The BMW Group is diving deeper into competitive gaming, and is launching a new international platform in addition to locking in partnerships with Cloud9 (U.S.), Fnatic (UK), FunPlus Phoenix (China), G2 Esports (Germany) and T1 (South Korea). The new partnerships will include content development across social media, information sharing, and technology transfer with its engineers […]

Riot Games mapped out its initial esports plans for Valorant, the new competitive 5v5 tactical shooter which entered closed beta on April 7. The company announced three core pillars that would be used to build out the ecosystem – competitive integrity, accessibility, and authenticity. With an eye to build up the grassroots scene and to […]

A record-breaking Riot: Riot Games announced record-breaking viewership for the 2019 League of Legends World Championship that renders the games the most watched LoL esports event in history. The final alone garnered an average minute audience of 21.8 million, up from 19.6 million in 2018, and 44 million peak concurrent viewers. In addition to the […]

Pro streamer Benjamin “DrLupo” Lupo is raising the stakes in his second annual 24-hour livestream to support St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital on December 21 at 1p, with an eye to beat his personal fundraising record by topping $2.7 million raised this year for the lifesaving mission of St. Jude. In order to meet his […]

Rio de Janeiro will be the first South American city to host a CS:GO Major. ESL One Rio 2020 is slated to run Thursday, May 21 to Sunday, May 24 at the Jeunesse Arena in Rio de Janeiro; tickets go on sale today, Dec. 12. Twenty-four teams will compete for a $1 million prize pool.

Twitch is going long with three of its key players, announcing exclusive multi-year content deals with professional gaming streamers Benjamin “DrLupo” Lupo, Saqib “LIRIK” Zahid and Timothy “TimTheTatman” Betar. All three deals were facilitated by Loaded, with the trio representing nearly 550 million combined views. “We’re really excited that DrLupo, LIRIK, and TimTheTatman will keep […]

Bandai Namco announced the launch of the Soulcalibur VI World Tour 2020, a slate of tournament events that will kick off at EVO Japan and run Jan 24-26 in Tokyo. Top placing Players at each tournament event will earn points toward the Worldwide Rankings to help determine the list of players invited to compete and […]

Ubisoft’s Rainbow Six Pro League has a start date for Season XI, with the company announcing that competition will begin on Jan. 6 next month. Meanwhile, the USN Finals are set to take place in Las Vegas from Dec. 13-15 for the title of Team USA and a prize pool of $140,000. Jackie Jing is […]

ELEAGUE is bringing in in-game advertising platform Anzu.io for a new partnership designed to “elevate advertising in gaming and esports” with Anzu bringing a new format of brand advertising to ELEAGUE across linear, mobile, and console gaming that will reach its more than 50 million fans and offer new opportunities for marketers. Through this partnership, […]