Chinese technology company and TikTok’s owner ByteDance has reportedly acquired Mobile Legends: Bang Bang developer and publisher Moonton. The acquisition, which is believed to be valued to be around $4bn, has been made through ByteDance’s video games unit Nuverse, according to Reuters. Image credit: Moonton RELATED: JOIDATA enters...
Southeast Asian esports organisation EVOS Esports has announced the appointment of Aaron ‘Qontra’ Chan as its Head of Talent for markets in Malaysia and Singapore. In his new role, Chan will deal with the organisation’s partnerships and talent acquisitions within the regions. Credit: EVOS Esports RELATED: EVOS Esports join forces with...
Chinese tournament organizer Imba TV announced that the company will host its Dota 2 competition, Imba i-League in Shanghai, featuring a ￥1.2M RMB ($185K USD) total prize pool money and eight Chinese Dota 2 teams, including PSG.LGD, Invictus Gaming, Royal Never Give-Up, and Vici Gaming. ...
Events DC, the District of Columbia’s official convention and sports authority, has renewed its partnership with Game Gym to launch the Mid-Atlantic Esports Conference for collegiate esports in Maryland, Virginia, and Washington, DC. Starting this month, the inaugural season will see twelve colleges and universities compete...
The Global Esports Federation (GEF) has announced it has joined the Sports for Climate Action initiative by United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). By signing UNFCCC’s Framework Agreement, the GEF commits to ensuring that the esports sector is ‘on the path to a low-carbon...
First seed versus fourth in the Mid-Season Showdown, who came out on top? The second night for the inaugural LCS Mid-Season Showdown saw first-seeded Cloud9 take on fourth-seeded 100 Thieves in a repeat of the LCS Lock-In semi-finals. Cloud9 are the heavy favorites coming into this...
Team Virtus.pro, Na'Vi Dota 2 and Neon Esports undergo unavoidable changes in their team rosters. ONE Esports Singapore Major will be held from March 27 to April 4 and there are certain major changes within the rosters of few teams. With only nine days away from...
Esports data and statistics company Abios has announced the launch of a solution to help bookmakers and esports companies ensure compliance is maintained with player age legislations. According to the release, the customisable solution provides updated information on expected rosters, player ages, birthdays and the share...
European collegiate esports series Amazon UNIVERSITY Esports (AUE) has announced its expansion into Germany and France. Following AUE’s expansion, students in Germany, France, Spain, Italy and the United Kingdom will take part in its Spring season. According to the release, the series is also expected to...
Recently coming into the competitive meta, here’s the best QBZ Loadout. The QBZ 83 recently made its way into the competitive meta following the GA of the XM4. It is extremely similar to the XM4, beating it in every category except fire rate. This makes it...