{"id":52251,"date":"2020-02-12T14:08:06","date_gmt":"2020-02-12T22:08:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.trektoday.com\/content\/?p=52251"},"modified":"2020-02-12T14:09:07","modified_gmt":"2020-02-12T22:09:07","slug":"wheaton-to-host-esports-reality-competition-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trektoday.com\/content\/2020\/02\/wheaton-to-host-esports-reality-competition-series\/","title":{"rendered":"Wheaton To Host Esports Reality Competition Series"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <em>Next Generation<\/em>&#8216;s<strong> Wil Wheaton<\/strong> will be hosting <em>GameMaster<\/em>, a new esports reality competition series.<\/p>\n<p>In <em>GameMaster<\/em>, twelve amateur aspiring esports athletes will lives under one roof where they will compete for a $100,000 grand prize.<\/p>\n<p>For each of nine weeks, one of those competitors will be sent home and the final week will feature a &#8220;one-on-one battle&#8221; between the last two remaining competitors.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<em>GameMaster<\/em> takes the love of gaming and elevates it to a whole new level through the first immersive, multi-platform, head-to-head competition for both casual and diehard gaming fans,&#8221; said <strong>John Colp<\/strong>, who is the executive producer and creator of<em> GameMaster<\/em>. &#8220;Our players won\u2019t play the same game from noon to night. 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