


Summoner’s Rift Arena Banners are able to incorporate unique and modular branding within the in-game map during competitive matches. Riot Games unveiled customizable Summoner’s Rift Arena Banners that will appear within official League of Legends esports broadcasts. The first tournament, hosted by TeePee, takes place today at 4p. Each high-profile streamer will host two events, and fans can expect to see multiple titles, crossing gaming genres. For the first time in this capacity, fans will have the opportunity to “join their favorite gamer’s own stream and showcase why they have what it takes to be Twitch royalty.” The Doritos Disruptor Series will partner with five high-profile established streamers to create 10 unique events through 2020. The multi-event competition opens with a new tournament format, where each event is hosted and streamed by high-profile Twitch talent. The National Association of Collegiate Esports and the North American League of Legends Championship Series Players Association are teaming upto create a “new educational opportunity by forging a link between NACE colleges and universities and professional esports players.” NALCSPA players interested in pursuing higher education during and after their careers in professional esports will have direct access to recruitment information from NACE schools looking to add to their esports programs.ĭoritos is launching “Doritos Disruptor Series,” powered by Twitch Rivals, to boost dreams of Twitch success for streamers, experience and give the everyday gamer the chance to elevate to streaming superiority. Ten teams from Southeast Asia will compete in regional play with qualifiers open to any team that has a minimum of three player residents from: Australia, Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Timor Leste, or Vietnam. ONE Esports is partnering up with IO Esports to launch the $100,000 SEA Dota 2 League, running online from June 18-July 19. Operations will feature a skeleton production crew adhering to updated health and safety precautions as determined by local regulations, and teams will continue to play remotely from their training facilities.

Meanwhile, Riot’s LEC announced that due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the league will cancel its plans to host the Summer Finals in Malmö, Sweden and will shift production of the regular show back into the LEC Studio in Berlin starting in Week 1. No word yet on when its annual esports events will take place. In the announcement, Blizzard stated that it still wants to “channel the BlizzCon spirit and connect” with fans online and that, because of “different factors involved,” any BlizzCon online alternative “will most likely be sometime early next year” in 2021. To request an invite, click here.īlizzard officially pulled the plug on this year’s BlizzCon due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Attendance is free for brands and their agencies with this year’s presentations being offered virtually. Just announced: Chris Puckett will host this year’s presentation. Twitch, Riot, ESL, TSM, Cloud9, Battlefy, WorldGaming/CSL, Houston Outlaws, and more! If you represent a brand looking to activate in the esports sector, the Esports Upfront on June 11 is a MUST attend to learn not only about the unannounced opportunities for partnerships from platforms to international leagues and everything in-between, but also to learn about activation trends in this space and best practices from global brands who have been there. The action begins on Monday with Vitality/ENCE. The BLAST Premier Spring Showdown schedule has been released in both Europe as well as in the Americas, with both tournaments running June 1-7. Each Season will be divided into 4 quarters.

According to the announcements, each regional league “ties into a coherent global program, one unique race towards a qualification for the Six Invitational.” Each competitive Season runs for nearly a year, from March through the following February. The North division will consist of teams from Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, Indonesia, Philippines, Malaysia, and Singapore. This time, the publisher detailed its vision for the Asia-Pacific region, with action kicking off on June 23 with the first playday of the new Asia-Pacific League. Ubisoft continued to unveil changes to its Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege’s esports programs. Super Regional groupings will include EMEA, Americas, APAC South and APAC North. The first Super Regional takes place June 21, with playoffs slates for Sept. EA unlocked plans for the Apex Legends Summer Circuit, a four-month series that will pit regional leaders in different global regions as they compete for a spot in the September playoffs and a $500,000 prize pool.
