Today, the London Spitfire defeated the Los Angeles Gladiators twice giving them a spot against the Los Angeles Valiant in the Semifinals. Last Wednesday, we saw the Gladiators sweep the London Spitfire giving hope to the home crowd at the Blizzard Arena. Everything was looking good for LA with the potential to see another crosstown
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The Philadelphia Fusion have proven themselves as a team to really watch out for, pulling out a win against the Boston Uprising giving them a spot in the Semifinals of the Overwatch League Inaugural Season Playoffs. On Wednesday, the Fusion was able to get grab the first match win by simply outplaying the Boston Uprising.
Dan “Killinallday” Acosta is the youngest competitor in this year’s HCT (Hearthstone Championship Tour) Summer Championship. However, don’t mistake that for lack of experience. Acosta has been a part of competitive Hearthstone for quite awhile now but has yet to break through the qualifying rounds. That changed this year as he is one of four
Los Angeles Valiant have finally found their way to the top as they defeated the New York Excelsior in the Overwatch League Stage 4 Finals. After the fourth and final stage of the regular season concluded, both the L.A. based teams, the Gladiators and the Valiant, made it to the top two spots, both with
After everything is said and done at Overwatch League Grand Finals, it doesn’t look like the viewers will have to wait long to get back into the action. On August 25, All-Star Game weekend begins bringing all of your favorite players from each division and pinning them against each other in a variety of different
I had no doubt that Overwatch League was popular but I may have underestimated just how much the viewers admire it. Blizzard announced that tickets for the Overwatch League Grand Finals have sold out. If the finals were held at the Blizzard Arena, this wouldn’t be a huge feat. However, the inaugural Overwatch League Grand
Are you looking to be a bit more rewarded for your epic Fortnite skills outside the V-Bucks offered for Solo Showdown? Good news is coming your way, because developer Epic Games revealed that the upcoming competitive scene for Fortnite will introduce a staggering $100,000,000 prize pool. Yes, you read that right. $100,000,000. According to Epic Games’ blog post,
Today, China’s Royal Never Give Up defeated South Korea’s King-Zone DragonX in a 3-1 series at the 2018 League of Legends Mid-Season Invitational Finals held in Paris, France. The two teams squared off in a best-of-five series giving viewers some great action. In the end, RNG was able to outperform KZ finishing the series in
What’s going on in the world of Fortnite? Some of the Battle Royale developers from Epic Games have taken to YouTube to give a quick update on some of the latest things the development team is working on — including E3, the upcoming Fortnite Battle Royale development scene, and the current limited time event Solo Showdown. Seen in the video below, Fortnite‘s
inscOne of the best thing about developer Blizzard Entertainment’s Overwatch is the ability of develops to incorporate foreign locales in the mix of locations for maps. And fans of Jordian history will be thrilled with the inclusion of “Petra,” the upcoming Deathmatch map for Overwatch that got its first real reveal with a dedicated trailer. While we don’t know when the map
The fourth and final Stage of Blizzard’s Overwatch League is just about to commence, which is now giving some of the bottom six teams a chance to make it to the playoffs. It has been a pretty intense season since its debut in January with loads of intense matches and some unexpected results. So what
The 2018 Heroes of the Dorm National Championships have come to a close. The best four teams in the tournament — which includes Université Laval, University of Kentucky, University at Buffalo, and California Polytechnic State University – Pomona — got on stage at the Blizzard Arena in Los Angeles to play some competitive Heroes of
Today, Université Laval won the 2018 Heroes of the Dorm National Championship. Laval is the first Canadian college to win the Heroes of the Dorm tournament, each bringing the championship back to their school, as well as covering their tuition. They also swept the competition, not losing a single game in each of their series
We are here at the 2018 Heroes of the Dorm National Championships where the Heroic Four teams — University of Kentucky, Université Laval, University at Buffalo, and California Polytechnic State University – Pomona — will face each other to win the cash prize of $500,000 to help them with their tuition. We had the opportunity
Overwatch League team Boston Uprising announced that Dae-hee “Crusty” Park will no longer be the coach for the east coast based team. In the update from Boston Uprising, it explains that after some “internal conversations” between Crusty and the team’s staff, it was in both party’s interest to part ways. The update continues, “Crusty has
Today, the New York Excelsior defeat the Boston Uprising to win the Stage 3 Finals of Overwatch League. The first match of the day featured the Boston Uprising against the Los Angeles Gladiators where Mistakes and crew shut down the opposition in a clean sweep. A similar story was told in the next match between
As Overwatch League concludes its second week of Stage 3, the Overwatch Contenders Playoffs begin. The Path to Pro season has ended, eight teams — which include Overwatch League Academy teams — from both North American and European regions have earned a spot in the post-season. The games occurring today will spotlight the Contenders North America teams.
