The BIG EAST and Riot Games locked in a partnership to launch the spring 2019 BIG EAST League of Legends Championship. Seven of the BIG EAST Conference’s 10 schools will participate in the competition with teams that include: Butler, DePaul, Marquette, Providence, St. John’s, Seton Hall and Villanova. Following a regular-season, which will launch in […]
DreamHack is launching a new Rocket League tournament series titled, appropriately, the DreamHack Pro Circuit, that will see four stops for 2019, each offering a prize pool of $100,000. The first will take place at DreamHack Leipzig from Feb. 15 – 17, followed by DreamHack Dallas from May 31-June 2. “Having already hosted three international […]
Lots to catch up on after the holiday! ESL will bring StarCraft II to IEM Katowice, with 76 of the world’s best players competing for a share of more than $250,000 from Feb. 25-March 3. “We are incredibly excited to be bringing SC2 back again to Katowice for what we expect will be another world-class […]
The General Meeting of International eSports Federation saw the organization vote to bring in the United States eSports Federation as a Full Member of IeSF. The United States eSports Federation is overseen by org president Vlad Marinescu, who is looking to create “the vision, strategy and goals of the organization to unite all parties and […]
ELEAGUE offered new details about its upcoming Super Smash Bros. Ultimate episodic series, created in partnership with Nintendo. The three-part original production – Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Invitational 2018 presented by ELEAGUE – took place this past June at E3 in Los Angeles with the pilot episode set to debut on Nov. 16 at 11p […]
Asian MMA powerhouse ONE Championship is bringing esports into the ring, announcing the launch of ONE eSports, designed to serve as Asia’s largest global eSports Championship Series. ONE Championship and Dentsu Inc., Japan’s largest global advertising agency, will partner for the launch as a joint venture in 2019 with Razer, Singtel, and other top industry […]
ELEAGUE’s next move will be a familiar one, as the esports brand announced a renewed partnership with Psyonix for The ELEAGUE Cup: Rocket League 2018, marking ELEAGUE’s second cross-platform activation in the past two years for the title. The event will pit eight of the world’s best professional teams in a tournament from Nov. 30-Dec. […]
Team Dignitas is getting a branding overhaul, revealing an identity refresh for the first time in 15 years. The Harris Blitzer Sports & Entertainment esports franchise will now be known simply as Dignitas, and will sport a new logo, color palette, uniform, casual wear and more. The logo change will see the alien-eye, “Digi,” replaced […]
Evo 2019 will once again return to Las Vegas next year, locking in Mandalay Bay for a return visit. The event will run from Aug. 2-4, 2019. Last year’s event saw 1.2 million hours watched across its various tournaments, with over 842,000 views.
TwitchCon prepares for liftoff this weekend out of San Jose McEnery Convention Center with four major esports events: PUBG Broadcaster Royale: Omen Challenge, Call of Duty: Black Ops 4’s ‘Doritos Bowl’, the grand final of Fortnite’s ‘Fall Skirmish’ and GamesDoneQuick. Meanwhile, over 140 exhibitors will showcase their wares, with activations that include Fortnite Hall and […]
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