Esports Industry News
August 24, 2020
Riot Games doubles down on Teamfight Tactics
Teamfight Tactics (TFT) is the spinoff game from Riot Games’ League of Legends. Similar to the Auto-Chess game mod popularised in Valve Corporation’s Dota 2, TFT is a round-based strategy…
October 28, 2022
Celebration of Mobile Gaming by YouTube gives mainstream attention to Mobile Esports
YouTube Gaming just announced a new tournament with a pretty serious prize pool. The ‘Celebration of Mobile Gaming’ tournament is set to pit several creators in a multi-mobile game competition…
October 16, 2024
Riot scores 113M dollar deal with Bilibili as Tencent tightens grip on all esports broadcasts
Riot Games, the company behind League of Legends and Valorant scored a major broadcasting deal with Bilibili Inc, one of China’s biggest video streaming platforms. Both companies have their majority…
August 2, 2020
The new LoL Esports branding opens opportunities for Regional Teams
On July 21, the publisher and developer of League of Legends (LoL), Riot Games, announced the new global “re-brand” of LoL Esports. LoL Esports serves to formalize a central brand…
August 3, 2020
Esports betting legislation passes assembly in New Jersey, heads to senate
Esports and the law have had a somewhat strained relationship at times. Not every set of laws accounted for the unique problems that esports brought with it, especially when it…
July 31, 2020
NEOM gets mobbed out of becoming a Middle Eastern esport hub
The NEOM Project announced two high profile esports partnerships over the past two days. Event organizer BLAST and Riot’s LEC announced their pledge towards the development of esports in Neom.…
May 11, 2024
Cheating in FPS Games – Why Do Players Cheat and What Can Be Done?
Chances are, at some point or another you’ve run afoul of someone cheating in a FPS game. You can be having a great game, whether that’s finding the perfect loot…
March 29, 2024
Why Fnatic is a Leading Brand in Esports
Fnatic is one of the oldest leading brands in esports. A staple of the European esports scene, Fnatic has risen to become one of esports’ most elite organizations since its…
August 22, 2024
US Army backs away from Twitch as recruitment tactics backfire
So far, the American military has certainly made some questionable decisions – this time not so much about their behaviour in military conflicts, but more about the way they choose…
July 7, 2020
e-Zone Cyber Space – Japan’s first esports hotel just opened its doors
Japan is already a pretty cool travel destination – and for esports fans, it just got a lot cooler. Like South Korea has done, Japan just opened its first esports…