Despite the COVID-19 pandemic ruining many gaming events that were planned to occur in 2020, the League of Legends esports scene around the globe has largely been able to persevere as all leagues have shifted to playing games remotely via the internet. However, after a delay of 2020’s first major international tourney from May to July
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The Overwatch League has been one of the sectors of esports hardest hit by the Coronavirus pandemic. Multiple events have been canceled, and others are moving to an all-online format. That being said, there is one good thing to come out of this for the OWL. For the first time since introducing weekly hero pools,
The Smash World Tour promised to be the premier tournament series for Nintendo’s popular fighting series. Now, it seems that plans may have to change. The organizers announced due to the coronavirus, there will be no platinum or gold level events in March or April. For context, the Smash World Tour operates like this: Players compete
Whether you watch Twitch, Mixer, or YouTube Gaming, video and live streaming has become the predominant way to enjoy your favorite gaming content. As the arena of video content expands, so does its chaos and noise. With hundreds or thousands of fans tuning in, live stream comments become impossible to read, and Discord channels are
Fortnite player Daniel “Dubs” Walsh is suspended from FaZe Clan. After dropping a racial slur on another player’s stream, the 15-year-old faced immediate consequences. On Twitter, FaZe stated, “FaZe Clan will not tolerate any form of hate speech. It is imperative for us to foster an inclusive environment in this community. Due to his actions, we
Pokémon is for everyone, and for seven-year-old Simone Lim, she proved that competing isn’t just for the grownups. When asked how it felt to be the winner of the Pokémon Oceania International Championships Junior Division in Melbourne, she answered, “All children like winning.” While cradling her stuffed Eevee, Lim took home US$1,500 (S$2089) in prize
Much of today’s fighting games, such as Street Fighter 5, Mortal Kombat 11, and Tekken 7, have their own esports leagues. So, it only makes sense for a title such as SNK’s Samurai Shodown to have one of its own. Well, it seems there may be plans to expand Samurai Shodown esports in the future.
Every year, there are a number of Super Smash Bros. events in the Smash Summit series. These events are completely grassroots, with competitors being chosen based on placements at major tourneys or through fan voting. There aren’t any major corporate sponsors and Nintendo isn’t present at all, although that second part doesn’t change much across
Originally announced at Gamescom in 2019, Disintegration is the first IP from the new studio V1 Interactive. I got to go hands-on with it at PAX West last year, and at the time I didn’t know much about it going into my play session. The key part of the game that I knew outside of
Recently, the president of the massive fighting game tournament, EVO, updated fans on the current registration numbers via Twitter. Evo 2020 Registration Leaderboard – February Edition 1) Super Smash Bros. Ultimate 2) Tekken 7 3) Street Fighter V: Champion Edition 4) Granblue Fantasy: Versus 5) Soul Calibur 6 6) DragonBall FighterZ 7) Under Night In-Birth
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare is approaching its Season Two release today, which includes new content and game modes. While a lot of excitement surrounds the inclusion of the Modern Warfare 2 map Rust, many are criticizing the CDL Playlist. Since Black Ops 2, fans of CoD have begged for the addition of Ranked Play.
