Riot and Prime Gaming renew deal for in-game rewards, esports
Riot Games and Amazon’s Prime Gaming have renewed their partnership. The deal spans in-game content across League of Legends, its mobile counterpart Wild Rift,...
FaZe Clan launches 1st all-female pro esports team for Valorant
FaZe Clan announced that it has signed its first all-female professional esports team that will compete in the Valorant league. The lifestyle and media...
Exclusive: Rivalry’s esports betting trends for 2022
Esports-focused betting company Rivalry is wrapping up the year with an inside look into the top games, teams and matches that fans bet on...
2022 Game Awards breaks viewership, social engagement records
Last week, fans eagerly tuned in to watch the 10th edition of The Game Awards setting new records for viewership and social engagement. According...
G2 Esports returns to Valorant with NA Challengers team
Berlin-based G2 Esports is returning to Valorant with a North American team, but not as a partnered Valorant Champions Tour (VCT) team. The sqaud...
Valorant esports now incorporates Ascension circuit into international teams
Riot Games revealed today new details about next year’s Valorant Champions Tour, as well as plans to expand its Challenger ranks for the next...
Gaming and lifestyle brand XSET secures $15M in Series A funding
XSET is announcing it has closed a $15 million funding round for its gaming and lifestyle brand. The organization will use the capital to...
Riot Games and AWS are teaming up to deliver fresh esports content
Riot Games and Amazon Web Services (AWS) are teaming up to transform Riot’s esports content. Riot is the first company to use AWS’ data...
Twitter reports 36% increase in gaming tweets in first half of 2022
Roughly 1.5 billion tweets about gaming were made on Twitter in the first half of 2022. That’s ‘billion’ with a ‘b’. It’s like if...
Riot Games’ John Needham talks about the future of esports
This week Riot Games promoted John Needham to the president of esports as it doubled down on its investments in esports titles like League of...