As the first major global professional
esports league with competition organized by cities, the launch of the Overwatch League is one of the most hotly anticipated moments in esports.
This weekend marks the kick off of the very first professional battle royale
esports league with the H1Z1 Pro League Tournament in Las Vegas.
Not exact matches
Historically, Activision has worked
with Major
League Gaming (MLG) and other event vendors
with Call of Duty
eSports, but the publisher is now running its
eSports internally.
This week Fortune caught up
with Jarred Kennedy, the co-head of
esports at Riot Games, to discuss the world championship (the finals will take place Nov. 4 at the Bird's Nest National Stadium in Beijing) as well as the overall growth of the
esports industry and Riot's plans, much like rival Activision Blizzard, to remodel its own
esports league after major professional sports
leagues like the NFL and NBA.
Goetgeluk says Virtuix will explore how it can work
with established
eSports leagues like ESL, Major
League Gaming, and ESWC.
About 18 months ago, Nvidia decided to build a brand new
eSports lab to work more closely
with pro gamers across PC games like
League of Legends, Dota 2, and Counter-Strike: Global Offensive.
ESL works
with eSports game companies like Riot Games (
League of Legends), Blizzard Entertainment (StarCraft II), Valve (Dota 2 and Counter-Strike Global Offensive) and Hi - Rez Studios (SMITE).
Velloso says his team is working
with the top Twitter gaming accounts, which includes publishers and game developers such as Electronic Arts (ea) and Activision (atvi), platforms such as Twitch and YouTube, game media such as IGN and GameSpot, event producers such as E3 and PAX, content companies like Rooster Teeth and Machinima, gaming personalities such as PewDiePie and TotalBiscuit, and
eSports leagues, teams, players, and commentators.
Velloso says his team is working
with companies such as Riot Games, the Tencent (tcehy)- owned developer behind the most popular
eSports game in the world,
League of Legends.
Twitter works closely
with eSports companies like Riot Games, which operates the «
League of Legends» Championship Series.
January 15 — Major
League Soccer is entering the esports market via a partnership with EA Sports to launch an esports league based on FI
League Soccer is entering the
esports market via a partnership
with EA Sports to launch an
esports league based on FI
league based on FIFA 18.
Many team owners are investing in
eSports along
with the NBA looking to launch their own
eSports league.
Not content
with massive sales on other platforms and burgeoning
esports leagues, this Switch port from Panic Button (the studio also behind DOOM on Switch) retains its excellent balance and tight controls in both handheld and docked mode.
Soon though, the movement will further evolve as developer Slightly Mad Studios (SMS) has continued its collaboration
with the
eSports League (ESL) to create the Multi-Class European PS4 Championship for Project CARS.
-- THE HEAT OF COMPETITION:
With a brand - new, fan - requested Online Championships game mode allowing racers to make and join ongoing racing
leagues,
Esports functionality built - in from day one (including Competitive Racing License accreditation), Director / Broadcaster integration and streaming, and an array of old and new motorsport classes including Rallycross, IndyCar, and many more;
League of Legends is a very well - established game in its own right, having a solid hold on the
esports space
with multiple
leagues around the world, while also enticing millions of more casual players into the mix as well, and now fans are getting something new in the form of Clash.
Esports Coaching
with Gamer Sensei PUBG is Getting an
Esports Tournament at Gamescom Rocket
League Esports Tournament to be Broadcast on NBC
Square Enix has been toying
with the idea of trying to create an
esport - friendly game for a few years now, most recently
with Flame x Blaze, a MOBA - style game in the mold of
League of Legends or Dota 2 designed for smartphones.
Although it was a small release, Rocket
League has quickly risen to be a game
with a dedicated community and a lucrative
eSports scene.
With investment from some of the longest standing
esports brands, as well as titans of traditional sports like the Kraft Sports Group and Kroenke Sports and Entertainment, the Overwatch
League is one of the most ambitious
esports projects ever.
Joining us to talk competitive gaming was Tahir «Tashi» Hasandjekic, Lead
Esports Producer at 343 Industries, about teaming up with The Coalition and Major League Gaming to bring Halo and Gears of War together for a unique esports event in New Orleans on July 1
Esports Producer at 343 Industries, about teaming up
with The Coalition and Major
League Gaming to bring Halo and Gears of War together for a unique
esports event in New Orleans on July 1
esports event in New Orleans on July 13 - 15.
Vito is a hardcore gamer himself, also he is a big fan of
eSports,
with his main interests being
League of Legends and Overwatch.
Of course it's entirely too early to tell what all this will mean for
esports, or Activision Blizzard games being utilized
with other companies such as ESL (Electronic Sports
League).
With this new addition, Valencia
eSports has expanded its Electronic Sports Division, in which it already has professional teams for the games known as Hearthstone and Rocket
League.
Interestingly, FIFA is well ahead of
League of Legends or Overwatch among female
esports fans,
with 32 % of its followers being women.
