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League Of Legends European Championship Returns June 12th
Riot is breaking their schedule down this way to allow for flexibility in case they need to adapt to any unforeseen circumstances. The League Of Legends European Championship returns in June. In an ever-changing world during the COVID-19 pandemic, esports has become a much-needed distraction to current events Around the world, online gamers are coming together to[...]
TikTok Cup First Event
This morning, TikTok announced they were partnering with Collegiate StarLeague to host a new esports event in the TikTok Cup The two companies are offering up $60k in prizes across four games for college players Those four games are Fortnite, Rocket League, League Of Legends, and Counter-Strike: Global Offensive The event consists of eight individual[...]
Capcom Announces "Street Fighter V: Champion Edition"
Continuing our series of "Esports Players Say The Darndest Thing", two Street Fighter V players have been banned for their comments This new incident came about after an online exhibition that took place on April 16th where Dalauan "LowTierGod" Sparrow lost a match to Christina "Ceroblast" Tran, and as you might suspect from the headline,[...]
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Riot Games and Red Bull came together to announce they are launching a new League Of Legends esports gaming series The Red Bull Power Spike will kick off next week, in partnership with tournament platform Battlefy All members of the official League of Legends Discord channel in the United States can participate in daily 1-v-1 tournaments,[...]
League of Legends Esports MSI 2020
Big news from Riot Games this week as the company has officially canceled the League of Legends Esports MSI 2020 The company made the announcement yesterday in a blog post, citing the continuing health concerns currently happening around the world as the reason for the cancelation But also saying the company would be looking into[...]
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This news comes off the tail following last week's announcement of FaZe's newest partnership with Jimmy Iovine and NTWRK. Investors in this deal include; Pitbull – Award-winning rapper, entrepreneur, actor and philanthropist Nyjah Huston – Professional skateboarder, 12-time X-Games gold medalist, and reigning world champion Swae Lee – Grammy-nominated rapper, composer and member of Rae Sremmurd Yo Gotti – Rapper[...]
"Call of Duty" League is Headed Online-Only Due to Coronavirus
Good news for gamblers who love to bet on esports as the Nevada Gaming Control Board has approved Call Of Duty League betting The organization rather quietly posted a notice on its website, which we have in full for you to read below The exemption allows licensed bookmakers who are authorized within the state of[...]
Overwatch League Xfinity
Through its partnership with YouTube, Xfinity customers can also access live matches each week through X1 by saying "Overwatch League" into their Xfinity voice remote." "We are thrilled to continue our work with Xfinity to give our fans and players the highest quality in streaming and gameplay," said Brandon Snow, Chief Revenue Officer of Activision Blizzard[...]
Worlds Fastest Gamer 3
Torque Esports has announced this week they have launched the third annual World's Fastest Gamer event with Gear.Club If you're not familiar with the game, it's a mobile title developed by Eden Games (who owns Torque Esports) to be a massive mobile device driving experience You basically race and explore in a huge open world[...]
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announced there would be some changes made to the 2020 PUBG esports season due to the coronavirus The company announced that it is canceling the regular PUBG Global Series (PGS) and will introduce the PUBG Continental Series (PCS) as a multi-regional online competition This new series will be held in May, June, and August with[...]
Northern League Of Legends Championship Breakdown
The league will operate out of Europe, supported by a new competitive ecosystem in Telia Esports Series TES is expanding from Finland to Norway, Denmark, and Sweden, which features national leagues and DreamHack-operated UKLC in the UK and Ireland According to the info they released, the inaugural season of NLC will kick off in June[...]
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"With the perfect combination of the talented team hosting the event and the fan-favorite MLS and eMLS players, it will be exciting to watch this series come to life." In retrospect, this honestly isn't that bad of an idea to help promote both Major League Soccer and the esports equivalent in the eMLS[...]
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Today Generation Esports, in conjunction with non-profit partner Varsity Esports Foundation, is launching the Social Distance Cup A free online gaming tournament, with all of the proceeds raised going to communities affected by COVID-19 This month-long tournament series is being held in the continental United States and features competitive matches in League of Legends, Rocket[...]