Cloud9 has become the first North American Counter Strike: Global Offensive team to win Valve’s Major championship, beating out the favored European superteam FaZe Clan to claim the title. Many fans of CS:GO were left on the edge of their seat as Cloud9 mounted an incredible journey to finals, a feat only achieved once before […]
It’s no secret that people love Blizzard’s Overwatch. And it’s also no secret that a lot of people watch competitive gaming and eSports. Combine the two and you have a recipe for success, and that’s what happened yesterday. In the first day of the Overwatch League where the Seoul Dynasty took on the Dallas Fuel, […]
There’s no denying that eSports is now a big part of gaming whether you like it or not; and now Japan has recognized how legitimate it is by starting to issue “pro licenses” to pro players starting in 2018. This is being done to bypass Japan’s strict gambling laws, so that the pros are separated […]
Call of Duty eSports fans, mark your calendars as the Call of Duty World League 2018 season will get an official reveal this Wednesday. This was announced by the Call of Duty eSports Twitter account, which also showed off this year’s logo. This Wednesday, join us at 11am PT/2pm ET as we reveal the 2018 […]
Ubisoft’s Rainbow Six Siege might be the next big esports title, but it can’t go anywhere in the world of professional gaming unless you’ve got someone, or something, running the championships for it. On Monday, Season 3 of year 2 for ESL’s Siege Pro League started, and it’s full of great matches for a splendid […]
In a press release, Activision has announced that eSports team Optic Gaming has won the Call of Duty World League Championship (CWL) for 2017. Hosted by Major League Gaming (MLG) in partnership with Activision, Optic Gaming won against Team Envy and pocketed a cool $1.5 million of the season’s $4 million prize pool. CWL Championship […]
Professional gamers keep on making bank! At The International 7 Dota 2 tournament, Team Liquid has claimed victory over the $24 million prize pool and will collect the team’s share of $10.8m! Coming through the loser’s bracket, Team Liquid managed to sweep (3-0) Team Newbee, and is also the first team to win after losing […]
Call of Duty and eSports fans have a lot to look forward to this weekend, as the Call of Duty World League Championship 2017 has already begun, and that means lots of professional fragging. The prize pot for the event is a cool $1.5 million, which will be fought over by 32 teams. It’s once […]
Activision aims to take Call of Duty eSports to the next level with the announcement of a new league, featuring multiple divisions, that will up the total potential prize winnings to $3 million USD and include a wider, larger audience. “The Call of Duty World League will feature multiple divisions—a Pro Division and a Challenge […]
At Gamescom 2015, Call of Duty developer Treyarch took the opportunity to present the highest level of competitive Black Ops 3 multiplayer while showcasing some of the brand new eSports features and improvements the studio is implementing in this year’s shooter. To help Treyarch out, professional Call of Duty players TeePee, Flexz, Merk, Tommey, Kivi, Gotaga, Censor, Buzzo […]
Competitive Call of Duty fans itching to find what Treyarch has in store for Black Ops 3 eSports will want to tune into special Gamescom 2015 livestream event that the studio announced today. Black Ops 3’s ‘Global eSports Reveal’ will take place inside the ESL Arena in Cologne, Germany on August 5 at 10AM PST […]
On March 19, Valve aims to premier a feature-length documentary that puts the of life of the world’s top e-sports players in the spotlight called Free to Play. Set during the lead up to the first Dota 2 International Tournament, the film will follow Danylo “Dendi” Ishutin from Ukraine, Benedict “HyHy” Lim from Singapore, and Clinton “Fear” Loomis […]
In downtown Santa Ana, Orange County, California, eSports Arena CEO Paul Ward and COO Tyler Endres hope to turn a 13,500 square foot hall into America’s first arena dedicated exclusively to the sport of online gaming. The building, picture below, boasts a 1,000 square foot stage, a 2,300 square foot mezzanine, and has the capacity to host 1000 […]
As promised last week, developers Infinity Ward are bringing a suite of brand new eSports updates to Call of Duty: Ghosts in an effort to tighten up its competitive appeal. As of this writing, the Xbox 360 is the first to receive the update outlined in a previous blog post from the studio. We expect […]
Infinity Ward aims to improve competitive Call of Duty with a number of incoming updates to hit Call of Duty: Ghosts in the coming weeks. In a recent forum update on the game’s official website, Infinity Ward senior community manager Tina Palacios outlined a number of tweaks and updates currently in the works at the studio, which […]
A week or so before the game’s official launch, Call of Duty: Ghosts developers Infinity Ward teased a short video hinting at the inclusion of a Broadcaster Mode and the ability to tweak game mode settings to be more eSports-friendly. While the features didn’t make it in at launch, we will get to see it in […]
Battlefield 4 Producer Daniel “zh1nt0” Matros explains how the studio behind Battlefield 4 plans to make the game a ‘sport’ and allow competitive gamers to take advantage of the game’s more eSports-friendly features. Speaking to Matros at the rAge 2013 expo, YouTube personality “Ph4tso” asked where DICE hopes to take competitive play with the launch […]
During this year’s MLG Spring Championship Event in Anaheim, California, Sony Online Entertainment revealed some upcoming plans for their free-to-play MMOFPS, PlanetSide 2, that will help push PlanetSide 2 into the realm of eSports. PlanetSide 2′s creative director Matt Higby announced that fans can look forward to a few new additions that will take the […]
Riot Games is adding new summoner Icons to League of Legends as a way to support both their eSports organization and LCS teams from both Europe and North American regions. Team Icons will be sold at the shop for 250 RP (which is slightly less than $2), and will be available until the LCS Summer […]
Last weekend was witness to Call of Duty’s largest worldwide tournament ever, the official Call of Duty Championship, brought to you by Activision and Xbox Live, and held in Hollywood, California. Whether you’ve been following some of our recent coverage of the event or not, we’ve yet to catch an official replay of the epic battle […]