From "Shadba" to "FIFA18" to "Clarova"! AbemaTV announces the lineup of e-sports programs to be broadcast in May!

The Internet TV station AbemaTV's gaming channel "Ultra Games" has announced the notable e-sports tournaments & programs to be broadcast in May 2018.

In May 2018, "Ultra Games" will broadcast the "RAGE Shadowverse Pro League," the first Shadowverse professional league match of Japan's largest e-sports tournament "RAGE," as well as the official e-sports league of Clash Royale (Clarova), "Clarova League Asia," the official e-sports league of Clash Royale (Clarova), and more.

In addition, from Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday, May 15, from 8:00 p.m. onwards, a new game show "Prize Money" will begin, in which viewers and other challengers will challenge "prize money" gamers in MOBA, FPS, card games, and other genres. The "Prize Money" game show will start!　League of Legends", "Shadowverse" and "PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS" have been selected as the participating titles in each genre. Watch out for heated battles between challengers and "prize winners".

In addition, a variety of e-sports tournaments will be broadcast, including the "Meiji Yasuda Seimei eJ.LEAGUE Final Round," the J-League's first attempt at an e-sports tournament, and "Red Bull Kumite," a fighting game tournament from France where the first Japanese preliminary round will be held, Be sure to check it out.

＜ Ultra Games" programs to be broadcast in May (titles omitted)

Meiji Yasuda Seimei eJ.LEAGUE Final Round
Broadcast date and time: May 4, 2018 (Fri., holiday) from 17:00
Appearance: Taiga Kishi, Takahide Hazome
Program URL: #

Meiji Yasuda Seimei eJ.LEAGUE" is the first e-sports tournament for the J-League. eA SPORTSTM FIFA 18 Global Series, leading to the FIFA eWorld Cup 2018 Grand Final, an international e-sports tournament organized by FIFA. This tournament will be a competition for the right to participate in the "EA SPORTSTM FIFA 18 Global Series Playoffs" leading to the FIFA eWorld Cup 2018 Grand Final. Please keep your eyes on "Meiji Yasuda Seimei eJ.LEAGUE", the first e-sports tournament in the J-League, which will lead you to the world.

RAGE Shadowverse Pro League
Broadcast date and time: Saturday, May 5, 2018 from 12:15 p.m.
Team: au Detonation vs Nagoya OJA Baby Star
・Program URL：#

Broadcast date and time: Levanga☆SAPPORO VS Yoshimoto Libarent
Teams: Sunday, May 6, 2018 11:20～ ・Airing Date: Sunday, May 6, 2018 11:20～ ・Airing Teams
・Program URL：#


eSports teams "au Detonation", "Nagoya OJA Baby Star", "YoshimotoLibalent", and "Levanga☆SAPPORO" will belong to the professional teams sponsored by each company, and the program will be held as a 3-player team competition. The first season will begin on Saturday, May 5, 2018, as a new and unprecedented professional league, with players open to the public and a guaranteed minimum income (salary) for all players.

The first season will begin on Saturday, May 5, 2018, and will be broadcast live on "Ultra Games". During this broadcast, you will be able to enjoy all the games of the first season, which will be held starting Saturday, May 5. Please enjoy all the performers and players of the tournaments and their heated battles.

Prize Money
・Initial broadcast date and time: Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Fridays from 20:00
Tuesday, May 15, 2018 from 20:00~.
・Title to be handled: League of Legends
・Program URL：#

First broadcast date and time: Wednesday, May 16, 2018, 8:00 p.m.
Title: Shadowverse
Program URL：#

First broadcast date and time: Friday, May 18, 2018, 8:00 p.m.
Title: PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS
∙ Program URL: #


In "Bounty Hunters," challengers, including the general public, will take on a group of skilled gamers called "Bounty Hunters" in MOBA, FPS, card games and other genres, and if they can defeat all the "Bounty Hunters" prepared by the program, they will receive a reward of 1,000,000,000 yen. If they succeed in defeating all of the "prize leaders" prepared by the program, they will be awarded 1 million yen as a reward. League of Legends," "Shadowverse," and "PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS" have been selected as the participating titles in each genre. Watch out for the heated battles between the challengers and the "prize winners.


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