Awards

Vote for an eSport to Win a BAFTA Award

March 10, 2016 Kim Key

Today the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) announced the British Academy Games Awards nominees, and among the categories is the eSports Audience Award for the best game as voted by the fans. [more]

Competitive Mobile Games

TSM Acquires Vainglory Competitive Team

March 10, 2016 Kim Key

Team SoloMid has long been a prominent organization on the MOBA scene, and today the group announced it will enter into the burgeoning mobile MOBA competitive scene by acquiring top Vainglory team, Alliance. [more]

Call of Duty

EGL Open Final Placements

March 8, 2016 Kim Key

Over the weekend, EGL hosted a Call of Duty World League Challenge event in the form of the EGL Open $25,000 tournament in London, UK. This is the EU region’s first big-money tournament, with the previous two online Challenge events featuring $5,000 USD prize pools. [more]

Call of Duty

Videos of the Week: “Hate On Success…”

March 8, 2016 Kim Key

Here at ESS Originals, we like to create our own content, but we love watching others make videos, podcasts, streams, and just about any other form of media to celebrate eSports.

Each week, we highlight some of the best videos we’ve seen, and we encourage you to post your favorites in the comments as well.

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MOBA

Final Phase of SMITE Pro League Qualifiers

March 5, 2016 Kim Key

After this weekend, we will know the teams that have qualified for the SMITE Pro League Spring Split. The journey has been a long one, but now there are just eight teams left. The Phase Two winners will face the bottom two teams from each league. [more]