ESports

The quarterfinal draw for the League of Legends 2017 World Championships has been made, producing a balanced list of competitors for the competition’s knockout bracket. The knockout stage starts on Thursday, October 19, featuring two teams from Europe, one from North America, one from China and three from South Korea. …

Blizzard has announced a new Heroes of the Storm tournament, the Nexus Games Europe, a competition that will see top players from outside of the HGC fighting for triumph while competing in national European teams. The tournament will kick off on November 14, just ten days after Blizzcon wraps up …

Fnatic managed a fairytale comeback yesterday, earning themselves a spot in the quarterfinal of the League of Legends World Championship, coming from a 0-4 first week in Group B to win 4 successive matches, beating a triple tiebreak situation. Fnatic didn’t win a single game in their first week, and …

The Korean e-Sports Association, better known as KeSPA has reportedly failed to meet new standards put in place by the Korean Sport & Olympic committee, which has cost them their status as a recognised sporting organisation. This comes from a report from This Is Game, translated by Slingshot Esports. The Korean …

On Wednesday, HiRez Studios announced a $250,000 Paladins Console Series, powered by Mixer. The Paladins Console Series is open to all Xbox One and PlayStation 4 players from North America and Europe, with teams scrapping in 12 monthly tournaments from October 2017-2018, with monthly prizes for the best performers each …

Daybreak Games has partnered with Twin Galaxies to create the H1Z1 Pro League. The H1Z1 Pro League is planning its inaugural season in 2018, and the decision behind its creation is to create a sustainable esports ecosystem that will make it more attractive to teams, players, partners and viewers of …

Fortnite’s new Battle Royale variant has only been around for a couple of weeks, but Epic Games took to Twitter yesterday to announce that the mode has already hit 525,000 concurrent players.  Fortnight Battle Royale is a completely free mode that’s anyone can download and play, only tangentially related to …

South African football club the Orlando Pirates has announced a FIFA team as its first venture into esports.  “For the first year, Orlando Pirates will focus its esports energies on Electronic Arts franchise FIFA and will later look to moving into the more popular esports segments such as Counter-Strike, League …

The South Korean army hosted an Overwatch tournament earlier this week, while members of the Republic of Korea Army competing for glory in the Overwatch Soldier: 76 tournament on October 8. Teams from different branches of the ROK Army came together to show who among them was the best as …

Chen ‘Victoria’ Guanhong, a support player for top-tier Dota 2 team LGD Gaming, will be taking stepping away from the team due to chronic illness, it was revealed yesterday. Guanhong was a key player for LGD Gaming during their recent top four placement at The International 7, and the loss will …