Microsoft is currently in talks to acquire voice and community chat platform for gamers, Discord, according to a report by Bloomberg. Sources told the outlet that the value of the deal could exceed $10B USD. The platform has surpassed 100M monthly users, growing alongside other...
ESTNN chats with Sceptic about his rise in Fortnite, streaming career and thoughts about the game. Griffin “Sceptic” Spikoski started his three-year gaming journey in a simple manner - playing Fortnite Battle Royale while his friends watched. It didn’t take long for the now 16-year-old to...
COD 2021 Reportedly Titled “Call of Duty: WWII Vanguard”. With Call of Duty’s 2021 release around 8 months away, leaks have already started to surface. The latest rumor from ModernWarzone states that the name of COD 2021 is likely “WWII Vanguard”. While this may just be an...
With the rallying cry of a “Sip of Justice,” the Overwatch League’s Washington D.C. franchise, has added local brewery DC Brau as a sponsoring partner. For the 2021 season, DC Brau will create Washington Justice-themed collectible beer cans. Labeled a “Sip of Justice,” the cans...
Esports technology company Vindex has announced that Ryan Fitzpatrick has joined its backroom team as Senior Vice President of Strategy. Fitzpatrick joins Vindex from media company NCompass International, where he was Senior Vice President and its Head of Gaming and Esports. His responsibilities included developing and...
Learn how to get a free Tomb Raider spray in Fortnite Battle Royale. Fortnite Chapter 2 - Season 6 established another ground-breaking crossover, which has become Epic Games’ standard practice. Season 5 brought famous video game and movie characters like Master Chief, Kratos, Terminator and more into...
Spanish esports organization MAD Lions (a division of OverActive Media) has secured a multi-year partnership with GLS Spain, making the parcel service provider the team’s official logistics partner. The deal is focused on the MAD Lions’ League of Legends teams, one of which competes in...
Las Vegas-based gambling company GameCo has announced a financing round intended to accelerate the expansion of its business, including its footprint in esports betting. Credit: GameCo RELATED: Abios launches a player age compliance solution The funding round, led by gaming technology companies Playtech and SpringOwl Asset Management, will...
Nations Ventures, a venture capital fund majority-owned by We Are Nations, has made a ‘strategic investment’ in real-time platform and sports marketplace Obsesh. Obsesh’s platform allows fans to connect with athletes and personalities in sport, as well as in esports and gaming. Some of the activations...
Data analytics company Elo Entertainment has announced the launch of TrackLoL, a new website that provides analytics for League of Legends. TrackLoL’s website provides a range of data around the game, such as live-match experience and prediction leaderboards. Image source: Screenshot, tracklol.com RELATED: YouGov: How nuanced data can...