eSports Archives

Alright, so the easy punchline is that esports is the worst thing to happen to esports, but let's not be that flippant, yeah? One of the big conversations heading into this weekend’s Call of Duty World League competition in Seattle was the role social media, particularly Twitter, plays in esports.

Rise Nation survived the Losers bracket to go on and face EvilGeniuses in the Championship Finals of the Call of Duty World League Pro League Stage One tournament in Seattle.

Right before the Championship match took place during the CWL Pro League Stage One Finals in Seattle today, Activision announced the location and date for the 2018 Call of Duty Championships which will hit Columbus Ohio on August 15th, 2018 and run through August 19th, 2018.

Coming into this match, both eUnited and EvilGeniuses were pretty confident they could win and go on to the Championship match. Particularly former teammates James “Clayster” Eubanks and Justin “SiLLY” Fargo-Palmer.

The losers bracket matches so today have been tense, with a lot on the line for every team in the bracket. And quite a few teams entered the Losers bracket that weren’t expected to drop into the lower matches as early as they did.

The fight between eUnited and Ghost Gaming started out close, but after winning the Hardpoint map with nearly 25 points of lead, eUnited cleaned up in the next two matches, taking the win 3-0. Which means, we will be getting that eUnited, EvilGeniuses showdown for the final round of the winner’s bracket.

After a tense, but slightly less climactic battle than expected for the CWL semi-finals, EvilGeniuses went on to win against Echo Fox. After yesterday, Echo Fox was something of a soft favorite to win the tournament - and yet, they seemed to be off this morning.

Day Two of the Call of Duty World League Seattle tournament held quite a few upsets, much like Day One did. Quite a few of the non-Pro League teams hung onto the competition long enough to take out some of the major pro teams.

Would you like to get an entire education and earn a degree to use later in life all by playing Fortnite? Well, that dream exists, and it's now sitting in Ohio. Ashland University is the first college in the U.S. who will offer a scholarship specifically for playing the game as an esport.

The Call of Duty World League Pro League Stage 1 Finals are underway tomorrow, and we’ll be keeping you up to date with each match, so you don’t have to sit in front of Twitch for a full nine hours. So make sure to check back for updates as the first round of matches take place.

The H1Z1 Pro League is making every effort to stand out with their inaugural season kickoff, including bringing in some star power as Michelle Rodriguez (Fast and Furious, Avatar, Girlfight) and Kristine Leahy (American Ninja Warrior, The Herd) will be joining in the festivities.

This morning it was announced that Twitch and the NBA 2K League have come to an agreement for a multiyear deal to stream the league's competitions on the social streaming service. 

Overwatch League's Dallas Fuel has terminated the contracts of its head coach Kyle 'KyKy' Souder and recently acquired DPS player Dong-jun "Rascal" Kim.

Today, Blizzard and Twitch released a new announcement detailing new ways the two would partner up to make the Overwatch League a much more interactive experience, which includes introducing an All-Access Pass for viewers.

After eight weeks of insane competition in Call of Duty: WWII, FaZe Clan has earned the title of CWL Pro League Stage 1 Champions after the tense competition this weekend at the MLG Arena in Columbus, Ohio.