{"id":96531,"date":"2019-07-12T17:40:52","date_gmt":"2019-07-12T17:40:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.microsoft.com\/?p=433637"},"modified":"2019-07-12T17:40:52","modified_gmt":"2019-07-12T17:40:52","slug":"multiplayer-gears-5-debuts-in-eleague-gears-summer-invitational-tournament","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2019\/07\/12\/multiplayer-gears-5-debuts-in-eleague-gears-summer-invitational-tournament\/","title":{"rendered":"Multiplayer \u2018Gears 5\u2019 debuts in ELEAGUE Gears Summer Invitational tournament"},"content":{"rendered":"
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In April 2019<\/a>, Xbox and Turner Broadcasting announced that ELEAGUE<\/a>, the premium esports content and live event brand from Turner and IMG, would produce the \u201cELEAGUE Gears Summer Series,\u201d a six-part linear series and live tournament partnership.<\/p>\n

Premiering in June 2019, \u201cThe Bonds and Betrayals of Brotherhood\u201d <\/em>has now run four of six total episodes on TBS, introducing the players and stories of Gears Esports and setting the stage for the worldwide premiere of Gears 5<\/em> Versus multiplayer. Starting this Saturday, July 13, the best Gears of War players from around the world will battle it out in Gears 5<\/em> Escalation at Turner Broadcasting\u2019s elite ELEAGUE studio in Atlanta, Georgia.<\/p>\n

The ELEAGUE Gears Summer Series Invitational will be broadcast on Twitch.tv\/ELEAGUETV<\/a> beginning at 10 a.m. PDT\/12 p.m. EDT on both Saturday, July 13 and Sunday July 14, kicking off with an exciting announcement on the future of Gears Esports.<\/p>\n

Throughout the weekend, eight professional teams will play in the single-elimination tournament, with each match consisting of a best-of-three map competition. The Grand Final will be played as a best-of-five map showdown.<\/p>\n

All eyes will be on Tox Gaming<\/a>, the reigning champions of Gears of War 4<\/em> Esports. The Tox Gaming players (formerly Optic Gaming) have over 17 Gears of War trophies to their name, and have dominated the Gears Esports scene throughout Seasons 1 & 2 of The Gears of War 4 <\/em>Pro Circuit. With the emergence of Gears 5<\/em>, rival teams Reciprocity<\/a>, Rise Nation<\/a>, and Ghost Gaming<\/a> will fight to establish a new era of Gears Esports dominance this weekend.<\/p>\n

ELEAGUE has aligned with some of the most popular titles in the business such as; Counter-Strike: Global Offensive<\/em> \u2013 including the hosting of two CS:GO<\/em> Major Championships \u2013 Overwatch<\/em>, Call of Duty: Black Ops 4<\/em>, Dota 2<\/em>, EA Sports FIFA 19<\/em>, NBA 2K Playgrounds 2<\/em>, Injustice 2<\/em>, Rocket League<\/em>, Tekken 7<\/em> and Formula E<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Following the tournament, \u201cThe Bonds and Betrayals of Brotherhood\u201d will return to TBS on Friday, July 26 and Friday, August 2 at 11 p.m. PDT\/EDT.<\/p>\n

For more information about Gears Esports, please visit www.gears.gg<\/a> and follow on Twitter @EsportsGears<\/a>. Be sure to also check out ELEAGUE\u2019s channels; @ELEAGUETV<\/a> and www.ELEAGUE.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In April 2019, Xbox and Turner Broadcasting announced that ELEAGUE, the premium esports content and live event brand from Turner and IMG, would produce the \u201cELEAGUE Gears Summer Series,\u201d a six-part linear series and live tournament partnership. Premiering in June 2019, \u201cThe Bonds and Betrayals of Brotherhood\u201d has now run four of six total episodes on […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":96532,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[49],"tags":[50,56],"class_list":["post-96531","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\/96531","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=96531"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96531\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/96532"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=96531"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=96531"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=96531"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}