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| 08.07.2021 | Philly companies are teaming up to form a massive college esports league | A handful of national and local partners in the esports industry, including Philly’s Nerd Street Gamers and CSL Esports, announced this week that they are forming NACE Starleague. It’ll be the largest collegiate esports league in North Amer... |
| 06.07.2021 | The Bidstack Bulletin: Discover how in-game advertising preserves the gaming experience, and more! | Each week the Bidstack team curates the most interesting stories from the world of gaming, advertising and esports to help you keep ahead of the pack when it comes to in-game advertising.
Discover the most interesting news and views from th... |
| 02.06.2021 | Writers for Valorant fan website THESPIKE.GG allege their CEO spent thousands on 'strippers and cocaine,' and owes them $40,000 in back pay | Writers of THESPIKE.GG, a fan site for the video game Valorant, announced they are leaving the site.
Two writers and a developer said they're owed over $40,000 by owner Artur Minacov.
Minacov has been accused of spending thousands on other ... |
| 01.06.2021 | Writers for Valorant fan website THESPIKE.GG allege their CEO spent thousands on ‘strippers and cocaine,’ and owes them $40,000 in back pay | The logo of the THESPIKE.GG
Writers of THESPIKE.GG, a fan site for the video game Valorant, announced they are leaving the site.
Two writers and a developer said they’re owed over $40,000 by owner Artur Minacov.
Minacov has been accused of ... |
| 26.03.2021 | The top creator economy moves of the week, from new hires at TikTok and UTA to a bunch of influencers making investments | Mahzad Babayan and Scarlett Perlman joined UTA's digital talent division from Fullscreen. UTA. This story is available exclusively to Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now.
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| 22.03.2021 | LOUD é o time de esports mais comentado no Twitter | O Twitter divulgou que a LOUD foi a equipe de esports mais comentada na plataforma mundialmente. A informação foi compartilhada por Rishi Chadha, responsável pela divisão de games da rede social. Os times paiN Free FireGaming, Flamengo Espo... |
| 19.03.2021 | Brasileirão do R6 começa neste sábado (20) com R$ 500 mil em prêmios | A temporada de 2021 do Brasileirão de Rainbow Six Siege começa neste sábado, 20 de março. O torneio será dividido em três splits ao longo do ano. As 10 equipes participantes vão disputar o prêmio total de R$ 500 mil, além de quatro vagas no... |
| 04.03.2021 | YMCA Partners With LeagueSpot For National Esports Pilot Program | esportsobserver.com • Press Release – updated: Mar 4, 2021 |
| 02.03.2021 | Why Shopify is investing in esports | Shopify is launching its own esports team.
The team, called the Shopify Rebellion, will start by competing in the sci-fi game StarCraft II. Shopify has already recruited three players, including a former StarCraft world champion, to join. A... |
| 02.03.2021 | Why Shopify is investing in esports | But on the other hand, starting an esports team — and paying for talent, merchandise, entertainment channels and advertising to draw fans to a team that hasn’t existed before — is an expensive endeavor. “There are much better and cheaper wa... |
| 18.02.2021 | LA Tech Updates: Artie Closes $10M Seed Round; FaZe Clan Has a New CFO | Big moves in L.A.'s gaming industry Thursday, as mobile gaming platform Artie closes its seed round of funding and gaming/ lifestyle organization FaZe Clan lands a new CFO. Sign up for our newsletter and follow dot.LA on Twitter for more up... |
| 19.01.2021 | Чемпион мира по шахматам возглавил рейтинг самых высокооплачиваемых киберспортсменов | Рейтинг самых высокооплачиваемых киберспортсменов впервые в истории возглавил шахматный гроссмейстер — чемпион мира Магнус Карлсен. Этому в значительной степени поспособствовала пандемия COVID-19, из-за которой шахматные турниры стали прово... |
| 13.10.2020 | Guild Esports Signed A $19 Million Deal With David Beckham Before His Investment | David Beckham has already profited from his investment in Guild Esports. Getty Images |
| 23.09.2020 | SUNY Partners With Extreme Networks, LeagueSpot for 2020-2021 Esports League | www.esportsobserver.com • Press Release – updated: Sep 23, 2020 |
