"Esports competitions" refers to organized events where individuals or teams compete against each other in video games, much like traditional sporting events but in a virtual setting.
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Tencent's eSports division covers all types
of eSports competitions from the League of Legends Pro League (LPL) to the King Pro League (KPL)
«This group will enable global
eSports competitions in our biggest franchises including FIFA, Madden NFL, Battlefield and more,» EA stated in its announcement.
The world of motorsport gaming just got a bit bigger with the World Rallycross Championship announcing a
new esports competition using Codemasters» DiRT 4.
We're very pleased to announce that we have teamed with Gfinity to bring the best audio performance to the
best esports competition — the Gfinity Elite Series!
But that's not all and Konami have also collaborated with eFootball.Pro to create a new professional football
eSports competition using the series.
This is the conclusion of Clash Royale's first - ever official
global esports competition, so it should showcase the best players in the world.
Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc. has confirmed that its PES LEAGUE WORLD TOUR 2018 will be the official UEFA Champions
League eSports competition.
Based on an analysis of all hours watched on Twitch from July to December 2015, Newzoo found that 21.3 percent of viewership was
from eSports competitions.
The Gfinity Elite Series is a new, city -
based esports competition which will feature six teams playing Rocket League, CS: GO and Street Fighter V. Gfinity teams Melbourne Avant and Sydney Chiefs are part -LSB-...]
Twitch.tv announced two - year deal with Activision Blizzard Entertainment to become the exclusive third - party streaming outlet for more than 20
live eSports competitions featuring popular games made by Blizzard Entertainment including Overwatch, Hearthstone, StarCraft and World of Warcraft through 2018.
Unlike many
other esports competitions though, this one came with a seriously epic prize - a job as one of the official simulator drivers for the F1 team.
Electronic Arts (ea), which is heading up its new internal EA Competitive Gaming Division, integrated its Madden Live
Challenge eSports competition into its Super Bowl 50 activities and Madden Bowl XXII earlier this month in San Francisco.
The headsets will instead offer FX 720 sound, which Wendel says can be used by professional gamers today to compete in
real eSports competition.
F1 seems to be committing long - term to eSports and gaming, which is very encouraging, although it's a little late to pick it up — Formula E has already had a
huge eSports competition, held earlier this year in Las Vegas.
One of those competitors is Brendon Leigh, winner of F1's
inaugural esports competition in Abu Dhabi last year in a dramatic finger - wagging showdown.
The recurring esports lifestyle and community series now continues with fighter - focused Pro-Am Super Smash Bros. 4 and Street Fighter
V esports competitions in November.
However, the entire platform has progressed to the point where you can sit at home playng your favorite mobile games for hours, playing them on your Android TV set - top box / console of choice, streaming on Twitch, and
even eSports competitions.
From a business point of view, we should start seeing
Fortnite esports competitions starting up soon, and it should indicate that investments and gambles on battle royale games seem to be safer than at first thought.
The Australian community has enjoyed plenty of support from SMITE, with a regular community play night on Thursdays and a
competitive eSports competition with the Oceania Pro League which provides a pathway for an Australian team to compete on the global stage at the SMITE World Championships in 2016.
Earn the respect of your opponents by improving your ranking,
winning eSports competitions or creating your own incredible gaming experiences.
Just like what you have come to expect from other
broadcast Esports competitions, programming will consist of pre - and post-match content, including player interviews and City Club profiles.
As well as the tried - and - tested hopper lobbies and Rivals lap time leaderboards, Forza Motorsport 7 will also include the broadcasting tool functionality that was first introduced in Forza Motorsport 6 — which will likely be very handy when the next Forza Racing
Championship esports competition commences later this year.
ESL report ticket sales and event reception have been «overwhelming» - Dota 2
eSports competition set to fill World Cup football stadium
Treyarch's Innovative New Live Streaming Functionality Marks Historic First for Video Games New Pillar for
eSports Competition Elevates Gameplay to a Sporting Event Activision Publishing, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Activision Blizzard, Inc. (Nasdaq: ATVI), today announced that Call of Duty: Black Ops II «s new live streaming feature, available when the game launches on -LSB-...]
According to eSports and Streaming Gameplay, the latest report from global information provider, The NPD Group, 44 percent of current gamers have watched either
formal eSports competitions or informal video streaming of gameplay in the past six months.
Offering a single map, a diverse cast of characters, and gameplay that caters to MOBA and mobile enthusiasts equally, Vainglory has become a mainstay of
eSports competitions while remaining incredibly accessible to newcomers.
According to Game Informer, EA signed a deal with ESPN and Disney XD, where some Madden
NFL eSports competitions will air on national cable television.
Twitch is the rapidly - growing video game streaming service, of course, which
airs esports competitions and lets people showcase their gaming skills to potentially many thousands of viewers.
The tournament will be a chance for fans to watch an
astonishing eSports competition that will have international and national teams go head - to - head — for a grand total of over $ 80,000 in prize money.
For those of you who attended Gamescom earlier this year already know that, 343 Industries and Xbox announced the Halo World Championship (HaloWC), this is the biggest
Halo eSports competition in franchise history, which will be centered on the competitive Arena multiplayer mode of Halo 5: Guardians.
For the last three years, the Just Dance World Cup has successfully taken a unique approach to the world
of eSport competition: not only has it been the perfect match between video games and physical activity, but the only existing eSport show.
At the recent Silverstone qualifying event for World's Fastest Gamer, we caught up with the man behind the new eSports competition
Konami Digital Entertainment B.V. has confirmed that its PES LEAGUE WORLD TOUR 2018 will be the official UEFA Champions
League eSports competition.
Fans will also get to watch some of the
best esports competition this weekend, as teams face off to see who will walk away with $ 2 million dollars and be crowned the champion.