2018’s mobile gaming trends: Crypto, media empires, and esports
Mobile gaming is underappreciated as one of the most dynamic consumer-facing markets. It requires constant adaptation to the latest way consumers desire their media...
Hearthstone’s esports team has two secret weapons: a Halo vet and an Olympic aspirant
Blizzard Entertainment doesn’t follow anyone’s playbook. It writes its own. We’ve seen that with games like Diablo, StarCraft, and Overwatch. And this approach applies...
Faceit brings the U.K. its first Counter-Strike: Global Offensive major
U.K. esports fans will have more to look forward to than just tuning into see how the London Spitfire are doing in the Overwatch...
Discord offers esports teams Verified Servers
Discord is expanding its Verified Servers program to include esports teams and leagues. The company has already welcomed game developers and musicians to start official...
Find Your Grind and ReKTGlobal team up for $450,000 in esports scholarships
Find Your Grind (FYG) has partnered with esports platform ReKTGlobal to create a scholarship program for students and others who want to pursue esports....
Overwatch League will reward Twitch viewers with tokens for in-game skins
Twitch announced today that a new program will give Overwatch League viewers tokens that they can use to buy team-based character skins inside Blizzard...
Icons: Combat Arena aims to usher in a new era of platform fighters
Presented by Intel For Wavedash CEO Matt Fairchild and creative director Jason Rice, building a new platform fighter makes more than just business sense:...
Sliver.tv raises $20 million in ICO presale to improve esports streaming
Sliver.tv has raised $20 million in a public initial coin offering (ICO) for a cryptocurrency that is aimed at improving the bandwidth available for...
Booming business of esports sets sights on conquering mainstream audiences
There may be no better measure of the progress the exploding esports industry has made in recent years than a gathering planned this week...
Tencent will launch Arena of Valor’s World Cup tournament
Tencent already has a PC esports success on its hands with Riot Games’s League of Legends, but it wants to expand into mobile as...