Competitions

Best Pokemon for Little Jungle Cup: Who to Choose

PokémonImage provided by Niantic.Trainers in Pokemon GO are hard at work climbing up the leagues and becoming the very best, and the three usual cups are here for many to test their might. However, there’s a new cup for beginners to take on, so here’s the best team for the Little Jungle Cup.Like the Little Cup, the Little Jungle Cup is a competition that only allows Pokemon with a maximum of 500 CP. However, the Jungle twist means that only Normal, Grass, Electric, Poison, Ground, Flying, Bug and Dark-types are

Pokemon GO Battle League: How to Join the Little Jungle Cup

PokémonDo you want to compete in the Little Jungle Cup in Pokemon GO this season? Here's how to do it. / Niantic LabsDo you want to compete in the Little Jungle Cup in Pokemon GO this season? Here's how to do it.Pokemon GO Battle Season 9 is full of side competitions and tournaments trainers can enter while they're working through each tier of the league. During the Master League, trainers will be able to compete in the Little Jungle Cup—a bit contradictory, considering that the Master League has no CP

VALORANT fans can watch NA VCT Last Chance Qualifier in select theaters

VALORANT North American Esports and Iconic Events have collaborated to show the VALORANT Champions Tour Last Chance Qualifier in select Cinemark theaters nationwide next month.  The Last Chance Qualifier is the last opportunity for 10 teams to earn a spot in the VALORANT Champions event in December. Eight North American teams like 100 Thieves, FaZe Clan, XSET, and Version1 earned their spots in the event by accumulating NA Circuit Points. Two Oceania teams, ORDER and Chiefs ESC, got their slots from the Oceania Tour Championship.  Fans can enjoy the exciting

Team Empire’s Dota 2 team goes inactive until after The International 10

Yet another organization has decided to take an extended break from Dota 2 until The International 10 ends, with Team Empire moving its entire lineup to the inactive roster earlier today.  Empire is one of the oldest CIS competitors in Dota, but after just missing out on qualifying for TI10, the organization is weighing its options for the next phase of competitions.  Over the last nine months of competition, Empire were a consistent team, placing in the top eight in almost every competition since January. This included a second-place finish

Wild Rift: Horizon Cup 2021 will not be the “first Wild Rift Worlds”

Riot Games has announced the first global event for League of Legends: Wild Rift. The Wild Rift: Horizon Cup 2021 will be held from Nov. 13 to 21 in Singapore as an offline event. While the event will feature 10 teams from around the world, the Horizon Cup will not be the “first Wild Rift Worlds,” according to a tweet by Leo Faria, the lead of the game’s esports scene at Riot. While announcing the tournament, Riot said that the event will mark the end of the game’s “preseason.” Faria

Leave wins the 2021 Overwatch League MVP award

Throughout the 2021 Overwatch League season, the Chengdu Hunters have been searching for a tournament win. Success may have eluded them multiple times, but it appears the team has found a win among their ranks.  Xin “Leave” Huang has earned the 2021 Overwatch League Most Valuable Player (MVP) award for his immaculate DPS skills and impressive performance over the past year. On numerous heroes, from Genji to Tracer, Leave sliced through opponents and brought the Hunters closer to victory than they’ve ever been before.  A true veteran of the competitive

Mobile Legends: Bang Bang launches 5th Anniversary Celebration with new content, continued events

This article is sponsored by Moonton Games. Mobile Legends: Bang Bang is turning five years old this October and developer Moonton Games is ready to kick off the celebration with an even bigger bang than usual.  This Fifth Anniversary Celebration will run with the theme “5hare Fun, Forge Legends” and bring new heroes, skins, and more exclusive items to commemorate the MOBA’s new beginning.  Moonton, the developer behind the MOBA, has launched multiple high-profile, globally available mobile games from its offices in Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Hong Kong, and mainland China,

Evil Geniuses CEO Nicole LaPointe Jameson is coming to Disrupt

As the opportunities in the gaming world continue to expand aggressively as part of post-COVID shifts to the entertainment sector, esports has found its own opportunities in reaching new audiences. While competitive gaming is still in its early stages, the stakeholders of the industry are some of gaming’s most prominent publishers and organizations, and disrupting how business gets done can be a major challenge for rising leagues and platforms. We’re excited to have Evil Geniuses CEO Nicole LaPointe Jameson join us at TechCrunch Disrupt this week to discuss the business

ArcSystemWorks announces ArcRevo 2021 schedule with Guilty Gear Strive as the only featured title

ArcSystemWorks is bringing back ArcRevo for a 2021 season, but the circuit’s third year of competition will only feature one title: Guilty Gear Strive. ArcRevo 2021 will begin later this year, with competitions being split between three different regions—Americas, Europe and the Middle East, and Japan/South Korea.  [embedded content] The only title being featured for this year’s circuit will be Guilty Gear Strive, ArcSys’s newest release. Typically, there would be some combination of Guilty Gear, Granblue, BlazBlue, or other games from the developer, but since this is the circuits’ return

ESL announce Pro Tour changes and 2022 calendar; Rio Major under consideration

ESL has revealed the tournament calendar for the remainder of 2021 and for 2022 and announced significant changes to the ESL Pro Tour structure, mainly revolving around the expansion of ESL Pro League and the way teams qualify for the event. The organizers have also shared that the IEM Rio Major is under consideration with Valve for 2022 after the plans for the 2020 Rio Major were scrapped amid the coronavirus pandemic. From 2022 on, every tournament in the Pro Tour structure has been brought under the ESL brand, with