Join us once again for the PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds Family Dinner
Each week, the games industry comes together to shoot one another in PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds as part of the PUBG Family Dinner. While we normally gather...
PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds: I can’t believe this 50 vs. 50 match actually worked
The PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds Family Dinner continued Friday night, and it escalated into absurdity. I got the urge to sort the 100 players in the match...
PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds just beat Dota 2 for concurrent players
PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds just did the impossible. It had more simultaneous players online through the Steam PC gaming service than Dota 2, according to data-tracking...
Sliver.tv raises $9.8 million for esports in VR
Esports VR broadcasting company SLIVER.tv announced it completed series A round equity funding with $9.8 million raised. To date, the company has received $17.5 million. Danhua...
WESG under fire for different rules and lower prize pool for women’s Hearthstone tourney
Traditional sports may have an esports problem now that many young people are flocking to competitive online games. But it seems esports has a...
Gamescom PUBG Invitational winners get a golden frying pan trophy
Bluehole has crowned the first champion of its Gamescom PUBG Invitational tournament by giving a golden frying pan (really, it’s a cast-iron skillet) to...
PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds’ rough first tournament had 140,000 simultaneous viewers
The first official tournament for PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds is underway in Germany starting today, and the event has a viewer count in the millions …...
PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds esports broadcasts need to copy golf
I’ve spent the last two Friday nights sitting at my computer talking about other people competing in PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds. Don’t pity me. I don’t...
The PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds Family Dinner continues tonight
Crime Time™ is back at 8 p.m. Pacific tonight. That’s when the Games Industry Family Chicken Dinner Invitational Tournament returns to GamesBeat’s Twitch channel....
Tespa and Blizzard serve up $1 million for college esports scholarships
While esports has spent much of 2017 building and formalizing infrastructure, Tespa has been around since 2013 as a network of collegiate-level esports clubs and...