| 27.08.2020 | Column: How to Turn the Esports Moment into a Movement | The headlines seem to come every day now. From VC investment to audience growth, all metrics point to an explosion in the popularity of esports, even before the COVID-19 pandemic sent many people indoors. Now, as leagues, developers, publis... |
| 09.08.2020 | Why Vindex will invest $300 million in esports gaming arenas | Mike Sepso and Sundance DiGiovanni were ahead of their time when they started the esports tournament company Major League Gaming in 2002. They persevered through a long winter and sold MLG to Activision Blizzard in 2015. There, Sepso helped... |
| 09.08.2020 | Why Vindex will invest $300 million in esports gaming arenas | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
Mike Sepso and Sundance DiGiovanni were ahead of their time when they started the esports tournament company Major League Gaming in 200... |
| 14.05.2020 | Danish esports entertainment startup BLAST secures €12.5 million to scale up | Copenhagen and London-based esports media company BLAST has secured €12.5 million in a financing round led by entrepreneur Johan Gedda, the co-founder of Rocket Software, and Vækstfonden, an investment vehicle with backing from both the Dan... |
| 15.03.2020 | Even Esports Has A Coronavirus Weak Spot | Rick Tran of Melbourne Victory reacts during the E-League 2020 Premiers Plate at ESL Studios Sydney ... [+] on March 07, 2020 in Sydney, Australia. (Photo by Jenny Evans/Getty Images)Getty Images |
| 13.03.2020 | We identified the investors betting millions on the Call of Duty League's first season - from the LA Rams owners to a group including Gary Vaynerchuk | Ben Pursell / Call of Duty League
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Activision Blizzard's Call of Duty League is an esports competition for one of the most popular video games in the world, with professional gamers representing 12 teams based in cities across ... |
| 20.02.2020 | Gaming-focused investment firm Bitkraft closes in on at least $140 million for its second fund | Esports, video games and the innovations that enable them now occupy a central space in the cultural and commercial fabric of the tech world.
For the investment firm Bitkraft Esports Ventures, the surge in interest means a vast opportunity ... |
| 19.12.2019 | Mixer and Facebook Gaming begin chipping away at Twitch’s market share | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
Twitch is the undisputed ruler of the livestreaming-video space, but competitors are starting to make gains. Mixer and Facebook Gaming ... |
| 19.12.2019 | Mixer and Facebook Gaming begin chipping away at Twitch’s market share | Twitch is the undisputed ruler of the livestreaming-video space, but competitors are starting to make gains. Mixer and Facebook Gaming are both up year-over-year in terms of market share, according to data-tracking service Arsenal.gg and br... |
| 10.12.2019 | Women are big — and underserved — esports fans. Here’s how to market to them | Many know that women make up 47% of the gaming industry. However, most believe that applies to casual and mobile games. While the growth of mobile gaming in the past 10 years has certainly contributed to this number, there is still signific... |
| 10.12.2019 | Women are big — and underserved — esports fans. Here’s how to market to them | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
Many know that women make up 47% of the gaming industry. However, most believe that applies to casual and mobile games. While the growt... |
| 03.12.2019 | Esports and fashion? A match made in marketing heaven | When luxury fashion brand Louis Vuitton announced in September it would be partnering with Riot Games’ League of Legends World Championship to design in-game outfits and a trophy carrying case, many people were left scratching their heads. ... |
| 03.12.2019 | Esports and fashion? A match made in marketing heaven | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
When luxury fashion brand Louis Vuitton announced in September it would be partnering with Riot Games’ League of Legends World Champion... |
| 26.09.2019 | AI and the next big esports boom for pro players, amateurs, and entrepreneurs | Presented by Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.
