Category: eSports and Gaming Events

KRAFTON, Inc. announced that the number of Google Play Store pre-registrations for PUBG: NEW STATE have exceeded 10 million. The recent milestone comes soon after a previous announcement around the game exceeding five million within its first week of pre-registration. Featuring users from over 170 countries, the new milestone was achieved within 43 days of the Google Play Store pre-registrations going live, with Southeast Asia, Americas, the Middle East, Europe and East Asia seeing the highest sign-ups.… Read the rest

GWENT: The Witcher Card Game from CD PROJEKT RED, creators of The Witcher series of games, is now available for all Apple M1-equipped macOS devices. Players can download the game for free right now from the Mac App Store.

GWENT is a free-to-play card game of choice and consequence, where skill — not luck — is your most powerful weapon.… Read the rest

Available on all platforms, PUBG Update 11.1 reintroduces Paramo, the popular 3×3 map set in the highlands of South America. The update also marks the start of a new ranked season, introduces the new Emergency Pickup items, expands the Master Medal system, and more.

See below for expanded update details, or check out the full patch notes for PC here and console here.… Read the rest

Guild Esports announced the signing of world leading female content creator Niki ‘Nihachu’, further bolstering its rapidly growing creator and entertainment roster.

Nihachu, at only 19 years old, has established an incredible social media audience of over 5.5 million combined followers across Twitch, YouTube, TikTok, Instagram & Twitter. She has gathered her widest audience on Twitch, where since November 2020, she has grown her fanbase from 500k, to 1.6m and is currently #26 on the platform’s fastest growing streamers, ahead of the likes of Pokimane and NickMercs.… Read the rest

This coming Monday will mark 60 years since man’s first foray into space as six decades ago Yuri Gagarin, and his capsule Vostok 1, journeyed into outer space and completed 1 full orbit around Earth. Such an occasion demands a great celebration and World of Tanks is bringing exactly that to its players.… Read the rest

PUBG MOBILE  announced the highly anticipated PUBG MOBILE Pro League (PMPL) 2021 schedule, alongside the addition of seven new regions showcasing the true global reach of the PUBG MOBILE Esports ecosystem. The new regions which include North America, Brazil, LATAM, CIS, Turkey, Arabia and Western Europe will see PUBG MOBILE Pro League run from March through to June. … Read the rest

Rix.GG, a fast-growing and top UK esports organization, announces Finnish Rocket League superstar Joonas “Mognus” Salo has signed to its growing team of content creators.

Joonas “Mognus” Salo is a decorated and well known professional esports player in Rocket League. He made the switch to full-time content creation after he was released from the Rix.GG… Read the rest

Team33 announced that it has added Weston Sockwell, aka @31Weston (on Twitter), to its Fortnite roster. The signature which included a $33,000 upfront payment, comes as a result of Weston winning Team33’s first Fortnite tournament which was held on March 20th, 2021. Weston will join Team33 as 33Weston.… Read the rest

It’s “Game On.” for E3, as The Entertainment Software Association (ESA) officially unveils plans for a reimagined, all-virtual E3 2021 that will engage video game fans everywhere. With early commitments from Nintendo, Xbox, Capcom, Konami, Ubisoft, Take-Two Interactive, Warner Bros. Games, Koch Media, and more to come, E3 2021 will take place June 12 through June 15.… Read the rest

Brendon Leigh – the inaugural Formula 1 Esports champion and now real-life British esport racing driver, who joined the Ferrari Driver Academy’s (FDA) official esports team for season 2021 – encouraged aspiring sim racers to sign up for this year’s Ferrari Esports Series.

The qualification stage – which involves four hotlap sessions to decide the participants of the qualification races – will run from April until July and is now open to drivers across the UK and Europe.… Read the rest

Overwatch players with GeForce GPUs are the latest to benefit from NVIDIA Reflex with the addition of the technology to the game today. NVIDIA Reflex reduces system latency to further improve player competitiveness, allowing them to acquire targets faster, react quicker, and increase aim precision simply by enabling NVIDIA Reflex in a game’s settings.… Read the rest

Carrot Group announced that they have begun collaborating with Lenovo™ to expand their popular esports solution for middle and high schools to more school districts nationwide. This first of its kind program, already a success in the Downey and Compton School Districts of Los Angeles, heavily incorporates science, technology, engineering, arts and math (STEAM) skills and a workforce development component.… Read the rest

The newest Planeswalker class to join Magic: Legends, the free-to-play action RPG set in the Multiverse of Magic: The Gathering.

The Dimir Assassin epitomizes Ravnica’s House Dimir, capable of setting up their enemies for devastating combo attacks and always fighting on their terms with a strong sense of control before exploiting a weakness to catastrophic effect.… Read the rest