World-class esports have a new home in the entertainment capital of the world. Blizzard Entertainment  unveiled Blizzard Arena Los Angeles, a cutting-edge live-event destination for pro players, esports fans, and everyone else who loves premier competition. Situated in the legendary Burbank Studios, once home to groundbreaking television shows, the studio at Blizzard Arena Los Angeles has been custom-tailored to support an exciting live-event experience for local attendees and broadcast audiences around the world.… Read the rest

IEM

We are thrilled to welcome the reigning champions of Intel® Extreme Masters Oakland as the final team invited to the event! The Swedes will join FaZe Clan, G2 Esports, SK Gaming, Astralis, Cloud9, Team Liquid, Gambit Esports, Immortals, and three teams determined through qualifiers, and compete for the coveted trophy, a share of the US$300,000 prize pool and a win counting towards the Intel® Grand Slam.… Read the rest

Dreamhack Montreal 2017, held this weekend from September 8th through 10th in Montreal, Canada, will be a show you won’t want to miss. Top North American players including Capcom Cup 2016 Champion Liquid|NuckleDu, EG|K-Brad, and ECHO FOX|Justin Wong will be taking part. Even a few players from Japan have made the trip, including AW|Nemo and John Takeuchi.… Read the rest

Blizzard Entertainment
Rounding out the three seasons of competition for 2017, the Hearthstone® Championship Tour (HCT) will host its Summer Championship at the all-new Blizzard Arena Los Angeles.

Attendees can look forward to an intimate studio experience with their favorite players, casters, and several Blizzard developers at the third and final HCT event of the year, watching as four competitors punch their tickets to the Hearthstone World Championship in early 2018.… Read the rest

12 teams are competing, but only 4 can go to the world final at BlizzCon. Who will be there? The North America Arena World Championship is live 7-10 September on our Twitch channel. To keep up with the action, tune in to the broadcast each day at 12:00pm PDT, don’t miss out!… Read the rest

Hoplon, the developers behind the upcoming car-combat MOBA Heavy Metal Machines is excited to announce that registration for Heavy Metal Machines South American tournament will be open from the 18^th September – 7^th October, hosted by ESL Play.

To be in with a chance of winning up to R$12,500, players need to register to take part by visiting the ESL Play website and signing up for free.… Read the rest

ESL Gaming

Last season of the WGLEU ended with Tornado Energy winning the Grand Finals 2017 in Moscow against DiNG. Now the Extended Season is just around the corner so get ready for some more inspiring tank action!

What’s new?

• Battle format: 7/70 (7 players, 70 tier points), with no tier limitation
• Patch 9.20
• Maps – Sand River replacing Steppes
• Changes in tanks: WZ-111 model 5A introduced, IS-7 buffed and Maus weakened
• Many of the map boosts cannot be done anymore due to the recent map updates

What remains unchanged

• Match format: best of 9 on four different maps, with tie breakers.

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IEM

We are happy to welcome Immortals as the eighth invited team to Intel® Extreme Masters Oakland! The Brazilians will join FaZe Clan, G2 Esports, SK Gaming, Astralis, Cloud9, Team Liquid, Gambit Esports and four other teams in the battle for the IEM Oakland championship, a share of the US$300,000 prize pool and a win counting towards the Intel® Grand Slam.… Read the rest

The AVGL is excited to announce 3 collegiate esports leagues for Fall 2017!

The leagues include League of Legends, Smite, and Paladins. Each league has online group play followed by an online championship with the top 2 teams playing in a LAN final. The Collegiate League of Legends Championship will have the Grand Final match on the DreamHack Main Stage!… Read the rest

Blizzard Entertainment

Tespa is excited to announce The Great Collegiate Dungeon Race! On September 22, we’ll start a 7 week series of World of Warcraft ® Mythic Keystone dungeon races between teams competing for a share of $20,000 in scholarship prizing. Will your collegiate team on your campus have what it takes to take home the prize?… Read the rest

Blizzard Entertainment

Event Summary

The next WCS Circuit event begins this Friday as StarCraft II returns to DreamHack Montreal!

The event will take place starting on Friday September 8th PDT, and is set to conclude on Sunday. Two group stages will allow the 64 initial competitors to battle their way down to just 16, where they will then face off against in the Third Group Stage against the 16 players who qualified for the event via WCS Challenger.… Read the rest

In case you’ve missed the news, R2Games is hosting a massive e-sports event for Heroes Evolved in the form of an international championship. Just a few days ago, the Top 8 teams from among over 400 team applications were selected to participate in the competition. Here are their names:

十里桃林丶
M5
|LVG|
?ATA?… Read the rest

by Jasher in Rocket League News

RLCS Season 4

After 4 community-driven qualifiers, 128 teams from Europe and 128 teams from North America competed in play-in. By the end of this weekend, 6 teams from each region qualified for RLCS League Play and 8 more made RLRS League Play.

In Oceania, 16 teams qualified for the last 6 league play spots.… Read the rest