Mateo Sciscento got his first Nintendo DS Lite when he was 3, along with Super Mario Brothers and the Legend of Zelda Phantom Hourglass games. In 6th grade, Mateo had picked up League of Legends, and found out about the LCS (League Championship Series), the professional level of League of Legends. He was instantly hooked. The competitive game is a team-based game with over 140 champions to make epic plays with, according to the game’s website. “I would watch every weekend, cheer on my favorite teams and buy merch. I even had my favorite player, Huni,” says Mateo. By 10th grade, Mateo became mo ..read more

We’re excited to announce a new weekly series we’re trying out, and present you the first installment. “Las Vegas Esports Roundup” is a recap of some of the news stories we found most interesting this week. We’re including a mix of national, international, and local Las Vegas Esports stories you won’t want to miss. As this is something new we’re trying, please comment below (or on our Facebook page). Let us know what we missed and what you want to see more of. This roundup is for you, the community, so help us find the stories that matter most! Las Vegas Esports News Stories Caesars Teams Up ..read more

Activision Blizzard’s Overwatch is more popular than ever. The Overwatch League, a collection of professional teams from across the globe, has completed its very first season with the London Spitfire taking the championship over the Philadelphia Fusion. The All-Star Weekend was a blast; the Overwatch World Cup 2018 was extremely successful, and the upcoming BlizzCon 2018 is highly anticipated. Take into account the hundreds of thousands of people watching tournaments and matches on Twitch and ESPN, it’s easy to see that people are clamoring for more Overwatch. However, with a buy-in of $20 mil ..read more

“The Cross UP,” the first and only eSports show based out of Las Vegas, Nevada launched on Monday night. We’re more excited than ever to see eSports in Las Vegas grow with new venues, new arenas, new teams, and now this show. The Cross UP is kicking off the lead-up to the largest fighting game tournament in the world, Evo 2018, with four brand new episodes in four days. The show is brought to you by Las Vegas’ own, Zeshan “Z” Farooqi, a professional Smash Bros. 4 player, commentator, and blogger and Steve “ShockSmash” Shockey, a writer, podcaster, and vlogger. Zeshan and Steve will be cov ..read more

1) Location. Seriously, it’s Las Vegas. There are millions of square feet of space available for conventions and tournaments. There are somewhere near 150,000 hotel rooms in Vegas. Flights into Las Vegas are some of the cheapest you’ll find, with flights being 1.5 hours or less. You can drive to Vegas from pretty much anywhere in the Southwestern United States in about five hours. The centralized location of The Strip allows people to get from hotel to venues easily. *Little known fact — you can get anywhere in Las Vegas in 20 minutes. 2) Food. I saw a professional gamer lamenting the price of ..read more

Sunday night, I attended the soft launch of The Wall Gaming Lounge inside of the Rio Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, NV. The Wall was created in conjunction with Caesars Entertainment eSports as part of an initiate to push eSports inside of the Caesars properties. They truly doubled down on the idea of a lounge and have created a space that caters to both casual and hardcore gamers. The Wall’s cyberpunk 80s lounge style includes nooks, couches, tabletops, a wall of built-in seats, oversized chairs, and more. Not Another Esports Arena: Big Plans for the Future With The Wall opening on the heel ..read more

Dominique “SonicFox” McLean is arguably the greatest fighting game player this generation and undoubtedly the best Netherrealm Studios player ever. In addition to that he is considered the best skullgirls player and is currently dominating the scene in DragonBallFighterZ. However there is another fighting-game out there that he has yet to conquer and that’s because of one man: His brother Kristian McLean. While Fox is easily known in Las Vegas for his back to back EVO world championship in 2015 and 2016, Kwiggle has proved himself as a champion having won almost every major tournament on the e ..read more

The 2018 LVL UP EXPO at the Las Vegas Convention Center is just around the corner! And Esports in Las Vegas is giving away a set of 2 badges to 3 lucky winners! What is the LVL UP EXPO? If you haven’t heard of the LVL UP EXPO, it’s the biggest video game, anime, technology, and comics conventions in the world, and it’s right here in Las Vegas! When: May 4-6, 2018 Where: The Las Vegas Convention Center Why: Cuz video games Events include: Live video game and table top tournaments for League of Legends, CSGO, Overwatch, CrossFire, SSBM, SSB4, Dragonball Z Fighters, Yu-Gi-Oh, Dragon Ball Super ..read more

The ASTEROIDS Pro League (APLS) announced that 9 charter teams will compete in its first professional ASTEROIDS Space Battle Royale League starting in Las Vegas on June 21. Redefining the current esports model, the APLS is the first professional esports league established to bring to esports one of the true legendary battlegrounds of competition. The teams will compete over the course of two 10-week “splits” at various Las Vegas Venues, with full production and an expected feature film, television show and live esports event productions. “We see the goal of APLS to take the leap from Espo ..read more

Zehn Master Series Helps Local Venues Compete One of the difficult things about esports in Las Vegas is the issue with local competitiveness or more importantly, “How can locals get involved in the esports scene?”. There are many venues in the Valley but most seem to do their own thing, with little cross over. There are a few venues that work together, but not many that compete against each other. Wolf and Lamb Getting Locals Involved Wolf and Lamb PC is one venue trying to rectify that by creating their own Overwatch Team. They have partnered with the GG Circuit and their Zehn Masters series ..read more