Toronto-based Enthusiast Gaming, the parent company of esports organisation Luminosity Gaming, has completed the purchase of Vedatsis SAS, the owner of strategy guide platform Icy Veins. Enthusiast Gaming’s planned €7m (£∼6.01m) acquisition of Icy Veins was first announced in March this year. Credit: Enthusiast Gaming RELATED: Enthusiast Gaming set...
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This piece first appeared in Edition 8 of The Esports Journal RELATED: Three (types of) companies that might unshackle monetisation in esports As the esports industry continues to develop, one thing that has become apparent is the growing urge for brands to diversify their operations — whether...
Canadian esports company Enthusiast Gaming announced that it has closed its acquisition of Vedatis, which owns Icy Veins — a platform dedicated to guides for Activision Blizzard games including Hearthstone, World of Warcraft, and Overwatch — for €7M EUR ($8.51M USD). Icy Veins founders Damien Thivolle and Vlad-Matei Mladin will remain with the company long-term to operate the website. The acquisition...
The Global Esports Federation (GEF) has announced that the first three host cities for its multi-title esports competition, the Global Esports Games, will be Singapore, Istanbul, and Riyadh. Singapore will host this year’s event, scheduled to take place in December 2021, with Istanbul, Turkey and...
Let’s check out some of the best support heroes in the current meta. Every single Dota 2 patch affects the game one way or another, and this one is no exception. 7.29 has been around for several weeks now, which means that we have enough data...
International esports company GameSquare Esports announced that famed skateboarder Tony Hawk has partnered with the organisation as a special advisor. Hawk will act as a special advisor to CEO Justin Kenna and the GameSquare group of companies to help them ‘bridge the gap between global brands...
Esports Stadium Arlington (ESA) announced Monday that it has partnered with Fort Worth, Texas-based Cook Children’s Medical Center to help raise money for children. Cook’s Children is a nationally recognized not-for-profit pediatric hospital that helps children with serious medical conditions. Working with Cook’s Children and...