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New high school leagues Pro athletes don’t often start training in college or beyond — they begin younger. Doesn’t it make sense that esports pros start training earlier, too? As Harris put it, college is too late to start! He announced that starting next year, for the first time ever high school students will have an officially sanctioned esports league. High schoolers can take their passion to play and join a school team that can compete toward state finals just like traditional sports do. Playvs and the National Federation of State High School Associations are building this league that will premier in February 2019. And Harris was pleased to announce that Georgia will be one of the first states to implement this, and SMITE itself was selected as one of the few games for the inaugural season. We’ll be hearing a lot more, “Sorry mom, I can’t study right now — the team is counting on me!” … [Read more...] about Hi-Rez Expo: Esports adds college varsity national championships and high school leagues

Back when Origin/EA Access debuted on PC and Xbox, I said that it was one of the most gutsy things that Electronic Arts has done in their history next to the Origin Guarantee (refund policy) and my reasoning was pretty simple: By showing off their games in 10 hour trials before launch, EA is taking two major risks that players could A.) burn out of the game within that ten hour window and B.) If the game isn’t good, it can tank day one sales. … [Read more...] about [Column] EA Origin Premier Is A Value Proposition

“League of Legends revenue is down 21% compared to the same time period in 2017,” SuperData notes. “World of Warcraft made $161M in August following the release of its Battle of Azeroth expansion, not including all pre-sales in the months leading up to launch. Subscribers for WoW West hit its highest point since 2014.” … [Read more...] about World of Warcraft made more money than League of Legends last month, SuperData reports

The League of Legends site has been updated with a first-look at the Worlds Season 2018 event details. From September 27th through November 19th, players will be able to take part in three events with "tons of rewards". The goodies train begins with an icon, four orbs and 200 tokens, with the ability to collect more tokens by winning a Worlds Pass first win of the day and for performance grades in every match. … [Read more...] about League of Legends Devs Detail Worlds Season 2018 Event

The Warcraft universe comes to Heroes of the Storm with new Alterac Pass Map The Warcraft universe has come to the Nexus in a big way with the arrival of Alterac Pass, now live on the Heroes of the Storm PTR! This new three-lane battleground is inspired by the iconic World of Warcraft battleground Alterac Valley. … [Read more...] about The Warcraft universe comes to Heroes of the Storm with new Alterac Pass Map