Yearly Archives: 2014

ESL’s Hearthstone Legendary Series to award US$36,000 over 12 weeks

Hearthstone Art

As the dust settles on what has been an amazing BlizzCon® 2014, ESL prepares itself for yet another major Hearthstone® competition this year: the ESL Legendary Series. The 12-week season features competition between some of the world’s best Hearthstone players, boasting a prize pool of US$36,000 with travel support for commuting players.

“After an extremely successful Pre-Season, we are excited to announce the ESL Legendary Series,” said Trevor Schmidt (Director of Online Operations for ESL America).” Our goal is to provide the community with a compelling and exciting Series filled with high quality weekly competition open to everyone. Our ESL Studio in Burbank will play host to the weekly broadcasts and the Grand Finals, both hosted by Dan ‘Frodan’ Chou and featuring the best Hearthstone players around.”

Hearthstone Competition

The season will consist of a mixture of players: some will be invited based on merit, others will come based on NESL preseason tournament performance and Challenger Tournaments success. For more information on tournament structure please visit the dedicated ESL Legendary Series website for a full breakdown. The Grand Finals will be held in ESL Studios in Burbank, California and hosted by Dan ‘Frodan’ Chou from 14th-15th of February 2015. Featuring the top eight players from throughout the season, the finals will play out in front of a live studio audience and award US$20,000 in prizes to top performers. Joining the action will be the leading electronics-focused e-retailer in North America, Newegg, who join ESL yet again for top esports action.

“Newegg is very proud to be the premier sponsor of the ESL Legendary Series this year,” said Soren Mills, Chief Marketing Officer of Newegg North America. “Gamers are an incredibly important part of Newegg’s fan base, and partnering with ESL to deliver a great Hearthstone tournament between some of the world’s best players is an exciting way to demonstrate our support.”

Tribal Wars and The West Launch New in-game Features and Events

InnoGames stays true to their name today with a dual release from its online role-playing game The West and its classic strategy game Tribal Wars. The two releases emphasize The West’s new feature: “The Adventures” and Tribal Wars’ Fall Event. In celebration of the launches, the German company has published two videos on the event and in-game element.

The West Adventures

The Adventures allows players to fight with and against each other in a turn-based 3D battle. The winners of the combat can look forward to unique rewards, including veteran points (a new currency) and loot chests. Each adventure is broken into rounds with two stamina points per player. These points can be used for moving, attacking or on abilities like: healing, blocking or firing a particularly penetrating and powerful shot. The objective for the first map is to capture three special buildings distributed throughout it and to reach 35 points to win. There will be more maps available in the future.

Tribal Wars’ fall event puts trading at the center of the action. The merchants are back and will set camps near villages. This time they will bring gems as a special resource which players can get by trading clay, wood or iron. Tribal Warriors can use the gems to enter a Tombola to earn special prices – like boosting units or production. Even though the merchants are peaceful the event will allow players to plunder their camps via coordinated attacks.

Elsword Unleashes: The TEDDY BEAR!?

Elsword Teddy Bear Mayhem

KOG Games, a leading developer and publisher of popular free-to-play action MMORPGs, today announces the launch of game content so horrifying, you’ll want grab a Teddy Bear of… your… very… own.

On Luriel’s 17th birthday, her sister Ariel gave her a teddy bear, but this wasn’t your ordinary teddy bear… no no no! Before long, Luriel’s sleep was plagued with nightmares; nightmares of the teddy bear. Is this abomination possessed by an evil spirit!? Controlled by a devil from the 10,000 hells…. Who knows? Ariel has tried to defeat this vile monstrosity herself, but the hardworking Cobo representative barely has the energy to beat the badly behaved toy.
It’s up to the heroes of Elsword to help her out!

Elsword Teddy Bear Dungeon

New Dungeon!
He brings with him the plight of the squishy, soft and comfy sleep we all daydream about!
Brace yourself… for an encounter with Slow, the Ruler of Nightmares!
Players can access this new dungeon on every world map (except Ruben). As long as players are at least level 10, they can have access. Each Dungeon can accommodate up to 12 players simultaneously!
Players have 6 minutes to defeat the misbehaving Teddy Bear in Luriel’s Nightmare Dungeon. Players will need to deal as much damage as they can to stop this infernal destroyer of dreams all things nicey nice! With a slew of awesome Teddy Bear and Dungeon specific items, it’s totally worth it to knock the stuffing out of this monster.
Slay Slow… get rewards; it’s that easy!

Elsword Polar Bear Costume

Teddy Bear Mounts! Teddy Bear Pets… Teddy Bear Costumes and Items!
To add to the fluffy festivities, players will have the option to purchase Teddy Bear Mount and a Teddy Bear pet from the in-game shop. Who wouldn’t want to cut this fluff-fiend to pieces from the back of a giant Teddy Bear Mount?

Haha… don’t go to sleep tonight Kiddies!  Well… not until you slay the humongous, squishy and ridiculously adorable dream demon, Slow…  the Ruler of Nightmares.