As the tradition dictates, you will see another Call of Duty game released this year, but if this one gives you a sense of déjà-vu, it might be for the best. Indeed, this year’s installment of the series is a soft reboot of one of its most critically-acclaimed titles: Modern Warfare.
There has been a remastered version already, but this one truly is a game from 2019! Expect a new campaign in breathtaking environments, and lots of multiplayer action taking advantage of the most recent technology for immersive and engaging gun-play.
The new ‘Gunfight’ mode, a fast-paced fight between two duos in restricted areas.
The discipline is of course already available on Toornament for you to organize all of your COD: Modern Warfare tournaments, whatever the game mode or rules you want to use!
League of Legends is one of the most prolific esports title currently in existence, and it was only a matter of time before Riot Games put their experience, energy and money towards new titles. It is now official, as big announcements have been made for next year, with updates, ports and new games are coming into the fray.
The new PC Launcher was a first hint that things were in motion, and Riot Games did not disappoint during their 10 Years Anniversary Event. Here is a quick overview of competitive novelties to expect in the foreseeable future.
League of Legends
The historic title will have its early Pre-Season patch, that will drastically change how things are done on the Summoner’s Rift, with new Elemental effects linked to the dragons, map changes and a new champion, Senna.
League of Legends: Wild Rift, coming to your mobile devices in 2020!
The game will also get to our mobile devices and consoles, under the name Wild Rift, for an official League of Legends MOBA experience via touch screens and pads. Pro Leagues and an esports circuit are still a long shot, but are to be expected!
Legends of Runeterra
Riot Games announced a Card Game, based on the Runeterra lore (the world in which League of Legends takes place), involving classic LoL champions. It is hard not to think about Hearthstone when seeing it, but it has a distinct feel and interesting new mechanics, and also draws inspiration from more complex games such as Magic The Gathering.
Legends of Runeterra, an upcoming TCG by Riot Games
The emergence of a Pro Scene is almost a certainty at this point, so stay tuned, as the game is currently accepting pre-registrations for a glimpse at the game, and a closed beta early 2020.
Legends of Runeterra will feature your favorite LOL champions, beautiful animations and new mechanics
Project L
This game, that has not been officially named yet, will be a Versus Fighting Game (not unlike Street Fighter or Tekken), that will pit League of Legends characters. There are not much information to exploit right now, as only a few images could be seen during the Riot Games Event.
Project L will be a Fighting Game featuring the League Legends, in a gorgeous form
Figthing Games are among the first ever games that saw a fully-fledged competitive scene, stemming from the arcade age, so it’s only logical that Riot Games, apparently willing to leave its mark on the esports scene, would venture into such territory.
Project F
We have even less information about this upcoming title. A project “name” and a few images that could hint at a dungeon crawler, Diablo-like or MMO gameplay (where the character has to fend off enemies while following a more of less scripted path, in a top-down view).
Details about the Project F game are still scarce, but it looks awesome
It’s too early to know, but one can theorize about the fact that Riot Games is working on a game “that explores the possibilities of traversing the world of Runeterra with your friends”. At any rate, does not look like the most competitive title of the bunch, but who said it all had to be about competition? A fun cooperative monster-bashing game would also be great!
Project A
Last but not least, Riot Games revealed another game they are working on, sort of an illegitimate child to Counter-Strike:GO and Overwatch. A Hero Shooter with tactical gameplay, slower-paced action than Overwatch and one-shot kills with shots to the head. A shooter where skill is key, not part of the Runeterra license (so do not expect to see League of Legends characters in it, but inspiration for some abilities is clear), is maybe the boldest move of the lot, and proves once and for all that Riot Games can not be reduced to just League of Legends.
The Project A game looks like a 1st Person League of Legends game, but plays like CS:GO with abilities
All in all, a lot of good news, and great games in the making. We are eager to learn more about them, and see the community get to grips with these new titles and come up with competitions!
