NASCAR is using the power of gaming to make advances in the Black community, striking several new alliances with HBCU schools and groups as one of its latest diversity/equity/inclusion initiatives. The sanctioning body announced on Wednesday a host of new alliances and programs related to diversity,...
Collegiate esports competition and academic services company CSL Esports has expanded into high school esports with the launch of CSL High School. The new competitive league will provide seasonal competition opportunities to high school students with its inaugural “Season Zero” launching in May. CSL High...
Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX) listed Canadian esports and media company Enthusiast Gaming Holdings announced that it has filed a registration statement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) as part of the company’s efforts to get its common shares listed on the NASDAQ. Following the effectiveness of the...
Activision Blizzard has announced the return of the Call of Duty: Mobile World Championship. The competition will Sony sign on as the presenting partner and will offer a $2M USD total prize pool. In December, Activision canceled the final stage of the 2020 World Championship...
After a year online, we finally have a return to LAN in sight. Covid-19 has affected everyone in many ways. The esports industry was one that was let off lightly, however, with the move to online play allowing the season to continue. Online play isn’t the...
The Red Bull Gaming team grows further with a Fortnite World Cup Champion. Professional Fortnite player Emil "Nyhrox" Bergquist Pedersen is joining Red Bull Gaming as an esports athlete, the Norweigan confirmed today on Twitter. He adds himself to an extensive list of influential competitive gamers...
Gaming hardware company Acer has renewed its partnership with esports organization Envy Gaming. The partnership will remain focused on Acer’s gaming brand Predator, which will provide its products to all Envy teams, including the organization’s Overwatch and Call of Duty League rosters. As an expansion...
“Please punish those ‘cheaters’ and ‘actors’ severely. please! Otherwise the League of Legends competitive scene can not [be called] professional [esports],” Chinese esports icon Jian “Uzi” Zihao pleaded after his game was match-fixed. Uzi is considered one of the biggest superstars in the world of...
North American esports organisation Enthusiast Gaming has announced its intention to list shares on the NASDAQ, as the company aims to expand its shareholder base and increase development. As such, the organisation, which owns Luminosity Gaming, Overwatch League franchise Vancouver Titans, and Call Of Duty League side...
Warsaw-based live-streaming sponsorship platform start-up inSTREAMLY announced that it has secured a €1.1M EUR ($1.32M USD) seed financing round led by British early-stage venture capital firm Supernode Global to expand into new markets. Further investors that participated in the round include Colopl Next and PKO TFI. InSTREAMLY was founded in 2019 and raised a pre-seed investment...