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What To Watch This Weekend: Street Fighter V, Rainbow Six Siege, And PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds
Look, everyone's just waiting for Thanksgiving here in the States, okay? It's the that strange week where everyone sort of has senioritis but can't really do much about it. What were we talking about? Oh right, tournaments! There's a few going on this weekend, including a poker one!
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive's big IEM tournament goes to Oakland this weekend, and major teams are looking to take a home the first-place $125,000-prize. You can also catch PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds there, so that should be exciting. (Stream / Schedule)
The final qualifying tournament for the Street Fighter V Capcom Cup is a big one. The Red Bull Battlegrounds tournament is a major event that will pit some of the very best players in the game against each other one last time to see who the final entrants of the Capcom Cup are. The event will also include tournaments for Street Fighter II, Street Fighter III: Third Strike, and Ultra Street Fighter IV. (Stream)
Rainbow Six: Siege's Pro lLague Finals take place this weekend, as qualified teams face off for their share of a $275,000 prize pool. (Stream / Schedule)
Twitch is hosting a major Poker invitational feature players like Reckful, MitchJones, and Timmac, all of who are playing for a chance to donate $100,000 to charity in their name. The action starts at 3:30pm Central. (Stream)
PAX Unplugged brings all of the fun of the major gaming event without any of the video! Watch people have fun with a variety of board and tabletop games and forget that like a billion major video games you haven't played came out this year! (Stream / Schedule)
That's it for this weekend! Let us know if we missed an event, or if there's a scene you'd like us to cover, in the comments below.
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