French game developer Ubisoft has renewed its partnership with online payment processor PayPal through to September 2022, the company announced on Thursday. The agreement will name PayPal as the official payment platform for multiple competitions across the Rainbow Six Esports circuit. RELATED: FACEIT and Ubisoft launch North American...
Chinese esports solutions provider VSPN (Versus Programming Network) announced Friday that it has completed its acquisition of Banana Gaming & Media. Financial terms of the acquisition deal were not available at the time of writing. VSPN said in its announcement that Banana Gaming & Media...
Learn how to unlock the ‘Members Only’ emote via Fortnite crew. Epic Games unleashed a monthly subscription service, dubbed Fortnite Crew, in early December. The launch went smoothly, but January proved a bit more complicated. Several users across multiple platforms reported issues receiving their allotted V-Bucks...
Armed with lessons learned from 2020, Overwatch League Vice President Jon Spector updated fans through a new YouTube video to explain what’s new for the league in 2021. According to Spector, the league has made several changes in order to “improve the quality of competition...
Learn about what could be the final DreamHack Fortnite tournament of 2021. DreamHack helped save competitive Fortnite: Battle Royale in 2020. In a world where offline competitions were not possible, the Swedish organization hosted multiple monthly tournaments to fill the void. Players in Fortnite's three most...
Ultimate Gamer is on the prowl for the "Best Gamer on Earth®" with the Ultimate Gamer Worldwide Open. There is no better time for esports and video games to thrive, taking full advantage of the millions stuck at home. Ultimate Gamer is putting gamers’ skills to...
The Mid-Season update has brought us more than we thought, with League Play and an iconic map returning later in the season. Today the Mid-Season update for Season One of Black Ops Cold War was released. While we received everything we expected, we also received some...
North American League of Legends competition, the League Championship Series (LCS) has named Grubhub as its official food delivery service and presenting partner for the 2021 LCS Championships. Grubhub will be featured in a variety of co-branded activations including future episodes of ‘Road to the Finals’ and...
Shanghai-headquartered esports organization Bilibili Esports announced that it has raised a ¥180M RMB ($27.85M USD) seed financing round led by the Zhejiang Chuangxiang Cultural Fund, an investment fund, which is, for the most part, backed by state-owned publishing group Zhejiang Publishing and broadcasting firm Zhejiang...
Gaming accessories manufacturer Turtle Beach announced that it has acquired microphone manufacturer Neat Microphones from Stray Electrons to diversify its product portfolio. Turtle Beach adds nearly 40 Neat patents and almost 70 Neat trademark registrations to its overall portfolio through this acquisition. The acquisition was...