Esports team and gaming content network Beastcoast announced that it has closed a $2.5M Pre-Seed financing round from investors including Andover Ventures, Elevate Ventures, Techstars, NJ/NY Gotham FC owner Steven Temares, and High Alpha Ventures managing partner Scott Dorsey. The company received the funds in tranches over the last two years to support its rapid growth. Beastcoast, which...
North American sports marketing company Learfield IMG College has announced that Rocket League will be added to its Level Next collegiate esports league. According to the release, Rocket League’s integration into the esports competition is following a ‘direct agreement’ between Learfield IMG College and game developer Psyonix. Image...
It looks like we could see Valorant heading to mobile in the future, with Riot Games probing the market to see if it’s a viable product. For now, at least, it looks like Riot is working out which markets the game would do well in, with...
Online esports bookmaker Winners.bet has announced the launch of its traditional sports betting product. Alongside Winners.bet’s slate of esports titles, which includes League of Legends and Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, the bookmaker’s new traditional sports betting option allows users to bet on popular sports such as football,...
From a business perspective, different regions make different markets, and different markets require different approaches — that’s how trade has worked for centuries. The esports industry, on one hand, is universal in its virtuality. We convert real money to in-game currency, and we trade virtual money...
The tournaments continue, but this one puts $100K up for grabs. After seeing the intense action in Envy’s $30K JackLinks Invitational last night, many fans will be looking forward to seeing more competitive Warzone action. Well, you won't have to wait long as tonight, Atlanta FaZe...
The ESL Premiership, a domestic esports competition for the UK and Ireland, has extended its partnership with technology company Intel and added VALORANT to its list of titles for the 2021 season. According to the release, the VALORANT UK&I Skirmish – Powered by Intel will be...
It seems Team Liquid was in a hurry to fill the gap in their coaching department. Eric “adreN” Hoag is back on Team Liquid as their coach after the recent departure of Jason “moses” O’Toole. Welcome home @adreN_Hoag pic.twitter.com/bJBDC4Z6fZ — Team Liquid CSGO (@TeamLiquidCS) May 4, 2021 Liquid was...
Activision Blizzard said Tuesday that Call of Duty and its mobile division King helped drive financial results for Q1 2021 well beyond analysts’ expectations. In Q1 Activision Blizzard reported revenue of $2.28B USD, well above its prior outlook of $2.02B, up 27.2% compared to $1.79B...
Hector “H3cz” Rodriguez is looking to return to OpTic Gaming full-time, whether alone or in conjunction with another, while at the same time divesting from his current position as Co-Owner and Co-CEO of NRG Esports, according to a report by Adam Fitch of Dexerto. Currently,...