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Chinese live-streaming platform Bilibili has entered into a multi-year strategic partnership with Overwatch League (OWL) owner Activision Blizzard, which includes the Chinese production and broadcasting rights to the league in China, further development of the commercial interests, as well as support to promote OWL in...

Online bookmaker Betway has expanded its existing deal with Brazilian esports organisation MIBR by joining forces with its female Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS:GO) team. The deal will see MIBR Female and Betway collaborate on a range of activations. Photo credit: MIBR / Betway Esports RELATED: Betway renews sponsorship deal with MIBR The partnership...

Singapore-based Southeast Asian gaming and esports organization RSG announced that it has secured a $1M USD investment from the Tembusu Partners managed esports private equity fund FrontSight Capital Fund. The investment into RSG is FrontSight’s first of up to 10 planned investments into Southeast Asian esports teams and companies of $1M to $2M each.  The organization revealed...

Japanese esports organisation Rush Gaming has announced a sponsorship agreement with gaming headphones company ASTRO Gaming. Parented by Logitech, ASTRO Gaming has supported a number of events made by Rush Gaming in the past, including the ‘Rush Gaming Warzone Challenge’, and now has become an official partner...

Activision Blizzard announced that the company will host Overwatch League (OWL) three live competitions in the Chinese cities Hangzhou, Shanghai, and Guangzhou.  Between June 4-6, the competition called the “June Championship” will be hosted in Hangzhou Spark’s home venue; July 9-11, the “Summer Challenge” will...

North American collegiate esports firm CSL Esports has announced a partnership with the Singleton Foundation For Financial Literacy and Entrepreneurship to expand its scholastic curriculum. Image credit: CSL Esports/ THE Singleton Foundation RELATED:  Banco do Brasil partners with Visa to launch BB Game Series As a result of the...

Nevada-based sports and esports nutrition company GHOST announced Thursday that it has signed a multiyear partnership with global health and wellness brand GNC.   Financial terms of the partnership were not disclosed.  Under the terms of the new deal, GHOST Gamer has been named “official esports partner of GNC,” making it the exclusive vendor...

New patch makes flop heroes a hit. Valve recently launched the 7.29 patch, which was a major overhaul to the game. The update included changes to the map, items, general mechanics and balancing updates to heroes. Some changes have transformed heroes from being a poor pick...