Tag: esports
Facebook’s pro-am ‘Mario Tennis’ tourney includes the Williams sisters
Tennis superstars are teaming up with celebrity partners for a charity doubles tournament with a difference. They'll all be participating remotely, as the Stay at Home Slam will take place in Mario Tennis Aces. Each team will receive $25,000 to donat… Source
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Twitch makes it easier to find live esports tournaments
Since esports are pretty much the only sports running at the minute, you might be looking for a way to keep tabs on when tournaments are running and your favorite pros are streaming their own gameplay. Twitch’s latest feature might help. It’s adding… Source
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‘Valorant’ is harvesting talent from stagnating esports
Yesterday, the reigning MVP of Overwatch esports, Jay “sinatraa” Won, confirmed rumors and announced he was leaving his $150,000-a-year deal with San Francisco Shock for a pro career in Riot Games’ new first-person-shooter Valorant. It’s a huge deal… Source
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The reigning Overwatch League MVP is switching to ‘Valorant’
For Blizzard and Overwatch, a professional esports league has always been a huge part of its strategy, and now other games are competing for the talent it’s developing. League of Legends maker Riot Games is currently developing its own competitive sh… Source
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NBA 2K League starts May 5th with six weeks of remote matches
Practically at the same time the NBA put its season on hiatus after multiple players tested positive for COVID-19, its esports arm also took an unscheduled break. Now, just after the NBA has issued some guidelines that could allow basketball players… Source
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Overwatch League tries to galvanize interest with a May Madness tournament
The Overwatch League will switch to a tournament format for May with prize money and season playoff seeding implications at stake. The seven Asia-based teams (the Chinese and Korean teams, along with the all-Korean London Spitfire and New York Excels… Source
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