Epic Games is known for their nearly unmatched pacing of updates for Fortnite, and for Christmas this year, the company's flagship game rolled out holiday cheer in a variety of forms.
The 2020 Call of Duty League is set to debut in January 2020, and the league’s format for its inaugural season will feature a myriad of tournaments in various hometowns belonging to the franchises who have invested in COD for the foreseeable future.
The 2019 KeSPA Cup's previously cancelled English broadcast was revived just before the beginning of the event, casters Max "Atlus" Anderson, Brendon "Valdes" Valdes, and the English broadcast production crew have only needed a day to prove that it was worth re-instating for a fifth consecutive year.
The Rogue streamer raised the money on behalf of St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, whose primary goal is to fight against, prevent, and research a cure for cancer, specifically in the cases of children.
This is the first year in the KeSPA Cup's five year existence that an English broadcast will not be aired alongside the native broadcast in South Korea, and T1 Esports CEO Joe Marsh is having none of it. Marsh tweeted about the importance of an English broadcast for this year's KeSPa Cup, and put his money where his mouth is by assuring both SK Telecom T1 and fellow LCK organization Gen.G were ready and willing to share the costs of airing the separate production for English-speaking viewers.
The German Federal Government has approved the changes in regulation in correspondence to the new Skilled Immigration Act, which will introduce a dedicated esports visa in spring of 2020. Germany, specifically Berlin, is a hotspot for premiere esports events, specifically for League of Legends, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, and PLAYER UNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS (PUBG).
As a result of a massive increase in Arena Duos matchmaking, Fortnite is adding over 20,000 new placements to allow more players an opportunity to win big in the 2019 Winter Royale. Due to the increased number of competitors, the prize pool for the event will also be increased.
The premiere North American LoL Esports competition returns with the 2020 LCS Spring Split on January 25th, and 12 days prior, IMT will host fans of all ages at Button Mash in Echo Park to commemorate its first split participation in two full seasons.
Steve "Tasty Steve" Scott joined Inven Global's Nick Geracie at ArcRevo America 2019 to discuss the flexibility required to be a professional in the FGC, his lore-laden approach to casting, and how Dragon Ball FighterZ is creating a convergence of fighting game players on an entirely new level.
The teaser for prologue was unveiled at The Game Awards 2019 last week.
Clearlove joined EDG upon its inception at the beginning of 2014, and now, he will be trusted to lead it.
Premier Events will gather the top online competitors from each global region. The best performers will earn increased Apex Legends Global Series Points and advanced placement invitations to Majors.
FunPlus Phoenix confirmed as of December 16 that it had signed former SK Telecom T1 Top Laner Kim “Khan” Dong-ha, and according to a tweet by ESPN Esports’ Tyler “FionnOnFire” Erzberger, Khan will he paid over $2 million per season by FPX.
CoreJJ joined Lara Lunardi at ASE2019 to share his initial thoughts on the event, Team Liquid's performance at the 2019 League of Legends World Championship, and TL's new Jungler Mads "Broxah" Brock-Pedersen.
Harrisburg University is one of only a handful of universities across the U.S. to offer an Esports undergraduate degree program.
On Friday, December 13, G2 Esports uploaded a video to its twitter account featuring Bot Laner Luka "Perkz" Perković and Mid Laner Rasmus "Caps" Winther swapping into each other's roles for a Ranked game of League of Legends, with hints that the roleswap may be occuring on the actual team for the 2020 LEC Spring Split. Two days later, Jungler Marcin "Jankos" Jankowski provided context to G2's most recent roleswap on stream via Twitch.
Glass Bottom Games, developer of Hot Tin Roof and Spartan Fist, is launching a new title in 2020. SkateBIRD, a game about skateboarding birds trying their best, will be coming to the Nintendo Switch late next year. SkateBIRD can currently be wishlisted on Steam.
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker Director J.J. Abrams revealed at the Game Awards that Fortnite's next in-game event would be a live, never-before-seen viewing of a scene from the upcoming film. On Saturday, December 14 at 2:00pm EST, a scene from The Rise of Skywalker will be shown in-game at Risky Reels, a location that has been on Fortnite's map since the start of Chapter 2.
Custa will be part of the analyst group on the desk, while Jake will cast matches as he has for the past two Overwatch World Cup competitions.
Team Liquid made the news official in a video that was published to their twitter regarding how the organization came to a mutual arrangement with POB.
