SuperData: Esports is now a $892 million market, but growth is slowing
The esports business is closing in on $1 billion dollars, even if growth isn’t expanding quite as fast as it once did. Research firm SuperData released a new...
Razer expands pro gaming investment with sponsorship of Denial Esports
Razer now sponsors 20 different esports teams as it further pushes its effort to associate its products with top-level gaming. Denial Esports, a pro...
45% of top-100 Android-game revenues in China belong to Tencent
The company that owns League of Legends and has a minority stake in Unreal Engine also owns an enormous chunk of the Chinese Android...
Tencent’s reach is unmatched in the gaming market
In the new film Independence Day: Resurgence, a couple makes a video call to one another. When they hang up, the program they’re using tells...
How Electronic Arts is taking a big leap into esports for all players (interview)
Electronic Arts just announced a three-tiered strategy for esports in its blockbuster games. The company will make esports stars out of everyone with its...
‘The story is false’: ESPN, Riot Games deny $500M League of Legends esports TV deal
Earlier today, a story broke from esports news site PVP Live claiming that ESPN is in talks to spend $500 million for League of...
Dojo Madness bags $4.5M for its League of Legends coaching app
Dojo Madness has raised $4.5 million to launch LOLSumo, a real-time coach that helps League of Legends gamers improve their esports skills. Berlin-based Dojo Madness wants...
Newzoo: A billion people will know about esports by the end of 2016
Esports is outgrowing its status as a niche industry for hardcore gamers, and it’s turning into global entertainment. More than a billion people will...
Online gaming in China will be worth $20.4 billion by 2020
If Nixon went to China today, he’d be playing League of Legends. Online gaming was worth $15.3 billion in China in 2015, but Asian games...
Esports makes up 21.3% of Twitch’s viewers
Esports is becoming a big deal in driving online video traffic. Market researcher Newzoo said today that esports drives 21.3 percent of viewership on...