Esports drives user engagement — and revenue — for free-to-play games
Amid the coronavirus outbreak, the video game industry experienced a critical inflection point, although it went largely overlooked. Most of the media coverage focused...
Esports’ ticket to going mainstream: big brands, bigger audience
Despite how big esports might seem, it’s still just a very big niche. That’s according to Mike Sepso, the vice president of publisher Activision’s...
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive takes out another esports viewership record
Activision’s newly acquired Major League Gaming division is pulling in huge audiences even when it broadcasts games that don’t belong to the giant publisher....
Major League Gaming announces Smash Bros. Melee and Wii U tournaments for its October event
Nintendo’s frenetic fighting game has established itself as one of the top competitive games in the world. Major League Gaming announced today that it...
Esports giant ESL is now in the hands of a Swedish traditional media powerhouse
Esports is coming into its own, and old media wants a piece.
E-sports makes $612M from its 134M viewers worldwide, SuperData finds
Affluent young men have turned e-sports into a real market worth a lot of money, but most publishers and even the pro players treat it as marketing.
MLG.tv’s e-sports audience is growing — up 253 percent so far in 2015
And as MLG's video platform makes more money, so do its partner creators.
MLG.tv Arena opens in Columbus just in time for Call of Duty tournament
MLG plans to hold monthly competitions at its first permanent venue.
Major League Gaming announces its own arena in Columbus, Ohio
MLG has hosted a number of events in Columbus, and it will continue to do so around the year in its new venue.
PewDiePie of YouTube fame says 'let's play' on MLG.tv (update)
Swede Felix Kjellberg's frequently funny walkthroughs of horror and action video games have drawn nearly 30.7M subscribers on YouTube. His podcast debuts on MLG.tv today.