Esports Industry News
June 13, 2019
Heavy Metal and Gaming – the perfect combo?
The world’s largest gathering for heavy metal music takes place every year in Wacken in Germany. The event draws visitors from all around the world and it’s pretty much the…
August 3, 2020
There’s a new force in the esports world and it wants to challenge China: India
Several Asian countries are esports-superpowers already – First and foremost, South Korea, but also Japan, China, even Taipei and Indonesia produce some extremely skilled players. Now there might be a…
June 13, 2019
Electronic sports competitions are coming to high schools because of start-up PlayVS
After decades of parents and teachers alike campaigning to keep video games and sometimes even devices like phones away from schools and classrooms, one start-up wants to head in the…
June 13, 2019
Esports scholarships grow exponentially since last year, more added every year
Becoming an esports pro is the ultimate dream for many gamers. Sadly, it’s often not lack of talent that prevents player from reaching those lofty heights, but rather lack of…
June 13, 2019
Esports are closer to the Olympics than ever
It’s hardly a secret that players, pros and fans alike are hoping to be able to get esports into the Olympics sooner rather than later. While this topic has been…
June 13, 2019
Ninja secures Red Bull deal and announces new tournament
Just when we thought one of the biggest success stories in the world of video game streaming couldn’t get any bigger, he manages to secure a huge deal with Red…
July 30, 2020
Unikrn opens esports betting on Fortnite
On June 8, the esports gambling platform Unikrn announced a new betting on Fortnite section. The news first surfaced in a Reddit post from the official company account. According to…
October 20, 2021
A huge crypto exchange just invested in Blockchain Esports
On June 5, one of the largest cryptocurrency exchanges – Binance – announced its plans to collaborate with chiliZ esports. According to the press release, the partnership will involve sizeable investments,…
July 9, 2019
PUBG Corp. to sue Epic Games for copying PUBG with Fortnite
There were rumors of this going on late last year and it now seems to actually be happening. PUBG Corp. has set out to sue Epic Games for cloning PUBG…
June 13, 2019
What’s up next for Team Dignitas
One of the oldest esports organisations, Team Dignitas, are currently considering to rebrand their organisation. A new CEO News broke on the 9th of May that Dignitas will be hiring…