Red Bull AdrenaLAN celebrated Joseph “Mang0” Marquez’s birthday on Dec. 7 by giving players and fans a high-octane esports experience at Toronto’s Enercare Centre. Mang0’s Birthday Bash featured Super Smash Bros. Melee and Super Smash. Bros Ultimate tournaments that drew in top competitors like Juan “Hungrybox” Debiedma and Jason “ANTi” Bates. A birthday cake was […]
Read moreGonzalo “ZeRo” Barrios has announced that he has entered into an exclusive streaming deal with Facebook Gaming. Previously, Barrios had been with Twitch where he had over 500K followers. This is the second big-name Facebook Gaming has signed recently, with Jeremy “Disguised Toast” Wang signing last week. Gonzalo “ZeRo” Barrios, the winningest Super Smash Bros. […]
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Gonzalo “ZeRo” Barrios announced today that he will be leaving Twitch to stream exclusively on Facebook Gaming Gonzalo “ZeRo” Barrios will now dip his toes into the “Streaming Wars” by joining Facebook Gaming. Barrios has built quite a following during his 9-year professional career. Barrios will continue to post his video-on-demand content to YouTube […]
Read moreThe University of California Irvine is hosting an SSBU tournament to help hospitalized children on Giving Tuesday. In case you don’t know what “Giving Tuesday” is, it’s a ‘holiday” of sorts after Thanksgiving. It is, of course, after the shopping madness of Black Friday and Cyber Monday. The focus of this day is giving to […]
Read moreJuan “Hungrybox” DeBiedma stars in a new Campbell’s Soup commercial airing on Twitch. The commercial also features DeBiedma’s mother, who is a vocal supporter of her son’s esports career on social media. DeBiedma is regarded as one of the “Five Gods” of Super Smash Bros. Melee. On Friday, Team Liquid’s Super Smash Bros. Melee pro […]
Read moreNine months out from its initial release, Respawn Entertainment developed “Apex Legends” won an award for “Best Multiplayer Game” at the 2019 Golden Joystick Awards. From the developers of Titanfall, Apex Legends released in early 2019. Now, many months later, it has been voted the “Best Multiplayer Game” at the 2019 Golden Joystick Awards. Charlie […]
Read moreOverlords of Orlando, a Super Smash Bros. tournament series organized by Team Liquid player Juan “Hungrybox” Debiedma, has named multiple event partners. Jersey Mike’s will be a presenting sponsor, while Blood Centers of America and the Suncoast Bloodbank will trade donations for free spectator passes. Debiedma will also represent retro game peripheral manufacturer EON as […]
Read moreDreamHack Leipzig will feature DreamLeague Season 13, the first Dota Pro Circuit Major of 2020. The $1M USD tournament will feature 16 teams and award 15K Pro Circuit points. DreamHack Leipzig takes place from Jan. 24-26, 2020, and also features Counter-Strike: Global Offensive and Super Smash Bros. Ultimate tournaments. The first Dota 2 Major of […]
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This week, Rishi Chadha, Twitter’s global head of gaming, visited Toronto for the first time ever to discuss Canadian esports. At Twitter Canada’s headquarters, Rishi Chadha gave insight on Twitter’s trends, statistics, and trajectory in terms of the Canadian esports audience. Games such as Fortnite, Call of Duty, Overwatch, Super Smash Bros. and The Legend […]
Read moreTeam SoloMid player Søren “Bjergsen” Bjerg has signed a new two-year deal that includes part ownership in its League of Legends Championship Series team. Bjerg has played for TSM since 2013, with the new deal running through 2021. TSM also competes in games such as Fortnite, Rocket League, and Super Smash Bros. Longtime Team […]
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