January 16th was the first day of the LCK 2019 Spring Season. The LCK had been hosted by OGN until this year, as Riot decided to take over and host the tournament themselves. This makes it the very first day of the first regular season with Riot hosting and they have already faced a disaster; an unfortunate camera angle exposed a team's strategies and drafts. This incident took place when the first set of the SKT T1 vs. Jin Air Green Wings match ended and the second set was about to start. The camera caught Alvingo, the coach for Jin Air Green Wings, holding a notebook; the camera exposed the strategies and drafts Alvingo had written down for his team, including the ones for their future games.
The partnership serves to streamline esports arena buildouts and provide technical support to institutions The National Association of Collegiate Esports (NACE) announced today that iBUYPOWER, a Calif
ReKTGlobal, the parent company of Rogue, today announces a $10.8-million Series A funding round. The global esports venture company’s financing was led by Nick Gross, an entrepreneur, philanthropist and musician, who is founder of entertainment and media company Gross Labs and will now join the board of ReKTGlobal. Other notable investors participating in the round include Steve Aoki, Imagine Dragons band members and manager Mac Reynolds, Live Nation, Larry Rudolph, partner of Maverick Management, Ozone Entertainment founder Bret Disend, and 1916 Management founder Jonny Gordon along with other sports, media, and entertainment investors.
Despite the good news, one question still remains. Are three events enough to quell serious concerns about the sustainability of Tier 2 Overwatch?
[Event] New Event: Blessing of Moonlight - You can obtain different rewards based on the amount of Pearls you spend in the Pearl Shop. - The amount of Pearls you spend will be reset on every first day
Untara posted a video on his YouTube channel that briefly explained his position regarding the controversy he was involved in with bbq Olivers. On January 8th, Untara posted a video on his channel that showed bbq Oliver's new jungler, Malice, pinging excessively at his teammates. This led to LS, the coach for bbq Olivers, posting complaints on Twitter, accusing Untara of exaggerating Malice's in-game behavior to garner views and bullying Malice because he is a foreigner in Korea. Untara, in his defense, responded that he had no intention of exaggerating or bullying Malice for being a foreigner. He also said that he will be taking the video down if it makes them uncomfortable. However, Untara decided against it since he thought he found nothing wrong with it. He provided further details on his thoughts during his stream, which he later posted to Youtube on January 15th; the video briefly explained his stance on the whole situation.
On the 16th, global eSports Corporation, Gen.G, has hired Chris Park to be CEO of the company. The co-founder of Gen.G (Kevin Chou) has been moved and appointed to the Executive Chairman position. She
Uzi will take a month-long break from competitive gaming. On the 15th, RNG made an announcement through their official Twitter page that "Uzi will return to the team after the Chinese New Year holiday,
UCLA has announced their League of Legends Varsity team.Below is the full article by Adela Marie and Sunny Yen of UCLA Clubsports. Announcing UCLA League of Legends VarsityUCLA Esports Welcomes Four F
The University of Washington is planning to open an Esports Arena & Gaming Lounge. Below is the full article by Jackson Holtz of UW News. Esports — the phenomenally popular world of
Many pros have expressed the importance of mastering multiple characters in Ultimate, and that may very well prove to be the most effective strategy come March 8-10th during the Ultimate Summit
This weekend on January 19th - 20th, LemonKiwi and LoBosco to join Jayne’s broadcast for TFC commentary
Less than a week after Heroes Lounge opened sign-ups for their crowd-funded competitive tournament, Division S, 20 former professional Heroes of the Storm players have formed teams. Thomas “Mene” Cailleux, Dennis "HasuObs" Schneider, Jérôme "JayPL" Trinh, Filip "SmX" Liljeström and Aleksandar "ethernal" Milanov will make up one team from Europe. The former Leftovers squad from EU consisting of Maksym "Mopsio" Szczypa, Mark "Linked" Šepec, Arkadiusz “Bl3kitny” Czarnecki and Mikołaj "PotiBoss" Potera have teamed up together to assert their dominance.
NBA, NBPA AND 2K ANNOUNCE LONGTERM PARTNERSHIP EXPANSION Agreement Expands Upon Success of NBA 2K - Interactive Entertainment Industry's Top-Rated and Top-Selling NBA Video Game Simulation Series NEW
Torrance, Calif.—January 15, 2019—Aksys Games today unveiled the roster of games planned for the fourth Anime Ascension, running from February 15 through February 17 at the Atrium Hotel in
It's a great month so far for fans of Hearthstone's Arena mode. After the game mode's numbers were tuned by Team 5 last week, to make for a balanced experience, yesterday a brand new Arena tournament
During the stream, Mango stated that if subscribers were to reach 10,000 subscribers in one night, he would "get banned again.
The law firm Pomerantz LLP announced that they are investigating Activision Blizzard's fraud charge. Pomerantz LLP, a law firm that specializes in corporate, securities, and antitrust class litigations, disclosed in a press release that they have received information that Activision Blizzard did not notify investors beforehand of their split from their partner, Bungie, in concerns for the stock price falling; if this is true, they will be investigating whether this was a deliberate act or if some of the investors happened to not be aware of it. Activision Blizzard made an announcement on January 10th that they will be splitting from Bungie, the company that developed the Destiny series, after a 10-year partnership. Simultaneously, Bungie announced they have taken over the publishing rights for the Destiny franchise, which had been serviced by Activision Blizzard. This has caused Activision Blizzard's stock price to fall from $ 51.35 (10th 16:00) to $ 45.48 (11th 10:00) based on NASDAQ.
Registration is now OPEN for the Spring 2019 NACE CS:GO Tournament! NACE will be hosting a CS:GO tournament for the Spring 2019 semester in partnership with SkillShot. It is the first CS:GO collegiate
Company's 20-year Gaming History and Proven Entertainment Reputation Position it for esports LeadershipSAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- GameWorks, Inc., a full entertainment and dining experience for
