Esports Industry News
December 13, 2022
Riot Games Is Suing NetEase For Making An Alleged Valorant Clone
Riot Games is suing NetEase, the Chinese technology company, for allegedly infringing the copyright of their popular Valorant esports title. Riot Games has claimed that NetEase’s mobile title Hyper Front…
December 10, 2022
FTC Sues Microsoft to block the Microsoft-Activision Deal
The Federal Training Commission (FTC) has moved forward with an antitrust lawsuit against Microsoft, and is seeking to block their $70 billion buyout of video game company Activision Blizzard. Some…
December 9, 2022
Riot Games Secures Every Esports Award at The Game Awards
During a four-hour spectacle at The Game Awards, countless developers and industry personalities accepted awards for their efforts. It was a crowning moment for the hard-working teams that make the…
June 22, 2023
Trainwreck calls out Twitch and announces his move to Kick
Earlier in the week, popular Twitch streamer Trainwreck went on a long rant on Twitter using the Twitlonger feature to address his departure from Twitch and switch to Kick.com. In…
December 2, 2022
PS Plus Games For December Announced
The PlayStation Plus (PS Plus) games for December 2022 have been announced, and it’s a nice mix of offerings that include action and role-playing games. Mass Effect: Legendary, Biomutant, and…
December 1, 2022
Are Loot Boxes Gambling? Australian Bill Proposes Adults-Only Classification
The question surrounding whether in-game loot boxes constitute gambling has started to come up increasingly often in the gaming community, and in governments around the world. Now, an Australian Member…
November 26, 2022
Inter Milan Partners With Mkers In Italy As Football’s Presence In Esports Grows
It seems like Inter Milan are also going to sway with the trend as they’re the latest football club to partner with an esports organization. The Nerazzuri, who are one…
November 22, 2022
India wants to do with esports leagues what it did with cricket
Esports remains an industry that is still in the process of figuring itself out, but has taken some giant steps in the last couple of years, already capturing some of…
November 21, 2022
Pokémon Unite India Open comes with a hefty prize pool and is open-to-all
Skyesports Pokémon Unite Indian Open features $27,000 in prize funds, qualifiers are ongoing, and the final is scheduled in December. Finals are hosted in a LAN with fans from around…
November 21, 2022
ORDER Esports ceased operations, leaving only a fun Twitter behind
ORDER Esports is completely down and out of the Oceania esports scene, after bankruptcy and re-structuring didn’t pan out. How did one of Australia’s biggest esports organizations financially collapse despite…