Esports Industry News
April 1, 2021
BLAST Premier partners with Coinbase for The Economy Play
Popular CS:GO tournament organizer BLAST just announced that they’ll be partnering with the cryptocurrency platform Coinbase. That means that Coinbase is joining the ranks of BLAST’s sponsors for the upcoming…
April 1, 2021
Gaming April Fools Day 2021 – Highlights from around the web
The 1st of April is a day of jokes, and on the internet it’s one for stunts and completely fake news. In recent years,gaming developers have really begun stepping up…
March 25, 2021
Amazon Games Montreal Developing Shooter – Will it ever release?
Amazon is opening up another new game studio, this time bringing onboard multiple developers from the Rainbow Six Series. It seems like the online retailer is looking to get into…
March 10, 2021
Estral Esports match fixing scandal may spread further
Estral Esports and Rainbow Six have become the center of a new match fixing scandal this week. This one that seems to pull in the entirety of an esports organization…
March 10, 2021
Esports will become the mainstream sports competition by 2025
Esports is the buzzword we can’t help to read and hear about everywhere we go. Will esports become mainstream? Looks like Juniper Research knows the answer. Recent research points toward…
March 9, 2021
TikTok develops new esports appeal with upcoming features
Twitter, Youtube and Instagram have been the major social media tools to attract Esports fans. But none of them are as good as TikTok. Yet, TikTok only gets a fraction…
March 2, 2021
Snoop Dogg Twitch viewers skyrocket after ragequit hype
Snoop Dogg made the news yesterday, after he ragequit a Madden NFL game and stormed out of his room. His reaction was familiar to most Madden players, but it’s good…
March 1, 2021
How will Cryptocurrency’s growth change Esports Betting
If we were to pick two things that made headlines towards the end of 2020 and into 2021, they would be esports and cryptocurrency. It seems that the two have…
February 28, 2021
The disappearance of MethodJosh – No closure to this horrible story
It’s a familiar story – and one that takes place around the disappearance of MethodJosh, the formerly popular WoW streamer on Twitch. Why is MethodJosh banned? What happened to him…
February 18, 2021
Heroic becoming a European powerhouse after Omaken acquisition
Nordic esports organisation Omaken sports made a pretty big purchase after buying up the Danish esports org Heroic. The previous PUBG gods have now made their entry into CS:GO and…