Here are the top events to watch this weekend in esports

Call of Duty

Call of Duty LANs are back! Major IV is the first in-person CDL event in over a year, and it takes place this weekend in Arlington, Texas. In the upper bracket, the Dallas Empire face OpTic Chicago, and the Minnesota ROKKR take on the New York Subliners. The Atlanta FaZe and Toronto Ultra await the winners of these two matchups in the next upper bracket round. In the lower bracket, we’ll see the London Royal Ravens against the Seattle Surge, and the battle of Los Angeles between the Guerrillas and LA Thieves. The major ends with the grand final on Sunday.

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Streams on: youtube.com/CODLeague

Thursday: Starts at 3 p.m. ET

Friday: Starts at 3 p.m. ET

Saturday: Starts at 1:30 p.m. ET

Sunday: Starts at 3 p.m. ET

VALORANT

Eight spots will be up for grabs this weekend in the open qualifier for the North American Game Changers Series 2. The best all-female VALORANT squads in NA will be competing on Saturday and Sunday to qualify for next weekend’s main event. Cloud9 White won Game Changers Series 1 over CLG Red in March.

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Streams on: twitch.tv/nerdstgamers

Saturday: Starting time TBD

Sunday: Starting time TBD

Rocket League

There is no global championship this year due to COVID, but the RLCS Season X Championships began this week and conclude this weekend. The top teams in North America, Europe, Oceania and South America are competing to be crowned Season X regional champions.

In NA, NRG face G2 Esports in one semifinal Thursday, and Team Envy face Spacestation Gaming on Friday. In EU, it’ll be Team BDS vs. Team Queso in Thursday’s semifinal, and Team Vitality vs. Top Blokes in the other semifinal, which takes place Friday. There has been no Rocket League world champion crowned since December 2019, and although there won’t be a world champion again this year, there will be regional champions crowned on Sunday.

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Streams on: https://www.twitch.tv/rocketleague

Thursday: EU starts at 11 a.m. ET

Thursday: NA starts at 2 p.m. ET

Friday: EU starts at 11 a.m. ET

Friday: NA starts at 2 p.m. ET

Sunday: EU Starts at 11 a.m. ET

Sunday: NA Starts at 2:30 p.m. ET

League of Legends

Week 3 of the LCS Summer Split takes place this weekend. Two matchups stand out this weekend: Cloud9 (17-7) vs. TSM (16-8) and 100 Thieves (16-8) vs. Team Liquid (15-9). Both matchups will be on Friday. These are the top four teams in the LCS standings, so the matchups will be an early indicator of relative strength among the league leaders.

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Streams on: https://www.twitch.tv/lcs

Friday: Starts at 6 p.m. ET

Saturday: Starts at 5 p.m. ET

Sunday: Starts at 4 p.m. ET

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive

The BLAST Premier: Spring Finals 2021 got underway this week and continue through the weekend. Gambit have won two major CS:GO tournaments this year and are the main team to watch. They face Complexity in an upper bracket semifinal on Thursday. Natus Vincere also have won two major tourneys this year and will take on BIG in the other upper bracket semifinal. The winner of Sunday’s grand final will receive $225,000 and secure a spot in the BLAST Premier: World Final 2021 in December.

Streams on: https://www.twitch.tv/blastpremier

Thursday: Starts at 6:30 a.m. ET

Friday: Starts at 9:30 a.m. ET

Saturday: Starts at 9:30 a.m. ET

Sunday: Starts at 9:30 a.m. ET