With Bluehole partnering with ESL for an old-fashion battle-royale PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds esports tourney. Games will be played via LAN and will include Solo mode, Duo mode, Duo First Person Perspective mode and Squad mode across four days of action. Also, a few limited-time Crates offering exclusive cosmetics will be available with the proceeds going to charity and the $350,000 prize pool for the winners.
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GG EZ Bar will be Australia’s First Esports Bar When it Opens in Melbourne
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Set to open its doors in August, GG EZ Bar is set to become Australia's first dedicated esports bar. The venue comes from Jamie Skella and Lachlan McAllister, who was behind award winning bars Mr Wow’s Emporium, Los Barbudos, and Lily Blacks.
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Overwatch World Cup Group Stage in Sydney - Live All Weekend!
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The Overwatch World Cup has made its way to Australia with an epic three days of Group Stage competition taking place right now in Sydney. Featuring Groups C and D including Sweden, Japan, Finland, Italy, Portugal and Vietnam. And of course... Australia. Watch all the action here.
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Paladins Global Series is a Huge $350,000 Community Tournament
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Hi-Rez has announced a $350,000 community tournament series for its team-based shooter Paladins, which is aimed at providing high-quality competition for aspiring players across the world. The Paladins Global Series will consist of 10 monthly tournaments for PC players in Southeast Asia, Russia, North America, Brazil, Latin America, Europe, and Oceania. Everyone is eligible, but no pros allowed.
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StarCraft II War Chest Goes Live Later This Week
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Announced at BlizzCon 2016, as a way for regular players to both support Starcraft II esports and be rewarded with in-game goodies, the StarCraft II War Chest makes its debut on July 20. How does it work? Well, that's the cool part.
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Watch Aussies Kanga Esports in the Exciting Semi-Finals of the Paladins Summer Premier Tonight
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The Paladins Summer Premier finals are currently taking place at DreamHack in Valencia, Spain. And to the surprise of no-one, because they're quite the team, Aussies Kanga Esports are battling out for their share of the impressive $100,000 USD prize pool. As the first Oceania team to compete at DreamHack in a Paladins finals, Kanga Esports will be going head-to-head against Chinese team QG in a semi-final showdown at 12:30 AM tonight.
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The DOTA 2 International 2017 Prize Pool Surpasses Last Year's Record
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Last year the DOTA 2 International Championships set a record for the largest ever esports prize pool of $20,770,460. Yeah, that's quite the number. With a percentage of the proceeds from Battle Pass sales going towards the number, this year is already on track to surpass last year's record. In that it has done so already.
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PvEsports - Blizzard Announces the World of Warcraft Mythic Dungeon Invitational
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Mythic Keystone dungeons were introduced a while back in World of Warcraft. They allowed players and groups to tackle dungeons at higher difficulties in order to complete them within a certain time-frame for some sweet loot. As both a fast-paced and highly competitive part of WoW, Blizzard has today announced that the first Mythic Dungeon Invitational is on the way.
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Blizzard Announces the First Seven Citities Joining the Overwatch League
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When Activision Blizzard first announced its plans to take Overwatch esports global with the introduction of a city-based Overwatch League, there was a genuine buzz throughout the industry. But that was months ago, and in that time we've been sitting here and waiting for more information. Okay, so putting together the world's first global professional esports league with city-based teams is no small feat. And today we've details on the first seven cities that will makeup the Overwatch League.
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Valve Swings the Banhammer, Purging Over 40,000 Steam Accounts
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Which occurred right after the closing moments of the annual Steam Summer Sale on July 6. As per the report by Dot Esports, the Valve Anti-Cheat or VAC system identified a huge number of accounts which players create to test out cheats for games like Dota 2 and Counter-Strike: Global Offensive. Where, naturally the guise of a sale is a more affordable way to cheat.
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Here's How the 2017 Overwatch World Cup Will Play Out
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And if you've ever watched a FIFA World Cup on SBS then this breakdown of qualified teams, groups, and then elimination rounds leading to a grand finale will make a lot of sense. If not, then prepare to be schooled! In the ways of how a sporting World Cup works when many countries send their best competitors to battle it out.
