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What To Watch This Weekend: Dota 2, Heroes Of The Storm, And Breath Of Fire
This weekend we've got a smattering of special-rules tournaments, qualifiers, and marathons to keep you occupied while you contemplate your December backlog choices and/or whether you should leave your parents' place a day early now that Thanksgiving is long-gone.
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive is having a major, one-day event today, with top teams playing in intense best-of-one matches before the top two teams in the group face off in the grand finals later today. (Stream / Schedule)
Dota 2's special Midas Mode tournament concludes this weekend, as teams from Europe and the Americas use a special currency to draft their heroes, pause, and more and earn more currency by randoming characters and completing special tasks. Today you can catch the Americas finals, and tomorrow you can catch the European finals. (Stream / Schedule)
This year's Hadocon is one your one-stop shop for fighting games this weekend, as the event will host Street Fighter V, Tekken 7, and Marvel Vs. Capcom: Infinite tournaments. (Stream / Schedule)
Heroes of the Storm's Nexus games pits 16 European countries against each other to test their skills in the Nexus. Which country will come out on top? (Stream / Schedule)
The World Electronic Sports Games is having several major qualifers this weekend, for Dota 2, Hearthstone, StarCraft II, and Counter-Strike: Global Offensive. You can hop among all the schedules and tournaments on a single website, which is convenient! (Streams / Schedule)
You can catch some hot Breath of Fire action this weekend, as RPGlimitbreak is running a relay race marathon of the franchise today and tomorrow, to support the National Alliance on Mental Illness. (Stream)
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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