eSports News & Gaming Events

ESL and WESA are happy to announce details of the Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Pro League in 2017. Since it’s inception two years ago, the ESL Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Pro League has grown exponentially, with online viewership and live event attendance recording double-digit growth season-over-season. The global competitive CS:GO league will return bigger and better in …

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Helsinki based ice hockey club IFK Helsinki is proud to announce its eSports project. The Club has launched a team that competes in Overwatch, a Blizzard Entertainment game published in spring of 2016. The team will compete under the name Helsinki REDS and uses the tag #hREDS on social media. Helsinki REDS goal is to …

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The Overwatch League combines the best elements of esports and traditional sports to create an unparalleled pro-level competitive experience for players and fans of Blizzard’s critically acclaimed team-based shooter Overwatch®, Blizzard Entertainment’s blockbuster team-based shooter, is now over 20 million players strong, and among that number are a new generation of sports heroes.… Read the rest

Three months have passed since the announcement of ROG MASTERS – a new tournament designed to scout out and promote the rising talent of Asia and Oceania. 590 teams signed up to fight in the first stage and now, after the five regional Online Qualifiers, twenty finalists stand ready to clash for a 200,000 USD …

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Mobile game publisher KICK9 Inc., today announced that MOBA Legends’ team GodComplex was selected, based on the tournaments criteria, to compete in China for $30,000 worth of prizes. Weekly tournaments are continuing for the 2016 season with weekly cash rewards to the victors, with spectators being able to view and comment on the match live …

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Top  Overwatch players from distinguished teams, including ANOX, Reason Gaming, and LDLC, will go head-to-head next week in The Overwatch Cup 2, battling for supremacy and a share of the event’s $2,000 prize pool. The competition kicks off Monday, Nov. 7 at 17:00 CEST, beginning five days of intense 4v4, double-elimination action that will culminate in a …

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Super League Gaming, in partnership with Riot Games, today announced it is bringing League of Legends competitions to movie theaters in select cities across the United States. Super League Gaming’s new offerings – City Champs and City Rec – offer gamers two different ways to play League together with friends, offering high stakes competition among …

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Fnatic Gear, the global leader in the world of eSports and gaming, announces two professional eSports-grade peripherals for the gaming lifestyle community: the Clutch G1 optical gaming mouse and the Duel TMA-2 headphones. The Duel TMA-2 combines professional gaming and urban lifestyles into one headset, thanks to its intuitively modular design, while the Clutch G1 …

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Professional  Counter-Strike: Global Offensive teams, including Crowns Esports Club, Team Preparation Yellow, Alpha Gaming, eSuba, and OverPowered, will clash in a series of winner-take-all show-match competitions this week live on Stream.Me. The games begin Monday, October 31 and run through Friday, November 4 with best-of-three contests that will ultimately net the winning teams $400 per match.… Read the rest

Razer™, the leading lifestyle brand for gamers and a pioneering supporter of competitive gaming, and SK Telecom T1 (SKT), the Korean-based esports powerhouse, celebrated the team’s first place win and a $2 million prize at the 6th Annual League of Legends World Championship this past weekend. The matches took place in front of a sold-out …

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Red Bull 5G offers gamers across the country the chance to experience a professional tournament and win an all-expenses paid trip to Japan where the tournament originated. Wild card qualifiers at MCM Comic Con will see amateur players compete in three of five Red Bull 5G games, Project CARS, Rocket League and Street Fighter V …

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Take a sneak peek at the exciting esports programs Hearthstone has in store for next year! With the 2016 Hearthstone Championship Tour coming to an exciting conclusion as we crown a new World Champion at BlizzCon, we’d like to give you a sneak peek at what’s in store for Hearthstone eSports next year!… Read the rest

The new season of the Call of Duty® World League featuring Call of Duty®: Infinite Warfare will get underway with the first live event 16th -18th  December at the Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas. Teams from all over the United States will compete for their chance to take home the first event title of the …

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King of Nordic has today underlined its commitment to building new stars of tomorrow with the announcement of an increased prize pool, adding one country to the tournament and a new qualifying partner in Norway. Bigger and better After four seasons, 48 finals, over 3.7 Million video starts and thousands of players participating in the …

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The culmination of the 2016 Hearthstone Championship Tour is nearly upon us. On November 5, one player will emerge as the 2016 Hearthstone World Champion at BlizzCon. Hearthstone’s Choose Your Champion will allow players to join in on the fun by selecting the player they think has the best shot to be crowned the 2016 …

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