Esports is a billion-dollar competitive video gaming phenomenon, and a booming market. Professional players are drawing larger and larger team salaries, while monetizing their fans on personal channe... |
| 26.09.2019 | Esports group Dignitas raises $30 million and forms parent company New Meta Entertainment | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
Esports group Dignitas has raised $30 million, and it has formed a new parent company called New Meta Entertainment to reflect that fac... |
| 26.09.2019 | Esports group Dignitas raises $30 million and forms parent company New Meta Entertainment | Esports group Dignitas has raised $30 million, and it has formed a new parent company called New Meta Entertainment to reflect that fact that it has several esports-related businesses.
Dignitas, which recently merged with Clutch Gaming, is ... |
| 05.09.2019 | Why Anheuser-Busch is pouring beer and money into esports | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
Anheuser-Busch is one of the brands that isn’t shy about embracing esports. It is a non-endemic brand, meaning it isn’t born and bred w... |
| 05.09.2019 | Why Anheuser-Busch is pouring beer and money into esports | Anheuser-Busch is one of the brands that isn’t shy about embracing esports. It is a non-endemic brand, meaning it isn’t born and bred with gamers the way that, say, esports headsets are. It’s a mainstream brand looking to break into the pre... |
| 17.08.2019 | Small towns are building esports meccas | For centuries, Katowice was a mining town. The first settlers were craftsmen in the 18th century, who arrived in the lowlands of Southern Poland after hearing rumors of the rich coal deposits hidden in the dirt. Walk around the city today, ... |
| 17.08.2019 | Small towns are building esports meccas | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
For centuries, Katowice was a mining town. The first settlers were craftsmen in the 18th century, who arrived in the lowlands of Southe... |
| 05.08.2019 | Esports tournament operator Matcherino lands funding as question swirl about industry’s growth | Matcherino CEO John Maffei. (John Maffei Photo)
Investors are putting more cash behind esports tournament operator Matcherino as questions swirl about how large the professional gaming industry will become.
Seattle-based Matcherino today an... |
| 15.07.2019 | IDN Media acquires Indonesian e-sports media platform GGWP | Jakarta-based media company IDN Media acquired Indonesian e-sports media platform GGWP.ID, according to an announcement made by the firm’s CEO Winston Utama on his Facebook page. Utama did not share details regarding the size of the deal.
T... |
| 18.06.2019 | The Esports Industry’s Got Game Despite Monetization Challenges | 47 Shares Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn
The days when esports were dismissed with laughter and jokes are behind us. Today, the esports industry spans the globe, forming an international business that is more legitimate industry than punch... |
| 28.05.2019 | Shady Numbers and Bad Business: Inside the Esports Bubble | The mainstream narrative of esports has been lovingly crafted by those who benefit from its success. There's big money in esports, they say. You've heard the stories. Teenaged gamers flown overseas to sunny mansions with live-in chefs. The ... |
| 28.05.2019 | Shady Numbers and Bad Business: Inside the Esports Bubble | The mainstream narrative of esports has been lovingly crafted by those who benefit from its success. There’s big money in esports, they say. You've heard the stories. Teenaged gamers flown overseas to sunny mansions with live-in chefs. The ... |
| 14.05.2019 | Overwatch League shows esports marketing works | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
If you’re wondering how massive esports has become, just follow the money. The livestreaming platform Twitch paid $90 million for the r... |
| 14.05.2019 | Overwatch League shows esports marketing works | If you’re wondering how massive esports has become, just follow the money. The livestreaming platform Twitch paid $90 million for the rights to the Overwatch League. Activision Blizzard, creator of Overwatch, beat its revenue forecast for Q... |
| 25.04.2019 | Egypt’s Growing eSports Industry
What is it?
