Cynopsis: Esports

03/16/23: SVB collapse affects gaming, esports orgs

  Thursday March 16, 2023 Good morning! It’s Thursday and this is your early morning Esports and gaming brief. Silicon Valley Bank’s collapse impacted several major game developers, though esports organizations remained largely unscathed by the second-largest bank failure in U.S. history. The financial and venture capital news of the week – SVB folding in […]

03/02/23: Kroenke Sports and Entertainment-backed esports organization The Guard has laid off the majority of its staff

  Thursday March 2, 2023 Good morning! It’s Thursday and this is your early morning Esports and gaming brief. Kroenke Sports and Entertainment-backed esports organization The Guard has laid off the majority of its staff, with only a skeleton crew remaining to support its competitive programs. The Guard was founded in 2021 as KSE, a […]

01/26/23: The past week brought another round of layoff announcements across major tech and media brands.

  Thursday January 26, 2023 Good morning! It’s Thursday and this is your early morning Esports brief. The past week brought another round of layoff announcements across major tech and media brands. From Google’s cut of 12,000 employees to layoffs by Fandom that hit games and entertainment media giants like GameSpot, Giant Bomb, Metacritic and […]

01/12/23: Riot Games has changed the format of its League of Legends Mid-Season Invitational and World Championship

  Thursday January 12, 2023 Good morning! It’s Thursday and this is your early morning Esports brief. Riot Games has changed the format of its League of Legends Mid-Season Invitational and World Championship and will bring the tournaments to London and South Korea, respectively, this year, the developer announced. This year’s MSI will feature 13 […]

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