Esports Industry News
August 29, 2024
PayPal teams up with top Rainbow Six tournaments
Paypal is penetrating more and more into the export industry: besides using Paypal for esports betting, this popular online payment provider has partnered up with several esports tournaments for the…
November 4, 2019
Can esports maintain its phenomenal growth?
There is little doubt that esports has been growing at a hugely impressive rate. The esports industry is expected to become a $1 billion dollar business in the next couple…
November 4, 2019
McDonald’s moves into the German esports scene
Competitive gaming and fast food have historically enjoyed a fairly close relationship, and that looks to get a lot closer as McDonald’s recently made the decision to focus their attention…
November 4, 2019
Why payments hold the key to the esports betting revolution
Esports betting has become one of the surprise spin-offs of the competitive gaming revolution. Whether it’s going to a traditional sports bookmaker to put down a real-money bet on a…
July 9, 2019
Top 5 Esports Arenas in the US
Dedicated esports arenas are an incredibly recent thing. While bigger esports events themselves have been around for some time, they used to usually take place in rented spaces, sometimes even…
June 1, 2020
True potential: advertising in esports
Gone are the days where video games were created for a tiny niche market and relegated to the last shelf on the bottom right in the stores – now video…
November 4, 2019
Nike sponsors its first esports player
The sportswear company, Nike, are well known for their multi-million dollar sponsorship of top-level sporting stars, but the brand have recently made the surprise move to sponsor their first esports…
January 15, 2020
Why keeping fit is key to esports success
Whilst playing video games is commonly associated with junk food and bad posture, it seems that a new generation of esports stars are learning to take care of themselves. With…
June 13, 2019
Tencent is coming – China wants to play
For the longest time, China was jokingly known for its cheap and low-quality knock-offs. ‘Made in China’ was all but synonymous with cheaply manufactured stuff created by labourers working in…
June 13, 2019
Sky TV launches a pop-up UK esports channel – but is that really a good thing?
It sounds pretty cool, doesn’t it? A pop-up esports channel backed by one of the biggest media companies in the country. From next week on, Sky will be broadcasting GINX…