XSET branches into Web3 gaming, signs creator Brycent
Esports and gaming lifestyle organization XSET signed Web3 gaming creator and advocate Bryce “Brycent” Johnson to its roster. While some esports organizations have experimented...
Riot Games will support esports teams with Worlds ‘Virtual Pass’
Riot Games has announced the Virtual Pass — a new effort to support the esports teams that participate in both League of Legends and...
Karate Combat closes $18M to build Web3, mixed reality live sports
Karate Combat has raised $18 million to fund its full-contact martial arts league that features combatants in immersive CGI environments. The league’s (mixed reality)...
StreamElements: State of the Stream March 2023
March was a return to the status quo on Twitch according to StreamElements’ State of the Stream for March 2023 in partnership with Rainmaker.gg....
Inside DreamHack’s ambitious strategy to double its audience
DreamHack has always been an outlier compared to other gaming conventions and esports tournaments. At its core, DreamHack is a grassroots convention that scaled....
Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty — A mini-review | Kaser Focus
It’s been another relatively quiet week over here at GamesBeat — nothing quite so cataclysmic as E3’s cancellation happened, anyway. So I thought I’d...
XSET acquires women’s gaming org Queens Gaming Collective
Gaming lifestyle organization XSET has acquired Queens Gaming Collective to further its goals of promoting inclusivity and diversity in gaming. XSET and Queens are...
Discord expands Nitro with a soundboard and super reactions
Discord announced today that it’s bringing a handful of new features to Nitro subscribers in April. These include new reactions, of both the visual...
StreamElements adds YouTube sponsorships to Mercury platform
StreamElements is adding sponsorships to its YouTube-focused Mercury platform. Mercury Sponsorships will allow brands to connect with YouTubers of all sizes, run ad campaigns...
I was wrong — E3 is dead | Kaser Focus
You might remember, last year when ReedPop announced that E3 2023 would be a live, in-person event — a return to the before-times —...