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Call of Duty World League Championship Last Chance Qualifier Happening This Weekend in Melbourne
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Where the top 16 teams from the APAC region, based on Pro Points, will battle it out for two spots at the Call of Duty World League Championship 2017. The two-day tournament will take place this weekend, July 8-9, at Crown Exhibition Hall in Melbourne. Well known APAC competitors Tainted Minds and Mindfreak.Black will be part of the event.
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BenQ and ESL Australia Announce the Counter-Strike: Global Offensive BenQ ZOWIE eXTREMESLAND 2017 ANZ Qualifier
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Okay, so not having any idea what a ZOWIE eXTREMESLAND might be, what is clear is that BenQ is extending its popular Asian CS: Go tournament to include Australia and New Zealand! Also, as an open qualifier, any player from the Oceanic region will be eligible to compete for their chance to take part in the BenQ ZOWIE eXTREMESLAND event in Shanghai, China where 16 teams from 14 regions will compete for their share of the $100,000 USD.
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Hi-Rez Oceania SMITE and Paladins Mid Year Finals Wrap-Up
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Over the weekend in Adelaide, the Hi-Rez Oceania $35,000 Mid Year Finals took place. With Legacy Esports crowned the best SMITE team in the region and Kanga Esports victorious in the Paladins Path to Dreamhack grand final. The event saw a number of match-ups take place over two days of esports action.
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Previously on, the Starcraft 2 WCS ANZ Challenger 2017
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Ahead of this weekend's StarCraft II WCS event in Sydney, Daniel "Deth" Haynes, StarCraft II Player, and host at the event takes through the story so far -- TV show recap style. Or, to use a more appropriate sports word -- highlights from the action so far in the StarCraft II WCS ANZ Challenger.
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Blizzard, Bethesda, and Bluehole Partner with Twitch and Streamers for ANZ Community Battles
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Yeah, the game maker and streaming platform equivalent of a Dream Team (see: the 1992 United States men's Olympic basketball team), are partnering with popular streamers from Australia and New Zealand for ANZ Community Battles. Which means they'll get to pick members of their communities to play Overwatch, Quake Champions, or PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS in official gaming tournaments. And it starts next week with Overwatch!
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StarCraft 2 World Championship Series Comes to Australia this Saturday
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One of the original esports phenomenons, competitive StarCraft, is making its way to our shores this weekend as the StarCraft 2 World Championship Series hosts a live tournament at the Sydney ESL Studio sponsored by McDonald’s. This is pretty big news, mainly because this the first time Blizzard's WCS (World Championship Series) has had a local live tournament since 2012. And it'll kick off this Saturday, June 24 in style when a whopping 8 players go head-to-head instead of the usual 2.
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Twitch Partners with Blizzard for Esports Streaming
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With the streaming giant becoming the home for streaming esports competitions for top Blizzard games -- like Overwatch, Heroes of the Storm, Hearthstone and Starcraft II. And as part of the two-year deal, Twitch Prime members will be able to sync their accounts and receive special in-game goodies -- including a gold Overwatch loot box that will contain at least on legendary item. This offer will extend to future loot box packs in addition to similar deals for Heroes of the Storm and Hearthstone.
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Blank Esports Selected to Represent Australia at the Overwatch World Cup Group Stage in Sydney
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Currently ranked as the best Australian Overwatch team, Blank Esports has been selected by fans to represent Australia at next month's Overwatch World Cup Group Stage in Sydney. The team, which is currently in Taiwan battling it out to win the first ever Overwatch Pacific Championship, will be going up against Sweden, Italy, and Portugal in Group C.
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Blizzard Announces an Overwatch Open Division for Aspiring Professionals
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For amateur Overwatch players who reach the rank of Master (or higher) during an Overwatch season. From there players can assemble teams and take part in the Overwatch Open Division for their region, with the Open Division’s first season commencing on July 4. With Australia and New Zealand included the first round of regions.
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