The coronavirus has caused multiple delays in the past month. We’ve seen the Switch port of The Outer Worlds delayed indefinitely and Nintendo apologized for delaying the delivery of products produced in China. The Taipei game show was also postponed and Overwatch League matches in China were outright canceled. And today, the PUBG Corporation postponed its first esports
Esports gaming platform UMG recently announced an official partnership with Xbox Game Studios to operate and broadcast the Gears 5 Esports Challenger Series Finals. As a consistent home for competitive Gears of War, UMG boasts an online platform that connects more than 2.2 million gamers around the world. UMG’s studio team is streaming the official Gears
Last night, the Evo 2020 game lineup was announced bringing eight modern games and one classic to the biggest fighting game tournament of the year. Just as a reminder, here are the nine games that will be on the big stage: Street Fighter V: Championship Edition Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Dragon Ball FighterZ Tekken 7
Fighting game community rejoice! The Evo 2020 game lineup has been revealed, with a few notable surprises that will make for an interesting event. During the recent Evo Twitch stream, Evo co-founder Joey Cuellar and competitive fighting game player Mike Ross revealed the Evo 2020 game lineup, which consists of eight recent fighting games and
Fortnite is offering PS4 players the chance to earn some major cash. Epic Games revealed the Fortnite Celebration Cup, offering a $1 million prize pool and exclusive cosmetics. Announced on the PlayStation Blog, the Solos tournament will take place on Saturday, Feb. 15 and Sunday, Feb. 16, just before the launch of Season 2. Each day
Today Blizzard released its first Developer Update video for 2020 on the official Overwatch YouTube channel. As per normal, lead director Jeff Kaplan sat down to speak about upcoming changes and additions coming to the game. These topics include balancing and the introduction of hero pools for competitive mode and Overwatch League. In the past, PC
Today free-to-play MOBA Smite is launching its seventh season introducing many new features, from maps and events to new season passes and cosmetic skins. Smite first launched on PC in 2014 and has found success, since expanding to Xbox One, Playstation 4, and Nintendo Switch making it one of the longest surviving MOBAs, and the
Alpha, Rita’s escaped. Recruit a team of fighting game players, with attitude! Last year’s Power Rangers: Battle for the Grid is kicking off the debut of its esports Battle for the Grid League. Announced today and starting with the Frosty Faustings event in Chicago this weekend, this series will see competitors pit their Rangers of
Hearthstone fans who enjoy watching the Masters Tours are in luck this year as it has been announced that they are set to expand throughout this year. Last year, Blizzard held three Masters Tours. One in Las Vegas, the other in Seoul, and one in Bucharest. These saw thousands of players participate in the Masters Qualifiers
EA and Respawn announced today that the publisher and developer team will soon be spinning up the Apex Legends Global Series. This series of both online and live events will allow PC players to compete for more than $3 million. The first event will launch in early 2020. We're excited to announce the Apex Legends
It has been almost a year since Blizzard announced some sad news for Heroes of the Storm fans. Back in December 2018, it was announced that the Heroes Global Championship and Heroes of the Dorm would not make its return. Blizzard also announced the development team behind the MOBA would be shifted to other teams.
This past weekend, the semifinal round of the League of Legends World Championship 2019 took place in two much-anticipated matchups between G2 Esports and SK Telecom T1 while FunPlus Phoenix took on Invictus Gaming. While both series’ ended up being fantastic in their own ways, Sunday’s showdown between SKT and G2 ended up being record-breaking.
More news surrounding the Blizzard controversy has come forth, this time in the form of an official letter signed by; US Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Senator Marco Rubio, Senator Rob Wyden, Congressman Mike Gallagher, and Congressman Tom Malinowski. The letter is addressed to Blizzard’s CEO, Robert Kotick and addresses their concerns towards the companies action of
At the end of the Super Smash Bros. Ultimate World Championship 2019 3v3 tournament (man, that is a mouthful), a short clip featuring the game’s Director Masahiro Sakurai informed the masses that the next DLC fighter will be announced on Tuesday’s Nintendo Direct. The video begins with Sakurai standing in front of the venue where
In a pretty wild turn of events, Endemic Esports’ Brad “Scar” Vaughn defeats Echo Fox’s Dominique “SonicFox” McLean in the Mortal Kombat 11 Grand Finals at Combo Breaker. Although he may have had some close calls, Scar was able to stay on the winner’s bracket until the Grand Finals. Maining Sonya Blade, who is widely
Despite nearly going perfect in the group stage with a record of 9-1, the 2018 League of Legends World Champions Invictus Gaming quickly found themselves eliminated in the knockout stage of MSI 2019 at the hands of Team Liquid. Team Liquid came out looking strong today in the best-of-5 series immediately taking Game 1 from
On Sunday at Pound 2019, top-level player Juan “Hungrybox” DeBidema was almost hit by a crab from a spectator after winning the tournament. Hungrybox is considered one of the best Super Smash Bros. Melee players in the world and is known for playing Jigglypuff. Following his loss in winners to Cloud 9’s Mang0, Hungrybox made his way
William Peter Hjate, also known in the Smash Bros community as Leffen, has decided to quit Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. This news came out on Twitter, where he stated that his time with the game has come to an end. Did well enough in Ultimate to feel satisfied for now. I know I could do better
This weekend, the OpenAI Five took down OG in a Dota 2 best of three series, winning two games straight against the defending The International (TI) 8 champions. The matchup was hard-hitting and fast-paced, as the OpenAI pushed quickly and found plenty of opportunities to steamroll OG players. OpenAI is an artificial intelligence research company
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