[ad_1] “If you look at Overwatch League, it’s predominantly Korean teams,” Doi said. “It gets increasingly more difficult for players like CS:GO teams, they tend to be from western Europe. A lot of the LCS players are from Canada. Even the Canadians, even though they’re North American players, they need a visa to come and […]
Category: esports
Echo Fox loses its pro ‘League of Legends’ franchise spot
[ad_1] Riot Games partnered with Echo Fox and 10 other esports organizations in 2017, granting them permanent franchise status, in exchange for a $10 million fee. A lot of big players, including professional sports teams like the New York Yankees and Cleveland Cavaliers, jumped at the chance to enter. Since then, the league has been […]
Epic tones down overpowered mechs in ‘Fortnite’ competitive modes
[ad_1] Epic said it would “continue to monitor” the effect of the change ahead of the Champion Series event next weekend. It’s not clear if there will be accompanying changes to everyday gameplay. It doesn’t take much divination to understand why Epic would scale things back. The battle robots move quickly, deal tremendous damage and […]
The first ‘Fortnite’ Champion Series begins August 17th
[ad_1] As mentioned in the preview, there will be a leaderboard to show progress toward reigning over your region. Each event will have its own prize pool, with “millions of dollars” up for grabs throughout the Champion Series. In the long run, there will also be a string of Fortnite Spotlight tournaments established by the […]
Sony plans to make everyone with a PS4 a competitive gamer
[ad_1] The PS4 Tournaments: Challenger Series will kick off with Mortal Kombat 11 on August 6th. Each tournament will run for a few weeks and be broken into stages. In the first round, you’ll have to win at least three out of four matches to advance to stage two. That should improve your odds compared […]
EA’s largest ‘Apex Legends’ tournament yet starts September 13th
[ad_1] As the name implies, teams have to apply to enter this tournament. This is primarily meant for seasoned pros rather than everyday players looking for a shot at glory. The award still pales in comparison to what the biggest Fortnite tournaments can offer. Remember, Fortnite World Cup solo winner Kyle Giersdorf won $3 million […]
Teen ‘Fortnite’ champion won more than Tiger Woods at the Masters
[ad_1] He’s not the only player who had a big payday on Sunday. Each of the 100 competitors was guaranteed $50,000, with four of them taking home seven-figure sums. The fifth-placed player in the Solos competition, Argentina’s Thiago “King” Lapp, won $900,000 — King is 13 years old. Saturday’s Duos champions split the same $3 […]
‘Fortnite’ gets a premier esports circuit in the Championship Series
[ad_1] More details are forthcoming, but Epic will kick off the Championship Series in earnest when the tenth season of Fortnite starts sometime in the near future. This is one of Epic’s first major moves in competitive Fortnite play after recruiting Overwatch League commissioner Nate Nanzer, and signals the company’s intentions. It wants official competitive […]
Madden 20 Championship Series ties its schedule to NFL events
[ad_1] Just a few months after EA announced its Madden NFL 19 bowl set new viewership records, it’s laid out a schedule of events for the 2020 season. Madden NFL 20 launches next week on August 2nd — or three days earlier for people who pre-order a special edition — and it’s touting the ability […]
Blizzard reveals Overwatch League details for 2020
[ad_1] Each team will host two weekend-long homestands, and franchises from each division will collaborate on three more regular-season events in their home regions. In total, 52 homestand weekends will take place. Two local events will run simultaneously throughout the season, which will take place between February and August. Each franchise will again play 28 […]