Thursday October 5, 2023 Good morning! It’s Thursday and this is your early morning Esports and Gaming brief. The Overwatch League is all but over following its 2023 Grand Finals, as Overwatch 2 publisher Activision-Blizzard seeks new avenues for a “revitalized esports program” for the team-based first-person shooter. The OWL was announced to industry-wide […]
Thursday September 21, 2023 Good morning! It’s Thursday and this is your early morning Esports and Gaming brief. Amid dozens of high-caliber releases this year, Cyberpunk 2077 might be the most interesting case study yet. Yes, CD Projekt RED’s futuristic role-playing title was widely panned following its buggy, nigh-unplayable debut in late 2020. At […]
Thursday September 14, 2023 Good morning! It’s Thursday and this is your early morning Esports and Gaming brief. FaZe Clan’s Board of Directors has terminated CEO Lee Trink as the organization continues to struggle on the public market. Trink, who was brought in as an advisor for FaZe in 2016 prior to his appointment […]
Thursday September 7, 2023 Good morning! It’s Thursday and this is your early morning Esports and Gaming brief. The International Olympic Committee has created an official competitive gaming offshoot, the IOC Esports Commission, the sports governing body announced. David Lappartient, who joined the IOC in 2022 and was chairman of the IOC Esports and […]
Thursday August 31, 2023 Good morning! It’s Thursday and this is your early morning Esports and Gaming brief. Evil Geniuses brought down Paper Rex to claim the VALORANT Champions title on Saturday in Los Angeles. Evil Geniuses became the first North American organization to win a VALORANT Champions title and made history in some […]
Thursday August 24, 2023 Good morning! It’s Thursday and this is your early morning Esports and Gaming brief. Nintendo’s drip-feed strategy for highlighting upcoming DLC content in Pokémon Scarlet and Violet is hitting all the right notes in the media and sends an interesting message for marketers in the games space. While The Pokémon […]
Thursday August 17, 2023 Good morning! It’s Thursday and this is your early morning Esports and Gaming brief. Saudi investment fund Savvy Games Group was the party behind a $2 billion deal with Embracer Group that crumbled earlier this year, according to a report from Axios. Savvy, which has made significant […]
Thursday August 10, 2023 Good morning! It’s Thursday and this is your early morning Esports and Gaming brief. This weekend’s Evo fighting game tournament showed just how strong the esports audience still is despite ongoing concerns in the industry about the business of competitive gaming. As viewership and attendance of live events continues to […]
Thursday August 3, 2023 Good morning! It’s Thursday and this is your early morning Esports and Gaming brief. Project L, Riot Games’ upcoming fighting game, will be playable at Evo, the largest fighting game tournament in the world, the companies announced. The project codenamed Project L has been years in the making for Riot […]
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