{"id":96182,"date":"2019-07-05T17:08:13","date_gmt":"2019-07-05T17:08:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.microsoft.com\/?p=433534"},"modified":"2019-07-05T17:08:13","modified_gmt":"2019-07-05T17:08:13","slug":"tune-in-july-5-at-8-p-m-pt-for-episode-4-of-eleague-gears-summer-series-the-bonds-and-betrayals-of-brotherhood","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2019\/07\/05\/tune-in-july-5-at-8-p-m-pt-for-episode-4-of-eleague-gears-summer-series-the-bonds-and-betrayals-of-brotherhood\/","title":{"rendered":"Tune in July 5 at 8 p.m. PT for Episode 4 of ELEAGUE Gears Summer Series: The Bonds and Betrayals of Brotherhood"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/tune-in-july-5-at-8-p-m-pt-for-episode-4-of-eleague-gears-summer-series-the-bonds-and-betrayals-of-brotherhood.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<p>Stemming from Xbox\u2019s&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/news.xbox.com\/en-us\/2019\/04\/16\/gears-esports-comes-to-eleague-this-summer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">partnership<\/a>&nbsp;with&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.eleague.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">ELEAGUE<\/a>, the six-part docu series focused on the stories and players behind the world of Gears Esports on&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tbs.com\/sports\/eleague\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">TBS<\/a>&nbsp;aired its&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/news.xbox.com\/en-us\/2019\/06\/27\/tune-in-tomorrow-to-eleague-gears-summer-series-the-bonds-and-betrayals-of-brotherhood-episode-3\/\">third episode<\/a>&nbsp;last week. In Episode 3 of The Bonds &amp; Betrayals of Brotherhood, the series dove into what it takes to be the most successful team in esports history. The episode focused on Gilbert \u201cXplosive\u201d Rojo\u2019s, the in-game leader of Optic Gaming\u2019s Gears of War team, who has over 17 trophies to his name and a nearly undefeated record of success in the Gears Esports scene. The episode proved the value of strong leadership and consistency, as the rest of the series\u2019 primary professional Gears of War players (Yadiel \u201cSleepytime\u201d Hildago, Victor \u201cPowerz\u201d Mateo, Justin \u201cKenny\u201d Kenny, Kyle \u201cKyle\u201d Mason, and Danny \u201cIdentivez\u201d Santillana) revealed what they have learned going up against Gilbert time and time again and what they think makes him so unbeatable.<\/p>\n<p>To continue the Gears Esports journey, be sure to tune-in to the fourth episode airing on&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tbs.com\/sports\/eleague\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">TBS<\/a> today, Friday, July 5, at 8 pm PT\/11 pm ET. The docu series will continue to explore each player\u2019s intense connection to the game and each other as they navigate to become the best players in the world on <em>Gears 5<\/em>&nbsp;Esports.<\/p>\n<p>In Episode 4 of The Bonds &amp; Betrayals of Brotherhood, fans will get their first taste of the <em>Gears 5<\/em> multiplayer mode Escalation 2.0. Through the lens of professional players Justin \u201cKenny\u201d Kenny and Victor \u201cPowerz\u201d Mateo, Gears 5 multiplayer developers will reveal never before seen <em>Gears 5<\/em> gameplay features- setting an exciting stage for the upcoming ELEAGUE <em>Gears 5<\/em> Invitational event July 13-14.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to the TBS episodes, ELEAGUE will host&nbsp;<em>Gears 5<\/em>\u2019s first-ever esports tournament, with new Versus gameplay, from July 13-14 (Saturday to Sunday), live on&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.twitch.tv\/eleaguetv\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Twitch<\/a>&nbsp;and the premium live sports streaming service&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/nam05.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Furldefense.proofpoint.com%2Fv2%2Furl%3Fu%3Dhttp-3A__live.bleacherreport.com_%26d%3DDwMFaQ%26c%3DW8uiIUydLnv14aAum3Oieg%26r%3DtGhcAW4Dd7cJJId_5Yosl4eij1oPn4xpNI5DYl6HpJs%26m%3DVCvQxoZbao_K5fzoj_SDtwyOqcJBFyeV8WuCJHs3PeE%26s%3DOxiZhknq5VUPQLWC6RAXvPkoIHLHuZqB7BiPF2XThSw%26e%3D&amp;data=02%7C01%7CVanessa.Mora%40assemblyinc.com%7Cc74fb34ca3714a8e52f808d6c2b2ba64%7Cb824bfb3918e43c2bb1cdcc1ba40a82b%7C0%7C0%7C636910470232248902&amp;sdata=VGt5omRku9tWGMX55jAthjQijJan0xYSmOXaz8mjK8I%3D&amp;reserved=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">B\/R Live<\/a>. The ELEAGUE Gears Summer Series tournament will feature eight of the world\u2019s top teams \u2013&nbsp;many of which will star in the TBS series \u2013&nbsp;competing live within The ELEAGUE Arena at Turner Studios in Atlanta. The final two episodes of the TBS programming will showcase the most exciting moments from the live tournament.<\/p>\n<p>To stay updated, follow&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/esportsgears\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@EsportsGears<\/a>&nbsp;on Twitter and visit&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/gearsofwar.com\/en-us\/esports\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Gears.gg<\/a>. Be sure to also check out ELEAGUE\u2019s channels;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/eleaguetv\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@ELEAGUETV<\/a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.eleague.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">www.ELEAGUE.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Stemming from Xbox\u2019s&nbsp;partnership&nbsp;with&nbsp;ELEAGUE, the six-part docu series focused on the stories and players behind the world of Gears Esports on&nbsp;TBS&nbsp;aired its&nbsp;third episode&nbsp;last week. In Episode 3 of The Bonds &amp; Betrayals of Brotherhood, the series dove into what it takes to be the most successful team in esports history. The episode focused on Gilbert \u201cXplosive\u201d [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":96183,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[49],"tags":[50,56],"class_list":["post-96182","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-microsoft-news","tag-recent-news","tag-xbox"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96182","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=96182"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96182\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/96183"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=96182"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=96182"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=96182"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}