eSports Archives

Some major esports-related news this morning at Infinite Reality has announced they will be acquiring the esports organization ReKTGlobal According to what's been released today, the company has entered into a definitive merger agreement to acquire the esports-based business for a $470 million all-stock deal, which was based on an equity valuation for iR of[...]

The prize pool and player bounties will be distributed at the end of day three. The full list of 12 teams participating in the Free Fire Pro Series Grand Finals is as follows: Pisar Gaming (former La Bahia) Fuego Team 999 Atomic VIRUS GAMING Club 9D USA ESPORTS OSAKA DN Esports 1A Esports C7 Esports La ONU [...]

Tencent Games and Krafton Inc. have revealed that signups for the PUBG Mobile Club Open (PMCO) will kick off this Thursday.

The organization, along with ESL Gaming, have been trying to bring back the esports event a few times over the past year, and keep getting shut down due to changes happening with the pandemic This is the latest attempt to bring it back after what will be two and a half years of not running[...]

Content is a huge priority for 100 Thieves and one of three core business pillars – alongside apparel and esports – that has helped grow 100 Thieves into a brand valued at $460 million in just four years. Her leap from traditional sports to gaming is another proof point for how fast the gaming world is[...]

Ferrari has officially started up their registration for the Ferrari Velas Esports Series 2022 Championship, looking to make this their biggest year yet As you can already see from the branding, they have partnered up with Velas this time around, along with Santander, ThrustMaster, Snapdragon, NLR, and Richard Mille, as they look to bring about[...]

Organizers for the Call Of Duty League announced today they are running a new tournament where it's amateurs versus pros on Rebirth Island.

Stern Pinball has announced that it will officially return to in-person events for the Stern Pinball Pro Circuit starting this weekend.

ELS Gaming revealed last week they have formed a new multi-year major global esports partnership with Monster Energy The deal is pretty significant in the fact that it will be the first time Monster Energy will support mobile gaming and esports They didn't reveal a ton about what it would all entail, but what we[...]

Red Bull announced today they are bringing back the Red Bull Solo Q event once more for 1-v-1 League Of Legends battles.

Konami has announced today that they're going to take another stab at holding a physical Yu-Gi-Oh! Trading Card Game event.

Esports team Gen.G announced a brand new partnership this morning as they have teamed up with developer Nimble Neuron The main goal of the partnership is to help with the global market expansion of Nimble's new multiplayer online survival arena title, Eternal Return The partnership will officially start at GDC 2022 on March 23rd as[...]

Blizzard Entertainment released details today for the second Hearthstone Masters Tour for 2022 taking place this weekend.

XXX players across Europe and North America have registered for their shot at earning enough points during these cups to join the top eight teams from each region that will advance to the Circuit, and then the Global Finals, competing for their share of the $700,000 total prizing for the season. "These cups are especially exciting,"[...]

Activision and Tencent Games announced this morning that they are bringing back the Call Of Duty: Mobile World Championship for 2022.

Later this week, Wisdom Gaming will be holding a brand new esports event as they're launching a special FGC tournament series The event will be called Fight Night: Lights Out and will officially kick off this Friday, March 18th, and run the course of four weeks as four teams of three will be fighting in[...]

Complexity Gaming announced this past week they've partnered up with Miller Lite to form a new esports diversity partnership The two companies plan to introduce a new initiative designed to support diverse gaming communities, as they will work with their roster of talent to create content for of-age gamers, as well as pushing to make[...]

Organizers behind Evo 2022 have announced this year's event will return to Las Vegas for an in-person competition, along with the full lineup.

Returning to Atlanta from May 26th-29th at the Georgia World Congress Center, they are looking to fill what they are calling "the largest gaming floor of any convention in the Southeastern U.S." One of the big gaming aspects they're doing will be several esports tournaments for fighting titles, including a $5k Super Smash Bros[...]

The tourney is specifically designed to be a competition for those who are not affiliated with any esports team or organization or are professional esports players in any capacity So this is a chance for highly-skilled unaffiliated players to go after a major prize without the worry of being smurfed by pros We have more[...]

Some interesting esports news this morning as FaZe Clan has announced that Snoop Dogg has officially joined their Board of Directors The grander details to him joining the organization weren't revealed, but what we do know is that Snoop will aid in co-creating content, participate in key business initiatives, and launch merchandise through the brand[...]

Razer has announced a brand new esports partnership this week as they will be teaming up with both Envy Gaming and OpTic Gaming The finer details of the deal weren't revealed, but the broad strokes to this one are that it will be a multi-year partnership that will see sponsorship across both groups and their[...]

Wisdom Gaming has formed a new esports partnership this week as they announced a new academic partnership with Major League Baseball The deal specifically will be with the Minnesota Twins, being the local home team to Wisdom's main offices, as they will be the official spring 2022 sponsor of the Minnesota Varsity League (MNVL) This[...]

We are excited to see how the Trio format performs when played at the pro level and if well received then we'll consider how to possibly implement it in other Hearthstone Esports tournaments Here's how the format works: Hearthstone Esports team will create 5 unique groups of three classes each. Groups may share one or two classes. Players[...]

Blizzard Entertainment revealed details for the first Hearthstone: Battlegrounds esports event which will be taking place this April The event will be called Lobby Legends: Raid Leaders, which will be broadcast from April 2nd-3rd on YouTube and Twitch The event will feature 16 Battlegrounds players from around the world after they run the gauntlet to get to[...]

Blizzard Entertainment dropped new details about the upcoming Hearthstone Masters Tour: Onyxia’s Lair event and what you can expect.

Activision has unveiled details of the upcoming addition of ranked gameplay that will be coming to Call Of Duty: Vanguard this week.

Konami has released a statement this morning addressing the Yu-Gi-Oh! Battle of Chaos (BACH) Regional Qualifiers in North and Latin America.

Epic Games announced the latest edition of the Fortnite Champion Series as Chapter 3 Season 1 will kick off shortly.

Easy Day Studios announced the first Skater XL online esports skateboarding event will be taking place today, February 5th on Twitch The event is being called The FakeSkate Open Live Contest, which will have several of the best players going head-to-head in a wicked little competition to see who can pull off the best fake[...]