Blizzard announced that live events are coming to the 2019 season of Overwatch Contenders, as the program’s eight regions take part in interregional tournaments in a pair of live Showdown events featuring double-elimination-style brackets. Top performing teams will secure spots for their region to compete in the Contenders Gauntlet live event later in the year. […]
Super League Gaming, a California-based event organization for amateur gamers, filed a registration with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission for an Initial Public Offering. Founded in 2014, Super League Gaming filed under the SLGG symbol for the Nasdaq Capital Market. Over the past year, Super League Gaming has expanded to multiple new cities and […]
Madden NFL 19 developer Electronic Arts has partnered with the NFL and TV network The CW for a special broadcast commemorating the Madden NFL 19 Classic from last month. The one-hour special, which aired on Jan. 8, chronicled the Las Vegas event, which is the first major Madden NFL 19 tournament since two professional players […]
World Showdown of Esports took center stage over the holidays, delivering both WSOE2, featuring Hearthstone and running Dec. 20-21, and WSOE3, with Fortnite on Dec. 30. WSOE3 topped the company’s internal expectations, notching an average of 160,025 viewers, according to Esports Charts, and topping 1.5 million total views for the contest, with over a million […]
The Professional Fighters League is forging an alliance in esports, joining with Team Liquid for a partnership that will see top Team Liquid pros become PFL Ambassadors and part of the PFL MMA experience. The deal sees select Team Liquid top players and personalities attend PFL Fights and share their experiences as part of the […]
Esports staple Alexander Garfield, founder of Evil Geniuses and Alliance, unveiled his newest initiative, announcing the league of Popdog, a technology and services company developing products designed to help optimize esports and gaming live streaming for brands, publishers, talent, teams, tournaments, and other stakeholders. Garfield will serve as Founder and CEO of the company, with […]
The Twitch Holiday Spectacular hit streamland recently as a special edition of Twitch Weekly that featured guests from the community and highlighted key moments and milestones from 2018. The company reported that the number of partner and affiliate streamers who can generate revenue on Twitch grew more than 86% from 2017 to 2018, with more […]
The Overwatch League’s dip into home games is officially on the docket, with the league announcing that three teams will host home games during the 2019 season: Atlanta Reign, Dallas Fuel, and Los Angeles Valiant. The league unveiled its full 2019 season schedule. The move will kick off the weekend in North Texas as the […]
FanAI is teaming up with Hi-Rez Studios and esports league operator Skillshot Media to help the companies better understand their audiences. The collaboration will breakdown audience data of the 70 million players of Hi-Rez Studios’ games, including SMITE, Paladins and Realm Royale with FanAI’s AI driven analytics in addition to integrating anonymized player data into […]
MTN DEW AMP is gunning for new audiences, locking in deals with the Call of Duty World League and OpTic Gaming for its new beverage brand, titled Game Fuel. The PepsiCo brand will be officially launched on Jan. 14 with four flavors while the can will feature a no-slip grip that “mirrors the design of […]
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