eSports News, Live eSports On Twitch & Gaming Event News
The Writers’ Guild of Great Britain (WGGB) is delighted to announce its second, week-long mini-festival on the craft of videogames writing, this time sponsored by Articy.
It follows the inaugural festival in June last year and kicks off next Monday 26 April 2021.
All the events are free and participants just need to register ahead.… Read the rest
Titan Forge Games released SMITE’s newest playable God, Gilgamesh, in the “King of Uruk” Update. He has been eagerly awaited by the action-MOBA community since his cinematic trailer released in March.
Gilgamesh is a leader, an adventurer, and the first mythical hero of all time through his epic. In SMITE, he distinctively belongs to the Warrior class, taking a hands-on approach to combat and bringing a lot of brute-force strength and an in-your-face attitude.… Read the rest
Brazil’s Independent Games (BIG) Festival, the largest independent games festival in Latin America, is excited to announce some of the incredible companies to be featured at this year’s event. Along with more than 90 games for attendees to play, BIG Festival will be presenting several enlightening and informative panels from May 4 to May 8.… Read the rest
Razer™ announced Razer Invitational – North America, the largest regional online esports tournament open to the entire North American gaming community, with tournament qualifiers beginning on May 7th. Following the global success of Razer Invitational Season 2020, the tournament series starts off the 2021 season by making its debut in North America, welcoming competitors from across the region to compete in three separate weeklong tournaments, throughout May and into early June.… Read the rest
Atlanta-based gaming and esports organization, Ghost Gaming and G FUEL, The Official Energy Drink of Esports®, have announced a new partnership, making G FUEL Ghost’s exclusive partner in the energy drink category.
G FUEL and Ghost Gaming’s talented roster of creators and athletes will partner on creating original gaming content and livestreams for their millions of fans online and at retail stores and events.… Read the rest
Guild Esports , a global team organization and lifestyle brand, is pleased to announce that it has won its second major trophy after its Rocket League team achieved first-place in the Rocket League Championship Series (RLCS) EU Spring Regional on 15-18 April 2021.
Guild Esports’ Thomas Binkhorst (‘ThO’), Joseph Kidd (‘Noly’) and David Morrow (‘Deevo’) won first place as part of a three-man squad defeating Aether in the finals, with a continuous peak Sunday broadcast of over 100,000 viewers on Twitch.… Read the rest
Spotlighted during the “Street Fighter V Spring Update” digital program on April 6, fortune teller Rose joins the fight today as the newest addition to Season 5 of Street Fighter™ V. Following the release of Dan Hibiki in February, Rose is the second character to enter the ring as part of the fifth and final season of Street Fighter V.… Read the rest
Ubisoft unveiled details on the new Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six® European Challenger League online Qualifiers, granting the opportunity for five teams to qualify for the Season 2021 of the European Challenger League.
The European Challenger League Qualifiers will be composed of three open qualifiers spread until the end of the summer.… Read the rest
Strixhaven: School of Mages is available on Magic: The Gathering Arena. Introducing 275 cards, and the first card set to launch since Magic: The Gathering Arena released on mobile, Strixhaven: School of Mages is a card set focused around a multiversal wizard’s college. Players are set to join one of five colleges each named after the Elder Dragon that school represents.… Read the rest
The legendary punk rock band, The Offspring, are releasing their first album in almost a decade. Let The Bad Times Roll, the band’s 10th album, was recorded over the last several years and sees the band once again collaborate with the world-renowned producer, Bob Rock. To mark this huge milestone, World of Tanks are bringing back their The Offspring-related in-game content!… Read the rest
Joycity announced a massive performance improvement update for CROSSFIRE: Warzone.
The CROSSFIRE: Warzone team has taken great strides to alleviate a lot of past performance bottlenecks by carefully analyzing and optimizing the number of objects and effects on the battlefield with this new QOL-focused update. The new optimization updates can be best experienced during peak hours in high-traffic areas where players congregate en masse.… Read the rest
Codemasters® and Electronic Arts Inc. announced F1® 2021, a new next-generation racing experience launching on Friday July 16, featuring the teams, drivers and circuits for the 2021 FIA Formula One World Championship™. Introducing a brand-new story mode, expanded Career mode with two-player option, and three new circuits, Portimão, Imola, and Jeddah*, available to all players as free** post-launch content, F1® 2021 gives players more ways to feel the emotion of competing at the highest level in the pinnacle of motorsport.… Read the rest
Women in Esports is an initiative set up to promote inclusivity and diversity within the esports industry. Following its launch in 2019, Women in Esports continue to pursue their core aims in:
Like the British Esports Advisory Board, the Women in Esports committee regularly meets up to discuss developments and areas of focus for Women in Esports, and offer their input to help steer forward the initiative.… Read the rest
USC Games, North America’s No. 1 game design program, collaborating with long-term partner, Jam City—will feature the game designers and developers of tomorrow at their annual USC Games Expo, the largest school-hosted gaming event in the world. Building on last year’s highly successfully livestreamed event, returning host Geoff Keighley, will launch the multi-hour event that will premiere on May 15th, 2021 at 12PM PST on twitch.tv/USCGames… Read the rest
Activision announced the return of the Call of Duty®: Mobile World Championship. Presented by Sony, and starting June 3, 2021, eligible players in Call of Duty: Mobile Ranked Mode can compete for in-game rewards and a share of the more than $2 million (USD) total prize pool.
“The momentum worldwide for Call of Duty: Mobile is incredible as our players continue to have a great time playing,” said Matt Lewis, vice president, mobile at Activision.… Read the rest