Tag Archives: Major League Gaming

Two League of Legends teams have lost their prize money after accusations of collusion.

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Major League Gaming’s summer championship is gearing up for kick-off over in Raleigh, North Carolina August 24-26. With a prize purse of around $215,000 and including games like StarCraft 2, Mortal Kombat and Soul Calibur 5, it promises to be a barn burner.

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Major League Gaming has announced its Summer Fight Arena, which will see top players brawling it out in Soul Calibur 5 and Mortal Kombat for glory.

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Both the Korean eSports Association and Major League Gaming CEO Sundance DiGiovanni want to find ways to ensure audiences around the world have someone to cheer for during championship events.

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There’s just one slot open in Major League Gaming’s Summer League of Legends Arena, so you can bet competition will be fierce – so it’s a good thing the last qualifier will be livestreamed.

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Major League Gaming’s first StarCraft II Summer Arena has drawn to a close with a Korean visitor smacking down the competition to take a hefty purse.

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Major League Gaming has released the 2012 fall season competition schedule, which will include three arena events and conclude with the Fall Championship November 2-4 at the Dallas Convention Center.

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Major League Gaming has announced arena dates and the Summer Championship location for its summer season, which will feature one StarCraft II Arena, and the debut of a League of Legends Arena.

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Major League Gaming and the Korean eSports Association have announced an exclusive multi-year global partnership which will merge the western and Korean StarCraft competitions. As part of the collaboration, KeSPA players will compete in US MLG events for the first time in eSports history. The partnership kicks off during the MLG Spring Championship in Anaheim, CA on June 9 where KeSPA Pro players will compete in a StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty tournament. Participants from the top KeSPA teams will be selected and are to be announced in the coming weeks. The exposition match and the entire Spring Championship will be broadcast live online via MLG. The Spring Championship runs June 8-10. Thanks, Talkar.

Hot on the heels of the World Cyber Games reformat, Major League Gaming in venturing into the mobile space.

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The western world’s largest competitive gaming league has joined forces with CBS Interactive.

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Games tournament specialists Major League Gaming has raised $13 million for its business, according to VentureBeat. The news is yet to be formally announced, but a SEC filing shows it has raised $11.3 million so far. More at the link.

The MLG Pro Circuit’s most favoured shooter franchise is back in action.

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No rest for the wicked-ly good at games: The world’s largest eSports league is ready to leap into a new year of action.

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38 Studios founder Curt Schilling has said the firm cannot “in good conscience support” the Stop Online Piracy Act as it is currently written.

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Major League Gaming has released its viewership numbers the Orlando, Florida event and for the fourth consecutive time in a row, the viewer record has been shattered.

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In the wake of this weekend’s MLG Raleigh championships, we take a look at the history and health of eSports, and how you can get in on the action.

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Time for your second round of shorts for the day. Don’t worry, it’s not as short as the shorts being sported by this fella.

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Major League Gaming and EA Sports have united to bring you, the PlayStation 3 gamer, online qualifying competitions for multiple titles from the EA Sports library.

From the release:

Both online and live competitors in the 2009 EA SPORTS Challenge Series will be competing for cash and prizes totaling $170,000, made possible by Sony Computer Entertainment America Inc.

“Working with EA Sports has been a dream of ours for some time. Together, we’ll bring the intensity and excitement of competitive video gaming to sports fans across North America,” said Matthew Bromberg, president of Major League Gaming.

“For nearly a decade, the EA Sports Challenge Series has represented what our brand is all about – competition and a passion for sports,”Steven Chiang, senior vice president, EA Sports weighed in.

“In partnering with MLG and Sony Computer Entertainment America Inc , we’re going to offer our consumers the chance at competition like they’ve never had before, at the highest levels of gaming, and with all the bragging rights on the line.”

Sounds good, although it’s US only at the moment. More details here.

Full thing after the break.

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