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ESL and AT&T partner for new mobile esports league

Posted byby Mike Minotti
March 11, 2019
1 min

ESL announced today that it is teaming up with AT&T to create the ESL Mobile Open, a new year-round mobile esports league. ESL is...

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Overwatch League Season 2 opening week viewership up 30%

Posted byby Mike Minotti
February 26, 2019
1 min

Blizzard Entertainment announced today that Overwatch League’s second season reached 13 million people during its opening week. That number is up 30 percent from...

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Twitch locks down rights to manage Team Liquid sponsorships

Posted byby Jeff Grubb
February 21, 2019
2 min

Twitch hosts some of the most popular video content on the internet, but it doesn’t own much of it. That’s a challenge for the...

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Skillz has stats on mobile esports champs for 2018

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Skillz: Top 10 mobile esports players won $8 million in 2018

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
January 31, 2019
2 min

Mobile esports provider Skillz said that the top 10 mobile esports players earned more than $8 million in 2018, with seven of the 10...

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State Farm sponsors Fortnite streamer DrLupo

Posted byby Mike Minotti
January 29, 2019
1 min

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...

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Nintendo announces open Super Smash Bros. Ultimate and Splatoon 2 tournaments

Posted byby Mike Minotti
January 22, 2019
1 min

Nintendo has announced new U.S. tournaments for its Switch games Super Smash Bros. Ultimate and Splatoon 2. These will be online qualifiers open to...