New Zealand-based esports tournament organiser and broadcasting media company LetsPlay.Live (LPL) has partnered with Riot Games to become the broadcast partner for 2021’s VALORANT competitive season in Oceania. Credit: Riot Games Oceanic VALORANT players in the region will be able to compete for an opportunity to play at the international...
The U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC) issued a statement Friday to inform the public that it is “closely monitoring” recent market volatility and the halting of trades of certain stocks by trading platforms. On Thursday, several trading platforms, including Robinhood, Webull, Public.com, and many...
At the beginning of January 2021, a movement led by women who claimed to have suffered abuses by esports personalities took over the Brazilian esports scene. The accusation of rape by one woman against the former League of Legends (LoL) player, coach, and caster Gabriel...
More than just having moved ‘out of the basement’, esports organisations have rapidly matured, and their business models have evolved alongside the industry’s growth in recent years. To symbolise these changes, updates to branding often follow. But branding in the sector shares a quality with high-performance...
Activision Blizzard Esports says it’s confident that it will grow viewership for both Call of Duty and Overwatch leagues this year, and it’s started rolling out new products to help do so. This is the second year of the three-year, $160M USD media-rights deal with...
This morning (Friday, January 29th), British esports organisation Guild Esports (LSE: GILD) announced its results for the previous financial year. The publicly listed company announced a loss before tax of £2.7m. The financial year in question, from 3rd September 2019 to 30th September 2020, reflects the pre-revenue stage...
We take a look at the latest tool you can use in Dota 2. Dota 2 is an amazing game where you can find loads of fun, but there is one problem — the community. Similar to other MOBAs, Dota 2 has many toxic players that...
Last night favorites Aydan & Rated won the $25K tournament, here’s how. Boom.TV Hosted their $25K Code Red Warzone tournament last night, bringing together some of the best Warzone players in the world to compete. With exceptional players such as Tommey, Jukeyz, HusKerrs and ZLaner competing,...
Tournament organiser Relog Media has partnered with the Esports Integrity Commission (ESIC) in order to help strengthen the integrity of its CS:GO events. As a result of the collaboration, the Serbia-based esports tournament operator and production company will implement ESIC’s rules, penalties and integrity goals during...
Indian esports and mobile gaming platform Mobile Premier League (MPL) announced yesterday that it has raised $500,000 (£364,200) as part of its Employee Investment Plan. MPL launched the investment plan, which allows employees to become shareholders of the company, in December last year. Image credit: Mobile Premier...