eSports News, Live eSports On Twitch & Gaming Event News
Las Vegas, NV, USA | July 14 – July 16 | Top players attending, stream schedule, embedded live stream and more!
The Evolution Championship Series (EVO) 2017 is coming up this weekend, so clear your schedule and grab your popcorn! EVO is the biggest single event of the year with more than two thousand players from all over the world taking part!… Read the rest
Blizzard Entertainment
The epic clash of one StarCraft II region versus many is just around the corner. From August 3 to 6, players will face off in team and individual competition for $100,000, and the pride of Korea or the World. The teams are now being formed, so check below for details on how you can get involved in voting your favorite player in!… Read the rest
With the Call of Duty World League Championship 2017 quickly approaching, North American players have continued to grind after they missed their shot at the CWL Global Pro League, and they now have one last chance to make it to Orlando, Florida.
Thanks to countless GameBattles ladder matches and online tournaments, as well as the CWL Open Events offered throughout the year, these players earned enough Pro Points, and also found the right teammates, to form the top sixteen North American teams in Call of Duty outside of the CWL Global Pro League.… Read the rest
Merged together, the Playdius and Sidekicks teams will be delighted to introduce you to an eclectic line-up, from visually astonishing PC and Consoles games like Away or Edge of Eternity to thrilling narrative mobile games to be announced.
Gamescom will be the best time for us to announce new partnerships and new games for next year and beyond.… Read the rest
The network platform BIU.Dev is moving to the next level with its Pitch & Match event at gamescom. After the huge success last year, publishers and developers are getting together for the second Pitch & Match event in the gamescom business area – this time on 22 August, gamescom Tuesday. German and international game developers – from junior teams to established studios – will have the chance to present their current projects to the participating publishers in 20-minute presentation slots.… Read the rest
Organizers of MEGASHOW: Games. Music. Art., a new traveling event series produced by the creators of Indie MEGABOOTH, have revealed the lineup for the stage shows – including game demos and competitions during the day, and live music performances in the evening – as well as the general run of show for the entire event.… Read the rest
There’s a new Hero infesting the Nexus! Armed with life-renewing pathogens and speed-sapping pustules, Admiral Stukov brings his own brand of support to Heroes of the Storm.
Stukov had a hard life, and an even harder death. He’s been betrayed, shot into space, resurrected and infested, almost cured, and then experimented upon as the infestation returned.… Read the rest
Activision Blizzard, Inc. announced the sale of the first Overwatch League™ teams for major global cities to seven entrepreneurs and leaders from traditional sports and esports.
New team owners include:
· Robert Kraft, Chairman and CEO of the Kraft Group and the New England Patriots (Boston)
· Jeff Wilpon, Co-Founder and Partner of Sterling.VC… Read the rest
NGE (Next Generation Esports) and Cygames announced the return of the NGE Shadowverse Open with Season 2. Beginning today, players of the hit multiplayer turn-based card game Shadowverse can register to compete in the NGE Shadowverse Open Season 2, a series of three qualifier tournaments followed by a month-long Invitational round robin tournament that culminate in nail-biting finals.… Read the rest
It’s back! The Game Culture Convention Cruise and Expo, better known as GaCuCon, is booked and will set sail to the Bahamas from Ft. Lauderdale on June 20th, 2018. GaCuCon will once again be aboard a Carnival Cruise Lines ship and will commandeer – Jack Sparrow like – one of their finest, The Conquest. … Read the rest
The University of Leicester is partnering with the UK arm of global esports company ESL to develop a unique course to help students gain valuable insights into the esports industry.
The course, which is the first of its kind, will help students to gain knowledge in developing services for esports, giving them hands-on access to data and intelligence from esports specialists to provide them with a unique advantage in gaining employment in the sector.… Read the rest
Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment today revealed the star-studded cast lending their talent to Middle-earth: Shadow of War, the award-winning open-world action RPG game set for release on October 10, 2017. The cast includes actors, Kumail Nanjiani (“The Big Sick,” “Silicon Valley”) and Pollyanna McIntosh (“The Walking Dead,” “Hap and Leonard,” “The Woman”), Performance Capture Director, Troy Baker (Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor), who is reprising his role as Talion, alongside Alastair Duncan (Westworld), who returns as Celebrimbor and Laura Bailey (Injustice 2), who plays the elite assassin, Eltariel.… Read the rest
Salt Lake Comic Con (http://saltlakecomiccon.com/) and Salt Lake Gaming Con (http://www.saltlakegamingcon.com/) kicked off the third annual Salt Lake Gaming Con at the South Towne Expo Center in Sandy, Utah.
Salt Lake Gaming Con 2017 is designed to provide gamers of all ages and interests a venue to play and experience their favorite and the newest and latest video games, board games, esports, gaming tournaments and competitions.… Read the rest
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
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