This morning, Epic Games laid out specifics for their $100 million Fortnite esports circuit during the 2019 calendar year. The road to the Fortnite World Cup live finals, held in New York City with a $30 million prize pool associated with it, will begin on April 13 with 10 weekly online qualifiers, each awarding $1 million in prizes. Once the final qualifier is finished on June 16, the top 100 Solo players and 50 Duo teams will be guaranteed $50,000 and the opportunity to compete for the $30 million in prizes. Going forward, Epic has announced that they will run weekly $1 million online tournaments using unique formats and game modes to help reach their $100 million total in prizes given out during the year.
On the 22nd of February, EDG defeated Suning 2:0 in the 2019 LPL Spring. Today was a series between the traditional LPL powerhouse, EDG and one of the up-and-coming team in the Chinese LoL scene,
It's been quite a while… but Noh “Arrow” Dong-hyeon has at last made his comeback to the LCS. He couldn't perform since he had troubles with his visa; finally, the issue has been
There were quite a few memorable instances in the games from Week 4, so this time we've added a few more clips. There's plenty of exciting engages and close calls in this week's Top 10 Moments.
On February 22nd, the 3rd day of the 5th week for the LCK 2019 Spring Season took place at the LoL Park, South Korea. Griffin defeated KT Rolster 2-0; both game 1 and 2 were fast-paced as Griffin greatly overwhelmed KT. We had the chance to interview their mid laner, Chovy, who played a big part in helping his team dominate the Rift in both games. Following is the interview with Chovy, the mid laner for Griffin.
DAMWON Gaming defeated Hanwha Life Esports 2-0. In overall, DWG overwhelmed HLE; Nuguri, the top laner for DWG, played a big part in helping his team snowball in both game 1 and 2. Following is the interview we had with him. How do you feel about your win today? I was nervous because today's match was important. However, it feels like we got an easy win since we were ahead of HLE from early games in both game 1 and 2. Did you expect it to go this easy? No, I thought both teams will be somewhat similar. It doesn't feel real how we won this easily. I feel uncomfortable about how I didn't perform well and got carried today.
After six weeks of action, the League of Legends European Championship standings are finally becoming clearer. Some of the regulars at the top aren't around, as Fnatic have struggled to pick up pace.
Griffin defeated KT Rolster 2-0 on February 22nd. Although KT Rolster tried their best to turn the tide, Griffin dominated in both game 1 and 2. This makes it 10 consecutive victories for Griffin. Sword, the top laner for Griffin, guided his team to an easy victory after scaling hard. Following is the interview with Sword, the top laner for Griffin. How do you feel about winning today's match? It feels great that we got to have a perfect victory. Coach cvMax said that he would give your team's performance in game 2 a 7 out of 10. We did extremely well despite how we were in some tight spots in game 1.
DAMWON Gaming defeated Hanwha Life Esports 2-0 on February 22nd, the 3rd day of week 5 for the LCK 2019 Spring Season. In game 1, DWG was able to snowball with their first kills and first turret gold while HLE made a critical mistake of not taking the Eye of the Herald after they killed the Rift Herald. In game 2, DWG had overall dominance throughout the game, which HLE found it difficult to turn the tide. In the end, DAMWON Gaming destroyed enemy Nexus, winning 2-0. Following is the interview with Micro, the Head Coach for DAMWON Gaming, and Punch, their jungler.
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Olleh had a huge smile on his face when he arrived at the interview. He said that since he's the only Korean on the team, he hasn't been able to speak Korean for a long time. Olleh was extremely excit
This is the full text of En Masse Entertainment's February 21st, 2019 press release. En Masse Entertainment, a player-driven publisher focused on delivering great games and great service, today announ
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"The Symmetra play was something we tried when we first started practicing, then some teams tried using it against us, then we figured out how to play against it."
On the 21st of February (KST), Afreeca Freecs reigned over SANDBOX Gaming in their last match of Round 1 of the 2019 LCK Spring Split. The highlight of the day was Kim “Kiin” Gi-in's super
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The competitive details for the 2019 HCT Winter Championships, set to start next week Thursday, crowning a champion next week Sunday, are out. In what's bound to be a somewhat sentimental event, given
