eSports Archives

In these tournaments, teams will battle for their share of a prize pool—and a spot in the next season of Contenders. If that all seems complicated, this short video spells it out pretty well, so you can visualize how this will all work. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qEa2a2b7BysVideo can't be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: Path to Pro 2018 | Overwatch[...]

South Korea and eSports just go together, and as shown during previous competitions and Overwatch World Cups, their players really look a cut above the rest While many players from the region have gone to other teams like the London Spitfire, Seoul is where the expectations lie. However speaking to ESPN, Dynasty Coach Lee "Hocury" Ho-cheol did air[...]

Finnish game studio Critical Force has just managed to reach two impressive milestones with their mobile eSports game Critical Ops The first: mobile game industry legend and eSports prodigy Kevin Chou has joined the company as a board member and the game has soared past the 30 million downloads mark, which is fantastic news for[...]

The Crown Championship, Clash Royale's first-ever official global eSports competition designed to find the best player in the world, will culminate at former London 2012 Olympic venue, the Copper Box Arena on December 3rd Fans who want to attend the thrilling day-long competition in person and receive rare collectible giveaways can get tickets now. Sure, the Crown Championship is billed[...]

Nintendo's latest update for Arms could have some awesome implications for eSports players, or at least anyone looking to formally play the game in an eSports setting. Below are the complete notes for the 3.1 update for the game, which includes a new "Sparring Ring" level that, according to some keenly-eyed Reddit users, fits the parameters[...]

Good Game debuted a few weeks ago on YouTube Red, created by Jesse Cox and Michele Morrow (who both appear and star in the series, respectively), as they look at the good, the bad, and the salty of all things esports culture in a six-episode series (written by Sarah Carbiener and Erica Rosbe) The video[...]

While that would have been a good guess, EA specified during the question and answer period of the call  that the new addition to Battlefield 1 is in fact an eSports mode They referenced the difficulties playing competitive matches with 64 players as part of their reasoning for the new mode. While we don't have a lot[...]

  Bluehole Inc., developer and publisher of PlayerUnkown's Battlegrounds and the ESports League (ESL), announced that they're partnering up to bring the popular Battle Royale game to the world's largest video games and gaming convention The Gamescom PUBG Invitational Presented by Bluehole and ESL will take place at gamescom onAugust 23 – 26, 2017 in Cologne, Germany, and will feature eighty of the world's[...]

Its those small details that really make eSports special, don't you think? No, okay good Because I agree with you there. No matter how much we try to make eSports like real sports, they aren't quite the same thing And I think it does a disservice to both to try and claim they are at all[...]

On the west coast, Andy Miller, chairman and founder of NRG Esports has set up a San Francisco-based team And finally in the U.S., Noah Whinston, CEO of Immortals, will be leading an Los Angeles squad.lizzard's Chinese partner NetEase runs the Shanghai team while Kevin Chou, co-founder of Kablam, is in charge of Team Seoul. The two remaining teams[...]

The story headed into the Grand Finals of the ESL CS:GO Cologne 2017 championship had some interesting twists and turns, but when it was all said and done,

  A shocking but reasonable turn of events took place this week as eSports organization Evil Geniuses announced they are disbanding their Overwatch team While it may comes as a shock to some, the reasoning is actually pretty sound: "This comes after a dialogue where the result was one that both the roster and EG management felt[...]

Tonight on Twitch, if you're obsessed with eSports in every aspect and feel those involved deserve more recognition that they get, you're about to have that wish come true The 2017 Esports Industry Awards will be announcing Stage One finalists for the following awards below, being broadcast at 9pm BST (1pm PDT, 4pm EDT in the states)[...]

The two have signed an exclusive multi-year broadcasting contract, which will cover most of their first-person and third-person shooter eSports teams. credit//Chesnot/Getty Images) That's a hell of a catch for both sides as OpTic Gaming are basically one of the names most associated with the Call of Duty scene, which includes being the winner of the Best Esports[...]

Nintendo has finally dropped the details they have in mind for the Splatoon 2 and ARMS tournaments that will be happening in their area of E3, happening in just a couple weeks at the Los Angeled Convention Center. Below are the details for both tournaments, which will feature a mix of amateur players and pro eSports competitors,[...]