eSports News, Live eSports On Twitch & Gaming Event News
A new esports team based out of Hollywood is announcing its official launch today. Named Team 33, the esports team is planning to enter major tournaments in popular games like Call of Duty, CS:GO, Valorant, World of Warcraft, Fortnite, League of Legends, Dota 2, Madden, FIFA and others.
“We are excited to officially launch our esports team today, as this has been years in the making.… Read the rest
Red Bull North America, Inc., in partnership with the League of Legends Championship Series (LCS), will host the Red Bull Solo Q Finals, an eight player playoff bracket to determine the best 1v1 amateur League of Legends® champion in the United States and Canada respectively, on November 15 only on twitch.tv/redbull.… Read the rest
Generation Esports announced an effort by the High School Esports League (HSEL) — North America’s largest competitive gaming organization for high schools — and the Army National Guard to bring fully equipped esports labs to 25 schools in North America. Selected schools will receive a state-of-the-art esports lab installation, complete with top-spec PCs, monitors, and accessories from brands ASUS and Intel.… Read the rest
Giovanni De Salvo won the first season of the Ferrari Hublot Esports Series this weekend. The search for the cream of European drivers already had a distinctly Italian flavor before de Salvo took the crown, as Ferrari had worked exclusively with Italian studio, Kunos Simulazioni, to run the series on their acclaimed game, Assetto Corsa.… Read the rest
Racing fans will now have additional entertainment during the down season with the announcement of the Winter Heat Series, a brand new, four event esports tournament, which will run from November and finish with a showpiece finale ahead of the DAYTONA 500. The new tournament, open to all NASCAR Heat 5 players, follows the success of the second season of the eNASCAR Heat Pro League, and will offer racers a $47,000 prize pool.… Read the rest
The Play! Pokémon Team Challenge is a new Pokémon TCG tournament where players can create four-person teams with their local game store and compete for prizes and glory! The tournament is open to Masters Division players (players in Brazil must be 18 years or older).
The Team Challenge is entirely virtual—all matches will be held through the Pokémon TCG Online.… Read the rest
Two national bodies are teaming up to represent the very best that Great Britain has to offer in a new basketball esports tournament.
The British Esports Association will be working closely with the British Basketball Federation to select and manage a team of NBA 2K21 esports players.
This team will represent Great Britain on the global stage in the upcoming FIBA Esports Open II, taking place throughout November and December.… Read the rest
EVOS Esports, the leading esports organization in Southeast Asia, has announced that Chek Hup Coffee, an award-winning coffee brand headquartered in Ipoh, Malaysia, as a sponsor for EVOS Esports’ team based in Malaysia. The sponsorship consists of coffee supplies and cross-marketing activations, including brand ambassadorship of EVOS Esports’ talents.
Joseph Tan, Managing Director of Chek Hup Holding said: “Chek Hup is new to esports and we are excited to work together with EVOS Esports, to introduce Millennials and Gen Zs to our company’s latest offerings, Chek Hup Coffee Brown and Chek Hup Convenience Cup Series, to allow gamers to enjoy an appealing aroma of mildly roasted Arabica coffee in an instant while gaming.… Read the rest
Guild Esports has confirmed they have signed David ‘Deevo’ Morrow to complete their professional Rocket League team roster heading into the RLCS X Winter Split.
This comes as part of Guild’s various tryouts during the trade window and the team feeling very confident that Deevo was the best fit for the team to go onto achieve their ambitions of winning a Major.… Read the rest
Alfa Romeo Racing ORLEN driver Jarno Opmeer continued to stamp his authority on the 2020 F1 Esports series with a win and two podiums in the second week of action of the championship. The Dutch racer is now up to 123 points, 27 clear of Red Bull’s Marcel Kiefer, with the team in second place in the constructors’ championship.… Read the rest
World Cyber Games (WCG) has revealed the top 12 teams and four individuals from the qualifying rounds that will compete in the ‘WCG 2020 CONNECTED Grand Final’ from November 5 to November 8. After a widely successful WCG 2019 Xi’an, with viewership by over 200 million fans, due to the unprecedented current events the organizers moved the 2020 tournament online where teams will battle head to head across four titles: Warcraft® III: Reforged™, CROSSFIRE, Honor of Kings and EA Sports™ FIFA Online 4.… Read the rest
Codemasters® celebrates the launch of DIRT 5™ for the PlayStation®4 computer entertainment system, the Xbox One family of devices including the Xbox One X, and PC. DIRT 5, developed by the Codemasters Cheshire studio, offers a diverse mix of game modes from traditional racing across multiple terrains, arena creation through Playgrounds and a host of multiplayer features including three party games.… Read the rest
The first season of the Ferrari Hublot Esports Series is about to enter its final stages. On November 6 and 7, the 24 drivers who qualified through the PRO and AM Series Championships held in October will have the opportunity to go head-to-head in three heated races on the Mugello, Nordschleife, and Monza circuits played out in Assetto Corsa, developed by Kunos Simulazioni.… Read the rest
Codemasters released details on the development process and the core features of DIRT 5 for PlayStation®5. The video interview with DIRT 5 Technical Director, David Springate, also features the first look PlayStation 5 gameplay ahead of its launch on 12 November (NA and ANZ) and 19 November (RoW).
The video focuses on how the Codemasters Cheshire studio prepared for their first title on the next-generation hardware, whilst offering a look at exclusive features including what players can expect from the DualSense Wireless Controller.… Read the rest
On the evening of October 30th, the launching ceremony of the e-sports industry in Heping District was held, and Heping District launched the development plan for the e-sports industry officially, according to the Information Office of Shenyang People’s Government.
By the end of next year, Heping District will rebuild the National Fitness Center in the district, incorporate e-sports elements, and transform it into the first comprehensive e-sports and related industry theme park in Shenyang, making the park the first large-scale national professional e-sports event venue in Liaoning Province.