During PAX East this past weekend, Bethesda Softworks announced new details regarding its arena shooter Quake Champions. According to the press release, sometime later this month, Quake Champions will receive a new update, which will introduce a slew of new features into the game, including a new champion named Strogg, a new map (Awoken), as well as tweaks
Just in time for Stage 3, Overwatch League teams Dallas Fuel and Los Angeles Valiant have announced a trade between players Scott “Custa” Kennedy and Benjamin “uNKOE” Chevasson has been finalized. Dallas Fuel head coach Kyle Souder issued a statement about the acquisition saying, “uNKOE is a mechanically gifted support player that will bring key
Today, Blizzard Entertainment announced the Overwatch League Stage Playoffs will now include four qualifying teams instead of three; this change will be implemented in Stage 3. How will this change the current state of the Stage Playoffs? For one, the top-seeded team will no longer get the first round bye, guaranteeing their spot in the
The Texan Overwatch League team can’t seem to catch a break. The newest member of the Dallas Fuel, Minseok “OGE” Son, has been suspended for four matches for “account-boosting” schemes he committed last summer. For those who do not know, account boosting is when a skilled player is paid to increase another player’s ranking — in
The latest and greatest gaming feud, Bluehole Studios’ PUBG and Epic Games’ Fortnite, is taking on a new level of competition. The PUBG development team laid out their plans for 2018 and it looks like they are trying to copy some of the more successful elements of what Fortnite brings to the increasingly-competitive battle royale. News comes from the PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds development blog, where the
As one stage closes, another opens as Stage 2 of Overwatch League commences. After Stage 1, we are given a good picture of where each team stands; based on the standings, NYXL, Outlaws, Spitfire, Valiant, and Dynasty are top-tier teams, Uprising, Fusion, and Gladiators in the mid-tier, and the Fuel, Mayhem, and Dragons in the
No one should count the newly-minted Tekken World Tour as down and out — in a new announcement, publisher Bandai Namco revealed that fans of Tekken 7‘s pro league competition can expect a Tekken World Tour 2018. Revealed in an action-packed trailer, Bandai Namco focuses most of the footage of last year’s tournament and footage. The website for the
Stage 1 of Overwatch League has ended in a series that did not go entirely as expected. From the beginning, the Seoul Dynasty was the favorite to win; for most of the first stage, they were incredibly dominant as they defeated the Los Angeles Gladiators, Dallas Fuel, Boston Uprising, and more with ease. It wasn’t
As the finals for the Halo World Championship this year slowly creeps onto our calendars, today, Microsoft has unveiled the location, for which the impending event will be held at. According to the press release, this year the event will be held in Seattle, Washington at CenturyLink Field. The finals are scheduled to begin on Friday,
It’s no surprise to the Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition community that Blanka was coming soon — that much was revealed months ago at Capcom Cup in Anaheim. However, a brand new trailer from Capcom announced that players can start using Blanka as early as next week. Seen in the video below, the Brazillian-backed Blanka is as mobile as
Week 4 of the Overwatch League has come and gone with some rather interesting results. Going into this week, I would have told you that the London Spitfire, Seoul Dynasty, and New York Excelsior were sure bets to make it to the Stage 1 Finals. After Week 4 concluded, I am not too sure: A
After two weeks into the League of Legends North American LCS, the Golden Guardians have announced that they have fired head coach Yoonsup “Locodoco” Choi. The Golden Guardians are off to a rough start to begin the split as they currently rank at the bottom of the standings with a 0-4 record. In the interim, Tyler Perron
With Week 4 continuing today, its about time for our weekly Wrap-Up of Blizzard’s Overwatch League. This week saw the most back-and-forth matches with six of the teams going to five games. It was also a week full of great rivalry match-ups that put on a fantastic show for the league’s viewers and audience. Additionally,