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Vainglory studio Super Evil Megacorp signs esports deal with Alibaba

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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Super Evil Megacorp has teamed up with Alibaba’s Alisports division to feature the Vainglory mobile game in the World Electronic Sports Games (WESG), which has teams from around Asia.

Alisports, the sports branch of China’s Alibaba Group, has a global presence, but it has a heavy focus on teams and tournament events in Asia. Vainglory is the first mobile game to be included in the WESG championship tournament, which also includes other competitive titles including Counter Strike: Global Offensive, Dota 2, Hearthstone, and StarCraft II.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.