Category: esports

NBA 2K’s simulated postseason sets its finals: Bucks vs. Lakers

[ad_1] Milwaukee Bucks (4), Boston Celtics (2) Top players Giannis Antetokounmpo (27.3 PPG, 11.2 RPG, 4.2 APG), Khris Middleton (22.8 PPG, 5 RPG, 5.3 APG) Kemba Walker (24 PPG, 4 APG, 3 RPG), Jayson Tatum (19.5 PPG, 6.2 RPG, 1.8 APG), Daniel Theis (11.7 RPG), Enes Kanter (7.3 PRG) Los Angeles Lakers (4), LA Clippers […]

Twitch revamps channel pages to help streamers express themselves

[ad_1] When you visit the channel of a Twitch streamer who’s offline, you’re greeted with a pretty sparse page — some recent broadcasts and a few top clips. The company is changing that, though. Over the next few weeks, all users will be able to customize their channels with custom branding, curated video shelves, and […]

NBA 2K League comes to traditional TV on ESPN2

[ad_1] Despite establishing an esports footprint a couple of years before COVID-19 canceled live sports for a while, the NBA 2K League is only just now coming to traditional TV. While we’ve seen a number of broadcasts for NASCAR, F1, FIFA and Madden in the past few weeks — not to mention other video games […]

Evo 2020 is canceled, but organizers are planning an online event

[ad_1] The “world’s biggest fighting game tournament” has joined the list of events canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic. Organizers announced in a tweet that the annual battle in Las Vegas is off for 2020, but “to keep the Evo spirit alive, we’re bringing the event online this summer.” According to the post, all arena […]

Valve’s Dota 2 The International tournament likely delayed until 2021

[ad_1] The 10th International prize pool will be funded by 25% of sales of the next Battle Pass, which we are planning to release soon instead of closer to the event itself. However, with our team working from home and things taking longer to complete, the release date of the Battle Pass will be at […]

Epic cancels 2020 Fortnite World Cup

[ad_1] Epic is the next big game developer cutting physical esports tourneys from its schedule as it deals with the realities of the COVID-19 pandemic. The company has canceled the 2020 Fortnite World Cup outright in addition to moving all other Fortnite events online. While it was no surprise that an in-person event wasn’t going […]

The reigning Overwatch League MVP is switching to ‘Valorant’

[ad_1] ESPN broke the news of the switch, and stated that Sinatraa needed to switch teams instead of staying with NRG, the organization that owned his OWL team, because of league rules that barred retiring players from signing with an organization that competes in the league. The Sentinels announced their new competitive roster featuring Won, […]

NBA 2K League starts May 5th with six weeks of remote matches

[ad_1] Now the esports pros will take center stage, however in this third season, the plan is to play at least the first six weeks remotely, for obvious reasons. There are 23 teams participating, including the first one that’s not linked to an NBA franchise with the Gen.G Tigers of Shanghai, and over the first […]

ESPN starts broadcasting the ‘Road to the Madden Bowl’ this weekend

[ad_1] In between the network will show Road to the Madden Bowl episodes that highlight the various esports players using “exclusive features and interviews with Madden competitive stars.” It’s all part of a schedule that leads up to the Madden NFL 20 Bowl semifinals and finals on May 16th, which will air live on YouTube, […]

Riot outlines how Valorant’s competitive mode will work

[ad_1] To start playing competitive mode matches, you’ll need first to play 20 unrated games. Once you qualify, you’ll be able to queue for competitive play with up to four other players, provided you’re all within two ranks of one another.   Riot Games If you’ve played a recent Blizzard game or League of Legends competitively […]