Information for the coming WGL Gold Series 2016 - 2017 season has been released as World of Tanks readies its new year
of eSports competition.
Fans
of eSports competitions will also get the chance to help out a worthy cause on October 4 - 5 when they buy tickets to watch the top two SMITE pro teams in North America: Team Dignitas and Denial eSports.
Six days
of eSports competition has crowned the Dota 2 International 2016 winners in a bracket - busting tournament full of surprises.
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.
Tencent's eSports division covers all types
of eSports competitions from the League of Legends Pro League (LPL) to the King Pro League (KPL)
Twitter's latest live streaming deal will see the network gaining access to 1,500 hours
of esports competitions, through new partnerships with ESL and DreamHack.
Not exact matches
Today, the history
of eSports continues to write itself, as media giants such as ESPN and Turner broadcast
eSports tournaments and
competitions where major cash is on the line.
Velloso says
eSports has been a major focus for his team because that gaming community already uses the platform to communicate in real time as they watch livestreams
of tournaments and
competitions.
Another
eSports competition that's captured our attention is World's Fastest Gamer, a collaboration between the McLaren F1 team, Logitech G and Darren Cox, who had a big role in the success
of GT Academy.
While Chris's achievement was also exceptional, given the growth
of eSports in recent years, the
competition is today much stronger — but Gorilla still triumphed.
He won the Long Beach round
of Road to Vegas Challenge, an
eSports competition to find 10 sim racers to compete against the 20 Formula E drivers in a million - dollar eRace in (you guessed it) Las Vegas.
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.
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.
World Rallycross is the latest motorsport to jump on the
esports bandwagon, with the winner
of the
competition getting to drive an actual rallycross car
One
of the members
of the» Sim Racing All - Stars» team is the winner
of World's Fastest Gamer, Rudy van Buren, with his teammate being decided in an
esports competition ahead
of the main event.
Esports provides a new way to wager and with some intense gaming action and great
competition, bettors will find this to be one
of the most engaging ways to wager and earn payouts.
-- 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 mor
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 mor
of old and new motorsport classes including Rallycross, IndyCar, and many more;
To help friends compete against each other, WRC 6 includes a split - screen multiplayer mode, challenging new stages, weekly challenges, the
eSports WRC Championship, and more realistic vehicle behavior to help players lose themselves in the rush
of competition.
Supporting students with expert knowledge
of gaming and
esports and providing them with hints, tips, strategies and tactical advice, every school has access to their
esports coach's guidance throughout the
competition.
With 99 per cent
of eight to 15 year olds playing games, Digital Schoolhouse - delivered by games trade body Ukie, - recognises that the
esports competition is the perfect opportunity to build on this interest and engage students with the skills and careers in the industry by working with business partners.
In collaboration with
eSports platform Faceit, this new addition to the X games line - up is designed to drag virtual
competition into the limelight a little, and is not the first time an
eSport has featured on the roster: previous years have seen entries from everything from Halo to Call
of Duty.
The 2017 MotoGP ™
eSport Championship has paved the way for this brand - new tournament: 2018 will see the MotoGP ™
eSport Championship going multiplatform, enabling all players to take part in the
competition on PlayStation ® 4, Xbox One and Windows PC ® / STEAM, while raising the level
of the whole experience offering more content and more
competitions.
- 2.3 million viewers - Game Awards 2016 show is very likely - next show may have
eSports competition during the day
of the event - top streaming platforms were Twitch and YouTube - show trended worldwide on Twitter, with more than one billion impressions with tweets using #TheGameAwards - this ended up doubling last year's social impact - more than 175,000 different people used that hashtag, writing about 279,000 tweets - top streaming channels saw more than half a million comments - Snapchat was used to deliver virtual access to the show and after party - money-wise, Keighley believes the show broke even this year.
Last Friday 32
of ANZ's best Call
of Duty gamers went through 8 hours
of competition, with Team Immunity and Mindfreak
eSports claiming the honor -LSB-...]
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.
The 30,000 - square - foot, multilevel arena is designed to host every form
of competitive gaming, from daily play to high - stakes
esports tournaments, and features a
competition stage, 50 - foot LED video wall, telescopic seating, PC and console gaming stations, and a network TV - quality production studio.
Back then, the term «
esports» hadn't yet entered the lexicon, pro gamers rarely earned the big bucks, and
competitions were all about the love
of the game and discovering who played the best.
It was an amazing year for
esports teams in 2017, winning not just global
competitions but also enjoying an influx
of cash as
esports investment ballooned.
Now, the next evolution is finally here, in the form
of Street Fighter V, right before the
eSports competitions for fighting games kick off.
Earn the respect
of your opponents by improving your ranking, winning
eSports competitions or creating your own incredible gaming experiences.
Bethesda Softworks ®, a ZeniMax ® Media company, today announced Quake ® Champions, a competitive arena - style first - person shooter for the PC that will return fans to the frenetic, skill - based
competition that made Quake an industry legend and solidified it as one
of the first major
eSports games.
eSports WRC, the first international online
competition of the WRC, which was launched in January 2016 with WRC 5, will continue in WRC 6 with improvements in terms
of access, rules, and format which will be unveiled nearer the release
of the game.
EMS One Katowice was a pretty big
competition, pitting Counter-Strike: Global Offensive teams against each other in one
of the largest
eSports...
Activision, together with Xbox, will bring
eSports to new heights later this year as the Call
of Duty World Championship invades Los Angeles, California for March 27th - 29th weekend filled with fierce
competition and all sorts
of gaming goodness for the public to enjoy from home.
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.
This is the conclusion
of Clash Royale's first - ever official global
esports competition, so it should showcase the best players in the world.
A list
of MMO and MOBA livestreams taking place during the week, including
eSports competition and developer streams.
AnyKey organized a women - only
esports tournament in March at one
of the industry's largest events, the Intel Extreme Masters
competition in Katowice, Poland.
These are
esports events —
competitions organised around a number
of video games.
Turtle Beach look to reinvent
eSports competition with the announcement
of their latest gaming headset, the Elite Pro.
In this era
of esports and online
competition this could sound strange to some, but it's quite normal.
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-...]
For fans
of Australian
eSports, there's no better place to be this October 30 — November 1, with a range
of both friendly
competitions and championship matches to be held across the event.
The evolution
of eSports in Southeast Asia has brought about cult - like status for pro gamers and teams, and enthusiasts are embracing
competitions for games such as League
of Legends, Overwatch and Defense
of the Ancients 2 in many countries.
Intel ® Extreme Masters moved forward into its eleventh years
of competition, further increasing its history and legacy in
esports.
Don a pair
of Augmented Reality Goggles and take part in Singapore's first ever AR
esports competition.
It's the most famous fighting game in the world, yet pro-level Street Fighter is so very far away from the big money
competitions of other
eSports.
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 pool.
eSports WRC, the first international online
competition of the WRC, which was launched in January 2016 with WRC 5, will continue in WRC 6 with amendments in terms
of access, rules, and format which will be unveiled nearer the release
of the game.
Even EA's approach to
eSports has an egalitarian ring to it, not just in celebrating pro players but creating
competitions that all players can be part
of.