If you're following the
eSport scene, you would have also noticed how similar the format this
league has with League of Legend's LCS, LoL Championship L
league has
with League of Legend's LCS, LoL Championship L
League of Legend's LCS, LoL Championship
LeagueLeague.
Game developer, Blizzard Games, has come up
with a brand new competitive
eSport League called the Overwatch
League.
By partnering
with Twitch and Nexon for the Battlerite Pro
League, we're not only offering an entertaining broadcast, we're introducing the game's intricacies to fresh audiences, newer players, and
esports fans in many different corners of the world.»
The skill - intensive MOBA is finally making a move into the incredibly popular
eSports arena
with its newly announced Pro
League.
Andy continues: «Therefore after the equal success of our PlayStation Plus European Cup tournament we are very pleased to announce that Bandai Namco Entertainment and Slightly Mad Studios have now teamed up
with the Electronics Sports
League to bring you legitimate, dedicated professional
eSports within Project CARS.
Tara's fascination
with esports began
with Starcraft: Brood War, to travelling to Las Vegas for IGN Pro
League events, Madison Square Garden for
League of Legends, and achieving 12 wins in Hearthstone Arena 1x.
A panel on the opportunities in the global
esports market kicked off proceedings at the London Games Festival HUB event,
with representatives from Events DC, Excel and Laser
League maker Roll7.
One of the biggest lessons to emerge from this session was the importance of commentary
with esports events; Roll7 co-founder and studio head Simon Bennett said that even though his studio's latest release, Laser
League, is pretty easy to understand, having commentators - or shoutcasters - present at events gives users context that might otherwise be lacking.
news PUBG Corp. is «building an
esports team globally,»
with an eye to full - time
leagues and big - stadium events.
Highly - Requested Rocket
League Updates Coming Soon Rocket
League Record Revenue of Over $ 110M
with 5M Copies Sold 8 Reasons Why Rocket
League is the Future of
eSports
While I and many other gamers might not be looking to get into the upper echelons of the many
eSports racing
leagues,
with a bit of practice and commitment, I've already seen my driving ability improve.
If you're one of those people that thinks
eSports is a joke or a fad, I need only point to the fact that the X-Games has partnered
with Major
League Gaming to have the best Call of Duty Ghosts players compete in what is often thought of as the extreme Olympics event.
Most
eSports are team based and are played in tournaments and
leagues throughout the year that ends
with one final event or game.
Games like
League of Legends, Counter Strike: Global Offensive, and Dota have been prominent
esports with high viewership on both Twitch and Youtube.
Earlier this week, the North American Star
league (NASL) announced the next phase of Tribes: Ascend as a competitive
eSports title
with an upcoming tournament.
With the firm already securing a $ 38,000,000 investment, Echo Fox seeing continued success in multiple
esports and Twin Galaxies» operational launch of the H1Z1 Pro
League, Mossholder will have multiple established brands to lend his marketing expertise to going forward.
Rocket
League is a simpler
eSport with little strategy involved.
Oculus and Intel have recently announced at E3 that they'll be pushing Echo Arena into
esports which makes it one of the first VR games to enter the competitive
league partnering
with ESL.
In January we launched the Call of Duty World
League, presented by PlayStation 4 — a new global esports league operated by Activision that takes competitive Call of Duty to a whole new level with regional LAN events, live - streamed competitions throughout the year, and a combined $ 3 million prize
League, presented by PlayStation 4 — a new global
esports league operated by Activision that takes competitive Call of Duty to a whole new level with regional LAN events, live - streamed competitions throughout the year, and a combined $ 3 million prize
league operated by Activision that takes competitive Call of Duty to a whole new level
with regional LAN events, live - streamed competitions throughout the year, and a combined $ 3 million prize pool.
As expected, the first season of the new
eSports league will kick off in September to coincide
with the launch of the new F1 2017 game, and there'll be a test to select the 40 quickest drivers.
Major
League Gaming's Mike Sespo said his company is now working directly
with the developers of major games like Starcraft II and Call of Duty in order to help
with features like built - in streaming for the
eSports audience.
This update will now bring the game more in line
with other
Esports titles like
League of Legends and Smite, which allow players to select their skin up until the match begins, and perhaps, will allow players to even improve their team fashion by locking in similar skins
with one another.
The battle royale genre has taken off thanks to game like Fortnite and PLAYERUNKNOWN»S Battlegrounds, and now that H1Z1 has laid the groundwork for battle royale
esports with the H1 Pro
League there's no doubt the other games will follow suit.
And while an
eSports league for F1 is amazing, one that works in parallel
with real - life races would be even better.
-- The Heat of Competition:
With a brand - new, fan - requested Online Championships game mode allowing racers to make and join ongoing racing
leagues,
Esports functionality built - in from day one (including Competitive Racing License accreditation), Director / Broadcaster integration and streaming, and an array of old and new motorsport classes including Rallycross, IndyCar, and many more;