It's been a long journey for both teams in the Heroes of the Storm: HGC Western Clash 2018, but today the brackets left us with two teams.
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We're in the home stretch of Heroes of the Storm: HGC Western Clash 2018, being broadcast live from the Blizzard Arena in Los Angeles.
A little bit of some random international esports news as Alibaba Group's Alisports and Australian Esports League have partnered to bring WESG to PAX Aus Starting on September 1st and concluding during the convention between October 26th-28th, you will see the league's Dota 2 and CS:GO grand final matches live at the PAX Arena esports stage, along with[...]
The world of esports is going to get their own hall of fame as Esports Insider has launched an initiative to create the inaugural ESI Hall of Fame Awards The event will take place on September 20th at London's Natural History Museum and will honor those who have worked to solidify the industry in their own[...]
Would you like to be on a FIFA 19 esports team managed by one of the most famous soccer players in the world? If you're one of the best of the best of the best, you may have a chance at doing just that. Arsenal's Mesut Özil made a formal announcement on his Twitter page this[...]
Do you and your friends think you're the best of the best who ever played Killer Queen in the arcade? Well, Red Bull is giving you a chance to prove it.
The company will be holding the "Twin Galaxies Fight Club" on August 4th starting at 9pm PDT and going until the wee hours of the morning with some esports rivalries We have the complete fight card below, and for those of you not in Vegas, they will be broadcasting it live on Twitch.
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Coastal Rivalry[...]
In case you might be wondering when you can check out your favorite matches happening at EVO 2018 this year, the company just released the full schedule.
It appears a new esports initiative has garnered a lot more attention than people expected, and some big names from the Overwatch League are getting involved A couple of weeks ago we reported that the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and the Global Association of International Sports Federations (GAISF) were going to be holding a summit to[...]
The London Spitfire have dashed the hopes of Los Angeles hopeful who were looking for a crosstown matchup in the Overwatch League.
This morning, ESP Gaming formally announced its latest esports venture by creating the World Showdown of Esports (WSOE) The plan behind the WSOE is to set up big fight-style matches between the best players they can get, bringing a bit of that WWE/UFC flare to esports as a whole while fighting in big tournaments and over championships[...]
The United Kingdom is getting its first eSports university scholarship program thanks to the University of Roehampton London, making it the first London university to offer scholarships to gamers The scholarship will give out £1,500 GBP a year to support a student on any course, at any level, both undergraduate and post-graduate.
Ten eSports scholarships will[...]
A bit of cool news for EVO over the weekend as they have officially confirmed their dates for EVO Japan 2019.
A phrase that we often tell people about esports as an industry is simply this: If you want it to become as big as a pro-sport, you have to treat it and act like it's a pro-sport Time and time again, from the act of players and coaches gambling on games, to the way people[...]
This week at the Hearthstone 2018 HCT Summer Championship has been one of the longest tournaments we've seen played in a while.
After two sweeps followed by two of the longest matches of the entire tournament, we made our way into the Hearthstone 2018 HCT Summer Championship Semifinals.
After yesterday's long run of games where most of them went the distance, we get to the Quarterfinals of the Hearthstone 2018 HCT Summer Championship.
Do you believe esports should be given consideration for events held at the Olympics? It appears the powers that be are at least exploring that option Last week, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) announced that they and the Global Association of International Sports Federations (GAISF) would be setting up a form to discuss working with people from[...]
Do you have any ambition in running an esports team as a job? You can now earn a degree for it at Becker College starting in late 2018 The college sent out press releases yesterday letting would-be managers know they would be offering a Bachelor of Science in Esports Management as a four-year degree[...]
Revenue from the sales will be split between the 11 teams and the Rainbow Six Invitational 2019 prize pool.
"For us, the Pilot Program is a way to reward the teams that are contributing to the League and help it grow," said François-Xavier Dénièle, Ubisoft EMEA's Esports Director. "For fans, we believe it is one of the[...]
Yes, it's true, the Overwatch League are holding an all-star game. Technically, since all of these players were drafted from teams that were made before the league, you could argue every match is an all-star match, but it looks like they want to make two teams made up of the best of both divisions to play against each other.
Whether or not you're headed to E3 in a few weeks, Nintendo wants to make sure you get a chance to check out their Splatoon 2 World Championship. Today, the company released details about the event being streamed live from the Belasco Theater in Los Angeles.
Not every tournament can have so epic a venue, after all.
The tournament saw the highest ranked Pro Ladder players face off for the $25,000 prize pool and Crown Points, which serve as ranking points of Gwent official esports series Players were also competing for spots in the tournament's final, which guarantee participation in the next Gwent[...]
With Ubisoft, we share a deep commitment in supporting the professional esports community and gaming fanbase," said Jeff Meredith, Senior Vice President and General Manager of Lenovo's Consumer PCs and Smart Devices "Combining Lenovo's consumer technology expertise with Ubisoft's competitive and immersive content was a natural fit to offer gaming enthusiasts a best-in-class gaming and[...]
Trying to capture the energy and scope of an esports tournament is pretty difficult to capture in words, and often doesn't translate to a stream properly as well Streams usually only capture the broadcast segments and events on the main stage, and so they miss all of the chaos going around on the sides Between[...]
(much like the NCAA does in the U.S.) will now oversee an esports arm called National Student Esports (NSE) The new system was created by Benchmark, which is "a group of organizations that specialize in the development of sport and entertainment networks" who are backed by the BUCS The entire formation of this is basically to[...]
Amazon has brought back their esports tournament focused on mobile gaming called the Mobile Masters 2018, which will kick off this week with qualifying rounds on specific games you can download right now Starting on May 5th, you can enter for a place in the tournament by playing Power Rangers: Legacy Wars or Survival Arena, with the[...]
This week, ESP Gaming decided to step up their esports presence and bought out tournament provider Auzom, who specifically is best known right now for producing PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds tournaments in North America and Europe The deal will set up Auzom as the online tournament platform for ESP's events, while ESP will launch new gaming brands under the[...]
Most kids and teenagers only dream of having a career in esports, but most of the youngest players to ever professionally get on a team are usually around 17-18 years old, simply for the fact of travel and legalities That game just changed with the latest signing for a Fortnite pro team. Team Secret, who you[...]
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 Part of this is a journalism[...]