New year, new sports titles! This year should see a strong comeback by the PES series, and some welcome changes to our favorite sports games!
Here are the titles now available on Toornament:
If you are a newcomer to the platform, here is a guide to successfully Organize your first tournament!
If you would like to see your game added on the platform as a new discipline, make sure to contact us and we will gladly make our esports technology available to your community!
Organizers and Participants, to your competitions!
The Toornament Partner we are about to present today has made great use of our API to build his own competitive environment on top of the Toornament engine.
To start, please introduce yourself and your project
I’m Alain “Midl” R, founder & co-Director of the Krosmoz Tournaments Arena (aka KTA), a season-based League for the game Dofus, composed of multiple qualifier tournaments followed by a Main Event tournament. We are currently in our third season.
Our ambition is to make our league the main community event for the game.
To do so, we’ve created a website, KT Arena , that reunites our community and uses the Toornament API to display our tournaments.
We also built a League Points system, based on the final rankings of each and every qualifiers, that allows us to have overall leaderboards during a season.
How did you discover Toornament?
I have created several tournaments for the game Krosmaga, and have tested multiple tournament platforms to do so. In the end, Toornament was the one I have been the most interested in, and that allowed us to build exactly what we had envisioned.
The customizable Toornament TV was one of the features that really caught my eye. With my former crew, we had fun doing stuffs with it:
What feature(s) do you like the most on Toornament?
I guess it iss the fact that I’m able to do really complex, yet fun, stuff with the tournament structures. My dream is to organize a tournament that begins with a Swiss System that qualifies for Double-Elimination Bracket Groups, followed by a Robin Robin that qualifies players towards the Single-Elimination Playoffs; and thanks to Toornament, we have been able to do such a tournament during our first season!
Anything you want to add?
I’m pretty sure that Toornament and environments like that is the future for the community made esports.
And we are sure that communities are what really drive esports, and are glad to provide a tool for these communities to exist and grow. Take a look at the Toornament API Documentation if you would like to start building a great project like what the KTA folks did, and do contact us by email at [email protected] if you have questions or inquiries about such projects that we might help you with!
A big thank you to Midl and his staff for their incredible work, and the time dedicated to answering our questions. We are glad and proud to be the esports technology chosen by communities and game publishers (see the Rainbow Six French League for Ubisoft), to let them build new solutions to improve the players’ experience!
This summer was rife with great Battle Royale competitions, and we have covered most of them, thanks to our FFA stages.
If you happened to have missed some of them, here are the detailed results of the main tournaments that were played over the summer:
Fortnite World Cup 2019
First off, the Fortnite World Cup was held early August with 4 separate competitions:
Not to spoil the results, but let’s say they were not exactly what we’d expect!
Catch up on the competition, and if the format is renewed, prepare for next year’s World Cup, and a chance to grab the lion’s share of the cash prize!
Organizers, create your own tournament with the same rules as the World Cup thanks to our Fortnite Guide for Organizers!
PUBG Nations Cup
First off, the Nations Cup for PUBG, where country teams fought off in an extended 15-games match (click for detailed results) to determine the best country of all:
In the end, Russia took the title, closely followed by South Korea, with Canada seizing the last podium place.
A tense and intense competition, which saw many epic moments and comebacks! If you wish to create your own, follow our PUBG Guide for Organizers!
Apex EXP Invitational
Part of the first Preseason of competitive Apex, this tournament pit invited teams against one another for a hefty cash prize, and renown going into the very first Apex Competitive Circuit.
Team SoloMid finally got out first after the 12 games (click for detailed results), but the other teams will have another chance to shine and dethrone them during the Preseason Invitational that’s to be held in Krakow mid-September.
Again, if you are a tournament organizer yourself, and would like to replicate the competition for your own community, we have the Apex Guide for Organizers!
See you on Toornament, be it to follow the next big Battle Royale tournament, or for your own!
