This Week in eSports

The Headlines

League of Legends added to MLG Pro Circuit: Popular MOBA game, League of Legends, has been added to all future Major League Gaming events, with its first appearance this year at the Spring Championship in Anaheim. Twenty teams will be competing from June 8-10 for a prize pool of $40,000.

Red Bull Battlegrounds: Red Bull, one of eSports’ biggest sponsors, has announced that they will be hosting the “Red Bull Battlegrounds” from May 26-27 in Austin City, Texas. The tournament will be held in the Austin City Limits Live within The Moody Theater, which has seating for 1,500 spectators.

Halo: Reach Spring League: In order to accommodate Halo: Reach competitors, Major League Gaming has announced that they will be hosting an online-only league for the popular shooter. Games will be played through MLG’s Gamebattles system. No prize pool has been announced yet, but expect an update within the coming weeks.

Upcoming Games

North American StarLeague

All Matches played at 8:00 PM CST or 6:00 PM CST on Sunday

 

Day	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3	Game 4
Saturday	Catz v Cruncher	Ret v Lowely	Alive v Thorzain	Idra v Alicia
Sunday	Targa v MC	Jinro v White-Ra	Polt v Morrow	Qxc v Puzzle
Wednesday	Zenio v Nightend	Hwangsin v Haypro	Puma v Brat_OK	Cloud v Stephano
Thursday	Ryung v DeMuslim	Crazymoving v Nony	Hero v Sjow	Darkforce v Dimaga

 

Video of the Week

This is a teaser video for the upcoming season of ESBN.tv, a steaming site that will steam players being coached live and lets you tune in to improve your own game. ESBN goes live on May 7th.