Lympo has entered into a strategic partnership with leading esports club Virtus.pro to launch non-fungible tokens (NFTs) using the licensed images of the players of Virtus.pro’s Dota 2 and Counter Strike: Global Offensive (CS:GO) club rosters.
Roland-Garros (FFT) and BNP Paribas are pleased to announce the organization of the Roland-Garros eSeries by BNP Paribas Grand Final 2021 within the legendary Philippe-Chatrier court. The eight finalists – who hail from Germany, Belgium, Brazil, France, Italy, Spain and the UK – will take part in an esport workshop on Friday May 28th before contesting the Grand Final on Saturday May 29th.… Read the rest
Morgan Le Fay, queen of the dark arts and arch-mage of Arthurian legend will cast her spell on SMITE this June.
Wielding vast powers of sorcery and seduction, this rival or Arthur and Merlin is equal parts magic and manipulation.
Regarding others as toys for her own amusement, Morgan Le Fay brandishes white and death magics, healing powers, and the forbidden arts against her enemies.… Read the rest
The summer is going to get a whole lot hotter with the official return of the TEKKEN Online Challenge for 2021 and with ASTRO Gaming joining the action as the official headset and mixamp partner of this year’s TEKKEN Online Challenge. The popular online tournament series is back and bigger than ever as more TEKKEN 7 players from around the world can now participate in 14 different regions spanning the globe to fight for the chance to take home a part of over $100,000.00 in prizes and cash provided by Bandai Namco Entertainment and ASTRO Gaming!… Read the rest
CD PROJEKT RED announced the upcoming release of Price of Power, the first-ever Expansion Set for GWENT: The Witcher Card Game. The set’s first entry — Once Upon a Pyre — is coming to PC, Apple M1 Macs, iOS, and Android on June 8th, 2021.
Price of Power is a set consisting of three story-related expansions for GWENT with the main theme of magic and how different factions seek out, fight for, or exploit its power.… Read the rest
Ubisoft® revealed the second season of Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six® Siege Year 6: North Star and its new indigenous Operator, Thunderbird, coming from the Nakoda nation, a North American First Nation, in addition to an entirely reworked Favela map, and more.
In North Star, players will discover a brand-new Defender: Thunderbird.… Read the rest
Grammy nominated writer Sande Chen, who was nominated for a Writers Guild award for her work on The Witcher game, shares her insights on game design and writing June 12 with the virtual Columbus Interactive Media Festival. Chen speaks both on game writing and designing games that attract non-toxic communities.
“Sande Chen is one of those rare people who has driven innovation both in game and narrative design,” said Andrew Greenberg, executive director of the Georgia Game Developers Association (GGDA).… Read the rest
KRAFTON, Inc. announced it will conduct a closed PUBG: NEW STATE Alpha Test for Android users in the United States from June 11-13. Those eligible and interested in participating in the Alpha Test can apply until June 6 at https://newstate.pubg.com/.
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An Esports student from Staffordshire University is hoping to become the first ever UK winner of the Roland-Garros eSeries by BNP Paribas this month.
The Roland-Garros eSeries by BNP Paribas is the world’s biggest eTennis tournament and Staffordshire University was specially selected by French Tennis Federation (FFT) to host one of eight international qualifying rounds in April.… Read the rest
A powerful new Planeswalker class has arrived in Magic: Legends. The free-to-play hack’n’cast online Action RPG based on Magic: The Gathering released a brand new update which introduces players to the fire-wielding Pyromancer for the very first time. From now through May 24 at 10am PT, players can claim this brand-new ranged caster class for FREE from the in-game store when they log into the game.… Read the rest
The Arena of Valor World Cup (AWC) will officially return this summer! Organized by Tencent Games and Garena, the AWC 2021 will unite the world’s best Arena of Valor (AOV) teams on the international stage as they compete to be the world’s best and for a slice of the US$500,000 prize pool.… Read the rest
Activision Blizzard Esports announces the World Series of Warzone – also known as the WSOW – where some of the biggest names in Call of Duty will participate for the largest ever Warzone prize pools.
This showcase of the top talent around the North American and European regions will see trios and duos compete across four online Warzone competitions, the first of their kind hosted by Activision Blizzard Esports on this scale.… Read the rest
Some heroes die hard. Others draw first blood. The most action-packed community event ever for Call of Duty® has started with two of the most iconic ’80s movie franchises of all-time, Rambo and Die Hard, coming to Warzone™, Black Ops Cold War, and Call of Duty: Mobile.… Read the rest
ESL One Summer 2021 will be your Dota 2 Summer tournament. 12 teams compete over a lion’s share of the $400,000 prize money from June 16 – 20. Get a deckchair out, enjoy some snacks in the sun and grab your daily dose of Dota 2 content at ESL One Summer 2021!… Read the rest
A games art degree course taught in the heart of ‘Silicon Spa’ has been accredited by the industry-led skills body for the screen industries.
Royal Leamington Spa College’s foundation and bachelor degrees in Games Art have been awarded ScreenSkills Select accreditation.
The college is one of only eight institutions in the country to have the ScreenSkills Games badge and is the only college to have received the accreditation, with the others all being universities or training schools.… Read the rest