The audience
Where’s the money?
eSports in Africa | Hockey, handball, gymnastics, wrestling, weightlifting, ball games–ancient stone engravings suggest that a lot of modern sports we know today existed in ancient Egypt around the year 2000 BCE, in the form of organised tournaments with teams... |
| 22.04.2019 | 2 Funplus mobile games have generated more than $1.3 billion in revenue | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
Funplus has been quietly making mobile games since 2010, and it may surprise you to learn that two of its games have generated more tha... |
| 22.04.2019 | 2 Funplus mobile games have generated more than $1.3 billion in revenue | Funplus has been quietly making mobile games since 2010, and it may surprise you to learn that two of its games have generated more than $1.3 billion in revenue.
The Beijing-based company has grown to more than 1,000 employees across six st... |
| 10.03.2019 | The ‘e’ in esports also stands for ‘engagement’ | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
Who would have thought we’d live in a world where we’d even fathom video games worthy of consideration as an Olympic sport? Or where th... |
| 22.02.2019 | Fortnite goes big on esports for 2019 with $100 million prize pool | Epic Games, maker of the ultra popular Battle Royale game Fortnite, is putting up another $100 million in prize cash for competitive tournaments in 2019.
The company made waves in the esports world last year, announcing a $100 million prize... |
| 13.02.2019 | Tencent-backed Douyu files for $500m IPO in New York | Douyu, a live-streaming platform backed by Tencent, quietly filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission for a planned US$500 million initial public offering in the second quarter of 2019. If successfully listed, Douyu will be the... |
| 28.01.2019 | Sapphire Ventures bets big on esports and entertainment with new $115M fund | Sapphire Ventures, formerly the corporate venture capital arm of SAP, has lassoed $115 million from new limited partners (LPs) to invest at the intersection of tech, sports, media and entertainment.
A majority of the LPs for the new fund, c... |
| 17.01.2019 | Daily funding roundup - January 17th, 2019 | Acorn Biolabs raised $3.3M; Alluxio raised $8.5M; BenchPrep raised $20M; Foretellix raised $14M
Immersive Games Lab: Immersive Games Lab is developing the next generation of immersive group gaming. Immersive Games has raised roughly £2.5 mi... |
| 10.01.2019 | Esports needs more than growth in 2019 | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
Bigger isn’t better. That’s the refrain I constantly repeat when discussing esports, because too many people seem to think more money o... |
| 10.01.2019 | Esports needs more than growth in 2019 | Bigger isn’t better. That’s the refrain I constantly repeat when discussing esports, because too many people seem to think more money or a bigger audience is the same as meaningful improvement. In 2018 — like in every year in recent memory ... |
| 19.12.2018 | Call of Duty esports is rebounding — thanks to Black Ops 4 | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 has received almost universal acclaim from long-time fans, critics, and casual players since its October rele... |
| 19.12.2018 | Call of Duty esports is rebounding — thanks to Black Ops 4 | Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 has received almost universal acclaim from long-time fans, critics, and casual players since its October release. Pro players and esports enthusiasts surrounding the competitive scene held some reservations, though... |
| 18.12.2018 | Path of Exile: Betrayal sets new expansion record for concurrent players | Path of Exile may be in for a Betrayal, but it’s not coming from its players. A studio spokesperson from Grinding Gear Games said today that the free-to-play online action-role-playing game set a new mark for concurrent players.
The Betraya... |
| 18.12.2018 | Path of Exile: Betrayal sets new expansion record for concurrent players | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
Path of Exile may be in for a Betrayal, but it’s not coming from its players. A studio spokesperson from Grinding Gear Games said today... |
| 16.11.2018 | Blockchain gaming gets a boost with Mythical Games’ $16M Series A | Fortnite, the free multi-player survival game, has earned an astonishing $1 billion from in-game virtual purchases alone. Now, others in the gaming industry are experimenting with how they too can capitalize on new trends in gaming.
Mythica... |
| 25.10.2018 | Advance Publications buys The Esports Observer as a new sport emerges | Advance Publications, the owner of Wired and Vanity Fair and other publications, has acquired The Esports Observer, a provider of esports business news and events.
