World of Tanks developer Wargaming helps Twitch rival Hitbox with $4M funding round
Hitbox, a European startup that can stream gameplay at 4K resolution, has raised $4 million from World of Tanks developer Wargaming and others to...
The first esports pro wants to leave a legacy for passion and enthusiasm
A whole generation of gamers have grown up and become esports fans without ever hearing the name Thresh — at least, not unless you’re...
Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft championship preview: an unstable meta, an uncertain favorite
After eight months of grueling ladder play, regional qualifiers, and regional championships, 16 card-slinging savants descend upon Anaheim for the second Hearthstone World Championship....
Esports is already worth $748M, but it’ll reach $1.9B by 2018
Competitive gaming is growing into a lucrative industry at a rapid rate as Americans and Europeans turn more of their attention to it. Esports...
VCs favor putting their money into esports and virtual reality
Many venture capitalists are shy about investing in games. And for the first nine months of 2015, game investments were down about 35 percent from...
Activision Blizzard creates new esports division on the eve of BlizzCon’s championships
Actvision Blizzard announced this morning that it’s creating a new division focused on its “esports ecosystem.” The new division wasn’t named in the release,...
Russia’s largest esports community receives a potential $100M investment
Russian global investment conglomerate USM Holdings has given an amount that may exceed $100 million to Virtus.pro, the country’s largest esports community. Esports will generate $1.8 billion a year by 2020, according to Colin Sebastian, analyst at R.W. Baird. This new investment shows the global reach of the phenomenon.
Here are the countries that make up most of the $91.5B global gaming business (Spoiler: China rules)
Planet Earth spends a ton of money on video games, but it turns out that only a fraction of the countries make up the...
MOBAs are more popular on Facebook than Major League Baseball and the NFL
People might care more about the League of Legends finals than the Super Bowl one day. As you can see in the chart above,...
Hearthstone’s Grim Patron meets a grim fate on the eve of BlizzCon
Blizzard notified players via a post on its official forums this morning that it’s modifying the Warsong Commander — the lynchpin of the immensely...