Blade & Soul: What You Need to Know About Head Start & Launch

Perhaps this is a little premature, but in the fairness of a slow post-Holiday news week, you’ll have to forgive us for getting excited about Blade & Soul’s impending head start on January 15th (next week!). So as we’re counting down the days, here’s the info you need to get prepped and ready for the moment the servers come on.

Shards Online: Player Run Merchants, a PvP Tournament & More Revealed

The latest Shards Online newsletter has been released with some interesting tidbits of information including the first community PvP tournament to be held on January 16th at 12:00 pm Pacific / 3:00 pm Eastern. Players will be able to compete in 2v2 battles in the single-elimination tournament and be able to earn up to 100 loyalty points and 5000 coins each with lesser rewards for runners-up.

General: Blizzard Aiming to Become the ‘ESPN of eSports’

The rumor that Activision – Blizzard had purchased Major League Gaming, North America’s biggest eSports company, has been confirmed via a press release. Bobby Kotick wrote that the “acquisition of Major League Gaming’s business furthers our plans to create the ESPN of eSports”.