on the line to earn a share of the $2,000,000 USD prize pool.… Read the rest