eSports News, Live eSports On Twitch & Gaming Event News
Player1 Events* announced an exciting new partnership to further drive the Insomnia brand to new territories around the world.
Following on from the team’s hugely successful international event in Cairo last year, Insomnia is now coming to the Republic of Ireland this November as part of a multi-year agreement with Irish events company, Omega Events Ltd.… Read the rest
by Aaron Boulding PUBG eSports
The premier division of North American PUBG Esports held sway at the first NPL Royale as Tempo Storm won the two-stage, three-day event and the $40,000 top prize that comes with it.
The third day of NPL Royale featured six NPL Contenders teams vying for their slice of the $80,000 prize pool while carrying the hopes and dreams of the NPL’s second division.… Read the rest
The NBA 2K League today announced the competition structure for the 2019 season. The 18-week season will begin Tuesday, April 2 with THE TIPOFF and will conclude Saturday, Aug. 3 with the 2019 NBA 2K League Finals. The complete schedule will be announced in the coming weeks.
All regular-season games will take place at the NBA 2K League Studio Powered by Intel in Long Island City, New York, and will be livestreamed on Twitch. … Read the rest
Michael – Capcom Pro Tour
Hello World Warriors! We’re just a few weeks away from the kick-off of the Capcom Pro Tour 2019 (CPT) at Final Round in Atlanta, GA. With a new competitive season in Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition comes an all-new set of CPT-themed DLC content for 2019 set to release tomorrow!… Read the rest
By Lolesports Staff
Tickets for the 2019 LCS Spring Finals in St. Louis go on sale on March 5 at 12 PM CST / 10 AM PST. Spring Finals will be at the Chaifetz Arena on Saturday, April 13; games begin at 3:00 PM CST / 1:00 PST. Learn how to buy your tickets for Spring Finals below:
When do tickets go on sale?… Read the rest
The HCT Winter Championship kicks off February 28, 2019 when 16 of the world’s best Hearthstone players—representing the Americas, Asia-Pacific, China, and Europe—face off at Blizzard Arena Los Angeles. Competitors will be hoping to clinch one of the four remaining spots at the HCT World Championship this April, in addition to the lion’s share of a $250,000 USD prize pool and the title of HCT Winter Champion.
Ian Nowakowski – RLCS
The Rocket League Championship Series (RLCS) is bigger than ever this year! If you missed the news last month, we added South America (SAM) as an official RLCS region starting with Season 7. As part of that initiative, we have teamed up with Rocket Street to unveil the Grand Series, a brand-new tournament showcasing South America’s greatest Rocket League talent and giving SAM players a shot at qualifying for the Season 7 World Championship.… Read the rest
Blizzard Entertainment
Late last year we revealed we were hard at work evolving Hearthstone Esports into a more sustainable, entertaining, and accessible program. Today we are happy to reveal full details about the first two parts of this new program, which we have collectively named Hearthstone Masters.
Hearthstone Masters’ entry tier of competition, Masters Qualifiers, are open to all eligible players who want to test their Hearthstone skills.… Read the rest
Gfinity
The wait is over and you can now purchase your tickets for CWL London, Presented by PlayStation®4 via cwl.gfinityesports.com [while supplies last]. We have set aside a limited number of early bird tickets at a reduced price but they won’t be around for long. CWL London promises to be the hottest ticket in town when it takes over the Copper Box Arena in London running 3rd-5th May.… Read the rest
CWL
Running until February 28 in each eligible region, registration for the second online National Qualifier tournament is open.
Each qualifier will be country and region-locked, requiring players being from respective countries and regions to compete.
CWL National Qualifiers will take place in the original National Circuit locations: Australia and New Zealand, Canada, France and Belgium, Italy, Japan, Germany and Netherlands, Spain and Portugal, United Kingdom and Ireland, United States.… Read the rest
Blizzard Entertainment
IEM Katowice is just around the corner! We have brackets, broadcast times, and…a surprise! You will have the chance to earn in-game loot simply by tuning in to Twitch for the first major tournament of the StarCraft II World Championship Series for 2019. $400,000 will be on the line for players, but you can earn these items simply by watching!… Read the rest
Aaron Boulding PUBG eSports
The “sibling showdown” is just around the corner with the NPL Royale, pitting all 16 teams in NPL Contenders against all 16 of their big brothers in the NPL, taking center stage beginning February 22. This week’s NPL action will directly impact how the NPL Royale unfolds as NPL team standings will determine which NPL Contenders teams will face which NPL teams in the opening round.… Read the rest
PNY® Technologies announced the availability of the latest PNY GeForce® GTX 1660 Ti 6GB XLR8 Gaming OC Single Fan Graphics Card under both XLR8® Gaming.
Powered by the all-new NVIDIA Turing™ architecture, the PNY GeForce® GTX 1660 Ti 6GB XLR8 Gaming OC Single Fan GPU brings gaming to a whole new level.… Read the rest
Aksys Games announced winners of the tournament games of the fourth Anime Ascension, held from February 15 – 17, 2019 at the Atrium Hotel in Irvine.
“We want to thank all the competitors and spectators, as well as everyone who tuned into the streams this year,” said Akibo Shieh, founder and CEO of Aksys Games.… Read the rest
BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment Inc. announced DRAGON BALL LEGENDS – Showdown in Las Vegas, the first-ever global tournament for the immensely popular real-time card battle game. Taking place on May 25th 2019 (PDT), the Showdown will see Earth’s strongest DRAGON BALL LEGENDS warriors converge on HyperX Esports Arena Las Vegas (located at the Luxor Hotel and Casino) for the ultimate battle of supremacy!