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Gaming Culture

How stepping away from esports helped SoaR Gaming outlast the competition

Posted byby Alexander Lee
February 25, 2026
2 min

SoaR Gaming is one of the few companies left standing from the initial wave of esports hype in the early 2010s. The secret to...

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Development

Skillz acquires Beamable to provide game backend and live ops services to devs | exclusive

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
February 4, 2026
6 min

Skillz, the mobile game skill-gaming platform, announced that it has acquired certain assets of Beamable, a modern game backend and LiveOps platform purpose- built...

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The Esports Nations Cup adds Dota 2 to its list of games

Posted byby Rachel Kaser
January 28, 2026
1 min

The Esports World Cup Foundation (EWCF) announced that it’s added Dota 2 to the list of games to be played at the upcoming Esports...

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Gameplay

Team Liquid taps Walrus to preserve library of esports matches

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
January 21, 2026
2 min

Team Liquid, the most successful organization in esports history, today announced a historic migration of its content library to Walrus. The collaboration sees the largest...

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Gaming Culture

Esports World Cup adds Trackmania to 2026 tournament

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
January 19, 2026
3 min

The Esports World Cup Foundation and Ubisoft Nadeo today announced a multi-year partnership that will bring Trackmania to the Esports World Cup (EWC). The addition...

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3 min

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Business

NRG Esports has been acquired by DarkZero

Posted byby Alexander Lee
December 19, 2025
3 min

NRG Esports is officially under new ownership. On December 1, the Las-Vegas-based esports company DarkZero closed a deal to acquire the competitive gaming side...

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Development

Insights.gg launches stand-alone platform for gameplay capture

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
December 15, 2025
5 min

Insights.gg, a gameplay capture and review platform, will launch its new standalone platform and integrated app in January 2026. Born from esports and built...

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Development

YGG Play Summit crowns Parallel esports champion

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
November 23, 2025
3 min

The YGG Play Summit’s $100,000 YGG Parallel Showdown concluded on November 21, 2025, with German cardslinger Torben “Viper” Wahl crowned champion, taking home $20,000. Sixteen players from around the...