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This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now. Airspeeder, founded in 2016, wants to be the "world's first electric flying car race," CEO Matt Pearson told Insider. For many forms of transportation, racing has been a venue for relatively unrestricted development —…

(Source: TJ Sports) Shenzhen, China, will serve as the host city for the 2021 League of Legends World Championship Finals, one of the biggest esports competitions in the world. Announced by Riot Games Head of Global Esports John Needham on Friday, the company and the Chinese government will also apply…

During the Riot Games Season 2021 live stream, they announced League of Legends: Wild Rift would be their latest esports venture. Throughout 2021 they will take the initial steps towards building the scene before rolling it out globally. The regional plans for the League of Legends: Wild Rift esports scene…

Riot Games has unveiled its plans for more updates and esports events in the League of Legends universe for 2021. A short time ago, that would have meant plans for only its League of Legends game. But now Riot Games has multiple games in the market, all based on the…

Up until now, Rainbow Six Siege’s R6 esports scene has been split in two in North America. Both Canada and the US had their own dedicated competitive circuits with a single qualifier determining the North American representative at Six Invitational. Ubisoft recently announced the merger of both leagues into one…

Korean organization Griffin has announced the disbandment of its League of Legends team. After a meteoric rise, one of the LCK’s biggest underdog stories has come to an end a mere two years after the team reached the quarterfinals of Worlds 2018. 안녕하세요. 팀 그리핀입니다. 오늘부로 그리핀 LoL팀의 해산 소식을…

2021-01-06 15:30:00by Chris Moyse GG? Niantic has announced that it has acquired community gaming platform Mayhem.gg with an eye to boosting the social and global aspects of Pokémon GO and future community-driven titles. As of this writing the terms of the sale, including cost, are undisclosed. Mayhem was founded in…

The punitive action from developer Valve Corporation came after the teams, Newbee and Avengerls, showed obvious signs of foul play during a head-to-head match. One of China’s most renowned esports organizations has received a lifetime ban from competing in the online battle arena game Dota 2 following a high-profile match-fixing…

Open Qualifiers for the Dota 2 DPC 2021 season are happening across all regions this week. ESL, DreamLeague, BTS, OGA and Perfectworld have divided the pie and are all holding qualifiers. The prize is a spot at Season 1 of the new Dota Pro Circuit and a potential placement at…

Call of Duty League is the competitive side of one of the most iconic first-person shooters out there. While the game releases new titles at a rate that most esports would find completely unmanageable, the Call of Duty lEAGUE is dynamic and responds to new releases quickly. A Call of…