BlizzCon this year is also the event where J. Allen Brack announces his appointment to the new CEO of Blizzard. Beginning as the production director of World of Warcraft, Mr. Brack has been working at
BlizzCon 2018: a grand event for gamers as well as the dream stage for esports players, is right around the corner. Many players and fans are eagerly waiting for its arrival; for the players especially, it will be the best and last stage to accomplish something grand before the year ends. The event will feature competitions for many of Blizzard's major IPs, specifically Overwatch, HoTS, Starcraft II, and Hearthstone. With so many going on, it can be hard to keep track of it all, so we're here to help lay out the basics for the tournaments at BlizzCon.
The ESC Game Festival takes place at UCI from October 11 to 12. The festival hosted by Inven Global and the UCI Esports Conference features various programs that many gamers would love to see or try o
As he details the introduction of two new Blizzard executives, he mentions the continued "development of several new games"...
Michael Morhaime, the co-founder and CEO at Blizzard Entertainment, has resigned from the company. Through the official social media and homepage, Blizzard Entertainment announced the resignation of M
Panels and live shows normally only seen by conference attendees will be on display but, most importantly to some, access to virtual in-game goodies are also given to virtual ticket holders.
The biggest festival for all Blizzard fans, the 2018 Blizzcon is just around the corner. And of course, we can't forget about the goody bag that accompanies the event. Blizzcon goody bags are filled w
This is the full text of NACE's 9/04/2018 press release. Cazenovia College announced today the addition of its 15th varsity sports program, competitive video gaming - popularly known as eSports, which
An ‘Esports Access' camp was held in UCI. This camp is the third this year, following Overwatch Bootcamp and Girls in Gaming. Starting from the 23rd of July, UCI Esports Center held a camp on
On July 21st, the Olympic Esports Forum was held in Lausanne, Switzerland.The Olympic Esports Forum was hosted by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and the Global Association of International
No school? No club? No problem! High School Esports League is a program dedicated to allowing high schools to enrich the resources needed to promote Esports. Working alongside many high schools across
Harrisburg University reveals a glimpse into their Esports team on HBO Vice.As time slips by, Esports relentlessly evolves. With many colleges already beginning to pick up on the trend, Harrisburg Uni
“I had a player that got a really nice sponsorship and all he had to do was fly up to Seattle to take a couple pictures. He was going to make more than his entire yearly salary in one photo shoot, which does not happen often in esports. He could not go because he did not know that you needed an ID to fly. That’s what we’re dealing with. These players have no life skills.
But if esports veteran Andrey "Reynad" Yanyuk has learned anything in his fifteen years in the industry, Fortnite esports is not built to last. No esport is, in fact, nor game or genre of game. The way he sees it, it is the nature of gaming and esports to resist longevity.
On Tuesday, May 1, Inven Global held the first IGEC-ESPORTS DEEP DIVE for enthusiastic esports fans and related parties at UC Irvine in California. Those who could not attend the event in-person misse
With pride, Phan mentions that Overwatch League is home to an openly gay man on the Houston Outlaws and a woman on the Shanghai Dragons. Players like these are extremely popular to OWL fans and represent how inclusive and diverse esports can be without sacrificing competitive integrity and professionalism: "This is only the beginning" Phan says, "there is so much more work to be done."
It has been 5 years since Hearthstone was released in 2014, and during that span of time the title has become one of the most popular Trading Card Games (TCG), even entering into the realm of Esports.
BlizzCon, the Blizzard's game festival that any Blizzard game fans would have been waiting for the most, is nearly about to begin. At the BlizzCon, new information of each game and titles are revealed
The Overwatch Contenders playoffs is an event that has been given extra prestige due to the simultaneous launch of Blizzard's brand new esports arena. BlizzCon has traditionally been the most impressi
The Grammy Award-winning band famous for tracks like Uprising, Resistance, and Starlight will close out the two day Blizzard party know as BlizzCon. Known for their dynamic vocal range and distinct so