eSports Archives

Earlier this year we learned that Nintendo had partnered with Nippon Professional Baseball to create an esports series for Splatoon 2 in Japan Up until now, there hasn't been a lot of talk or development on the situation in the public eye But this week, NPB updated their website for the deal, announcing that the[...]

This morning, Tencent Games announced a new partnership with SLIVER.tv for a new esports channel on the way, powered by Theta Network While the channel hasn't been launched yet, the plan is to show off streams from famous gaming entities like FaZe Clan, Method, NRG, and will include programmings like interactive predictions, trivia, and prizes for[...]

Word came down this morning that the esports league would be closing up shop due to several issues. Twin Galaxies co-chairman Jace Hall sent out a message to players and organizers, which ESPN got a copy of, letting everyone know the 2ND Split was suspended indefinitely and that everyone involved with the league had been relieved[...]

Electronic Arts and the Union of European Football Associations announced the eChampions League, a tournament expansion for EA Sports FIFA 19.

Valve's new game Artifact launches at the end of this month, so in order to prepare for the game's launch, the company has announced a preview tournament.

You know esports has officially become a part of the culture when you walk into a public space or business and its the norm Case in point: Esports Arena has officially started putting in tournament venue locations inside Walmart in a new partnership between the two companies Three locations have been launched so far with their[...]

If this song sounds familiar, its because everyone already knew it was gonna get played at the club. For the third year in a row, South Korea has won the Overwatch World Cup.

About 24 hours after rapper Drake plunked down some cash on 100 Thieves, the former NBA star joined other team co-owners including  Peter Gruber of the Golden State Warriors, Jeff Vinik of the Tampa Bay Lightning, and Ted Leonsis of the Washington Capitals to buy into the team for $26 million. If you're not familiar with Team Liquid, now is a good time to[...]

Nike has endorsed its first esports player, this time, in the form of League of Legends player Jian "Uzi" Zihao. The rise of esports is here, whether people are ready for it or not While many complain about the 'sports' status of video games, major brands in the field are jumping on the industry in a hurry[...]

North American and European teams have never done particularly well in League of Legends esports but yesterday saw that change While Team Vitality did not make it all the way through the Group B matches, they put up a much greater fight than expected. Meanwhile, Cloud 9's win has a ton of LoL commentators scratching their[...]

We're back at the Blizzard Arena this month for the Hearthstone HCT Fall Championship, whittling down the top 16 to crown a new champion of the season.

credit//PUBG Corps. This one will probably come as a surprise to you, but despite its popularity, Bluehole's PlayerUnkown's Battlegrounds doesn't have a North American esports league However, PUBG Corp will be changing that come January, according to a recent report by Variety. The National PUBG League or NPL will start its inaugural season in 2019 with a $1[...]

Today, a brand new esports platform called Estars launched, boasting itself as a new "interactive esports engagement platform" The goal of the platform seems to be that you can register to the site and play games you love competitively, while also watching your favorite teams go head-to-head We're not entirely sure what to make of[...]

Today, Space Esports and Stream.Me have announced that they are launching the first Overwatch PS4 International Tournament The two companies have launched the effort to bring some competition to the console side of things with a $10k prize pool up for grabs We're stoked to see this as the primary focus of the Overwatch League is based in[...]

FACEIT has just made a pretty cool accomplishment as far as esports goes, declaring their most recent event, the CS:GO London Major, to be the third most-watched streamed event ever According to their numbers, the event drew 57 million views on Twitch, with a total of 61 million hours watched That would put them in third[...]

Some good news for people who have been looking forward to seeing Puyo Puyo Esports expand, as the game may be coming to the west One of the game's top pro players in Japan, Tom, took to Twitter during Tokyo Game Show to talk about the game, hinting that it's capable enough to come to North[...]

Each Qualifier will be country and region-locked, requiring players being from respective countries and regions to compete. You can check out the full announcement at the official Call of Duty esports website here. The Call of Duty World League has announced its plans for the upcoming CWL season, which will obviously star Call of Duty: Black Ops[...]

Today, NBA 2K announced that a brand new esports competition will be taking place with the launch of NBA 2K19 MyTEAM Unlimited $250,000 Tournament The series announced the details of a new competition that will run from October 13th, 2018 until February 13th, 2019 in which 32 players will face off for $250k! Here are the few details[...]

A new esports partnership is looking to bring more coverage to games 24/7 as ESP Gaming and Stadium have joined forces on a new venture The two have come together to create programming exclusive for the network, bringing esports to a national network with the goal of presenting original shows including live events, reality, news, documentaries and[...]

In the wake of yesterday's shooting in Florida at a Madden NFL 19 tournament, FIAD Entertainment Group has increased security to their event.

Konami released new details this week as to how the next run of their PES League 2019 season will go, and the changes are pretty minor.

Those of you looking at doing esports as part of your college curriculum this fall may be getting a few new options from Blizzard and Tespa The two entities have partnered together to form a new program in the fall where colleges who participate in Tespa esports events will have a chance to compete in[...]

Facebook continues to push for some esports exclusivity on their platform by negotiating a deal to be the exclusive home to FunEase's RGS ESports League The league itself primarily broadcasts one specific game, which is Rules of Survival It's a bit of a PUBG knockoff, but the game has grown to be popular around the[...]

Europe final as we see G2 Esports face off against Evil Geniuses for the championship. Finals Championship Match: G2 Esports vs Evil Geniuses The opening volleys of this fight felt like two heavyweight fighters testing each other's skills, as G2 and EG traded off a couple of victories early on But the rest of the opening round was hard[...]

After a long amount of planning int he tenth match, EG got a well-timed grenade on Rogue, followed by a series of tradeoff kills and the eventual victory to make it 6-4, giving EG the second point. Evil Geniuses officially move onto the finals on Sunday where the will face off against G2 Esports for the[...]

We start with the first matchup between G2 Esports, currently the best team in the entire esport, going up against Team Secret in the last European-based battle of the tournament. Semifinal Match: G2 Esports vs Team Secret For the first round, the match played out like a bit of a chess match as both teams didn't want[...]

G2 Esports The first round of matches was about as no-contest as you could get G2 dominated the early faceoffs on both sides of gameplay, essentially pounding Millenium into the ground There were moments where it felt like Millenium threw away the entire round, like during the fifth point in the first set where the last two[...]

Today, a brand new esports body was launched in the United Kingdom focusing squarely on college and university participation called the NSE The full name is the National Student Esports, and it will be an all-in-one community hub designed to promote and support esports play as a way for students to determine where they'd like to[...]

When the word came down that the two new expansions in the Overwatch League were going to be another China team and Atlanta, we kind of assumed Canada was out for another year.

We got an interesting partnership reveal this week from OpTic Gaming who announced they'll be working with Sansar to bring VR to esports The two companies have launched a new virtual reality clubhouse that will be known as Greenwall VR, which will allow fans to interact with OpTic's staff and players in a VR space[...]