Advance’s subsidiary, American City Business Journals, which publishes Sport... |
| 25.10.2018 | Advance Publications buys The Esports Observer as a new sport emerges | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
Advance Publications, the owner of Wired and Vanity Fair and other publications, has acquired The Esports Observer, a provider of espor... |
| 11.10.2018 | Could fantasy football help improve the reality of Nigeria’s local football league? | Share this article:
In sports marketing, one of the most popular concepts is the Escalator Concept which is usually adopted in bringing in new customers and retaining existing ones. The frequency escalator, which is a graphic representation... |
| 15.08.2018 | Esports summit’s pitch to brands: patience and flexibility | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
The XLive Esports Summit featured a number of panels by industry professionals around the topic of esports, but a common thread ran thr... |
| 15.08.2018 | Esports summit’s pitch to brands: patience and flexibility | The XLive Esports Summit featured a number of panels by industry professionals around the topic of esports, but a common thread ran through all the presentations: How can brands appeal to esports’ growing audience? Xlive specializes in host... |
| 24.07.2018 | Survey: Esports ad and sponsor revenue will be key to future growth | Esports revenues and investment are expected to grow, according to a survey by law firm Foley & Lardner and The Esports Observer.
The profession of esports, where video game players can win prizes in tournaments, has moved into the main... |
| 24.07.2018 | Survey: Esports ad and sponsor revenue will be key to future growth | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
Esports revenues and investment are expected to grow, according to a survey by law firm Foley & Lardner and The Esports Observer.
T... |
| 27.06.2018 | Опыт: создание киберспортивного тренировочного центра | В марте 2018 года в Москве открылся первый крупный офлайн-центр тренировок CyberEA (Cyberspace Esports Academy), где молодые таланты могут под руководством специалистов стать профессиональными киберспортсменами. Об истории, цели и планах пр... |
| 02.05.2018 | How eSports are shifting the focus of Australia’s sporting passion | By James Birt
The Intel Extreme Masters taking place in Sydney from May 4-6 will see 16 international teams battle it out over three days at Sydney Olympic Park for $310,000 in prize money. Instead of competing physically for victory on a f... |
| 16.02.2018 | Funding Surges For Esports Startups By Approximately 1,125% In Five Years | 241 Shares Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn
Funding for esports startups has not just grown in recent years—it has exploded.
U.S. venture investment in the fledgling field of organized professional competitive video gaming spiked by a whopp... |
| 23.10.2017 | Street & Smith’s traditional sports journal teams up with esports publication | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
Street & Smith’s Sports Business Journal is announcing a strategic partnership with the news and events organization The Esports Ob... |
| 23.10.2017 | Street & Smith’s traditional sports journal teams up with esports publication | Street & Smith’s Sports Business Journal is announcing a strategic partnership with the news and events organization The Esports Observer as traditional media moves into the new world of esports.
Traditional sports and esports come from... |
| 31.07.2017 | MLB Comes To Its Senses And Declines To Oppose Overwatch League Trademark | We recently discussed how Major League Baseball had asked for an extension with the USPTO so its legal staff could decide whether it wanted to oppose a trademark application for eSport organization Overwatch League’s new logo. The request w... |
| 23.04.2016 | Match-fixing comes to the world of e-sports | Aurangzeb Durrani Contributor
Aurangzeb Durrani is a former professional gamer and has been in the e-sports industry since 2006. He is currently the manager of international marketing for Kill Ping.
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| 04.01.2016 | Activision Confirms Major League Gaming Acquisition, No Plans To Shutter Business | Some consolidation in the world of gaming and specifically e-sports. Today Activision Blizzard confirmed that it has acquired Major League Gaming, a specialist in live gaming events as it vies to become the “ESPN of e-sports.”
The news foll... |
| 03.01.2016 | Activision Blizzard Buying MLG Assets For $46 Million: Why This Deal, If True, Makes Sense | Quinten Plummer, Tech Times 03 January 2016, 06:01 pm
Activision Blizzard has bought the assets of Major League Gaming (MLG) for $46 million, leaving the esports organization a shell and certain stockholders dumbfounded, if reports are true... |
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