Riot Games players raise $6 million for charity
Riot Games, the maker of League of Legends, said its global in-game charity fundraiser has raised $6 million for the Riot Games Social Impact...
Tribe Gaming raises $1.04 million from celebrity athletes to expand its mobile esports business
Tribe Gaming has raised $1.04 million to expand its mobile esports teams and media business. The Austin, Texas-based company has courted celebrities, and investors...
76ers owners appoint investment chief for esports and other ventures
Harris Blitzer Sports & Entertainment, the owner of the NBA’s Philadelphia 76ers and NHL’s New Jersey Devils, has appointed David Abrams as head of...
Arcade sports mobile game maker Bit Fry Game Studios raises $3.5 million
Bit Fry Game Studios has raised $3.5 million to make arcade-action sports mobile and console games such as its Ultimate Rivals: The Rink. The...
Verizon and NFL give 2 game devs $400,000 each to launch 5G games Super Bowl
Verizon and the NFL have named two winners in the Verizon 5G NFL Mobile Gaming Challenge. The winning teams will get $400,000 each to...
PlayVS raises $50 million more for high school esports platform
PlayVS has raised $50 million for its platform for high school esports. The round comes just 10 months after the company raised a previous...
Contra: Rogue Corps gets weird competitive multiplayer mode
Contra: Rogue Corps is Konami’s latest entry in the long-running run-‘n’-gun shooter series, and this time the studio is including a competitive multiplayer mode...
Sensor Tower: EA grosses $1 billion in lifetime mobile revenue for free-to-play sports games
Prick EA’s corporate veins, and it’d bleed FIFA and Madden. These are two of the most important franchises for the global game publisher, both...
State Farm sponsors Fortnite streamer DrLupo
State Farm announced today that it has entered a sponsorship agreement with Benjamin “DrLupo” Lupo, one of the most popular Fortnite streamers in the world. DrLupo...
Wearable technologies in esports bring opportunities — and challenges
In recent years, athletes in traditional sports leagues such as Major League Baseball, the National Basketball Association, and the National Football League have started...