Esports Industry News
April 21, 2025
Press F to Pay Respects Origin: The Meaning, the Meme and the Moment That Started It All
Press ‘F’ to Pay Respects: It’s one of the most well-known video-game-based meme moments we’ve seen – and it found its origin in Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare. In 2014,…
March 31, 2025
Fnatic appoints IMG as exclusive sports marketing agency
European esports organization Fnatic has appointed sports marketing agency IMG as its exclusive commercial agency to accelerate the team’s growth. Fnatic x IMG – partnership between global brands The announcement…
March 28, 2025
Indian State Govt. Announces Chennai Esports Global Championship (CeGC)
The Tamil Nadu Indian state government has announced the Chennai Esports Global Championship (CeGC). Said to be an international multi-title tournament, it’s scheduled later this year in the South Indian…
March 24, 2025
Red Bull Renews Partnership With Riot Games for LEC and VCT EMEA
Riot Games has announced the renewal of its partnership with energy drink brand Red Bull for both VCT EMEA and the LEC. Riot Games x Red Bull for the upcoming…
March 21, 2025
Gary Vaynerchuck and Minnesota Vikings Owners Invest in G2 Esports
European esports organization G2 Esports has received significant ‘Series B’ investment from notable investor Gary Vaynerchuck, along with major investment from the Wilf family, as per an announcement released yesterday…
April 3, 2025
Top 10 Esports Sponsorships that will redefine the industry
Sponsorships are a pretty big part of modern sports, and this is the case in esports too. Over the last decade, esports has gone from a more niche interest into…
March 17, 2025
Esports World Cup Club Partner Program 2025 Announces 40 Teams, Here’s What Incentives They Will Get
The Esports World Cup Foundation has announced the full list of 40 teams set to be a part of the EWCF Club Partner Program which is an initiative to get…
March 16, 2025
Tuning in: Esports vs Sports Viewership shifts further going into 2025
Twenty years ago, if you told someone that you wanted to swap the channel from watching a football game to watching someone play video games, they would probably have called…
March 6, 2025
Biggest Esports Games | What Are The Top 10 Esports Games in 2025?
With each passing day, the esports industry continues to grow at a phenomenal pace. It’s getting bigger, brighter, and bolder all the time, with more games and tournaments surfacing to…
February 28, 2025
Esports World Cup Hasn’t Paid Dozens of Staff And Players For 2024 Event
The Esports World Cup has yet to pay multiple players, production workers, and on-screen talent a variety of sums of money owed from price pools, for services, and salaries from…