Twitter reports gaming delivered 2.4B tweets in 2021
Twitter today released details on how gaming effected tweet traffic in 2021. According to the data, it was one of the biggest years for...
Xfinity and Mission Control launch City Series for gamers in northeast US
Mission Control, a community-building platform, announced today a partnership with Comcast’s Xfinity on City Series. The companies will hold a series of esports competitions...
Call of Duty League is bringing back in-person events for 2022
Call of Duty League has announced the schedule for its 2022 season, and it’s transitioning back into a hybrid event line-up. For the first...
Former NFL safety launches G1, a new esports organization
Former NFL safety Kenny Vaccaro announced today that he is retiring from the physical sport and is instead entering the realm of esports. Vaccaro,...
Team Hollister chooses three streamers scouted by Bugha for its program
Hollister today announced the members of its esports effort, Team Hollister. The three members joining the gamer training program were scouted by the company’s...
Riot Games’ John Needham talks about the future of esports
This week Riot Games promoted John Needham to the president of esports as it doubled down on its investments in esports titles like League of...
Nintendo partners with Panda Global for Super Smash Bros. Melee and Ultimate events
Nintendo announced today a partnership with competitive gaming organization Panda Global to create esports events for Super Smash Bros. Melee and Super Smash Bros. Ultimate....
Dubit raises $8M for Roblox-based metaverse esports events
Dubit, a game studio that specializes in games for the metaverse, today announced that it has raised $8 million to expand its esports efforts...
League of Legends and Dota 2 saw boost in esports viewing in October
StreamElements today released its State of the Stream report for October. Thanks to insight from Rainmaker.gg, StreamElements’ analytics partner, we know that the month’s...
Vindex and MLG co-founder Mike Sepso believes the games industry still needs esports
Major League Gaming cofounder Mike Sepso believes the games industry needs esports due to rapidly changing business models. The boon of free-to-play games and...