eSports

Twitch is looking to broaden its esports and live entertainment biz with the hire of longtime Nascar executive Lou Garate. Garate is joining the Amazon-owned streaming company as Twitch’s first global head of sponsorships sales. He will be based in Twitch’s …

BlizzCon 2019 has come and gone, and it was quite an event: the final (official) debut of Diablo IV, the first female champion of Hearthstones Grandmasters Global Finals, and a big Overwatch World Cup victory for Team USAtheir first as well. So much happene…

Across the U.S. the esports athlete is a rising class of competitor in the highest collegiate and professional arenas. According to researchers in The Journal of the American Osteopathic Association, the field of sports medicine needs to catch up in order to …

Esports are the wild wild West right now. There's clearly a huge potential for the industry to become incredibly lucrative, but everything from the infrastructure of competition to the overall culture isn't quite ready for prime time. This introduces a huge …

For nearly 20 years, Ive been sitting in the same piece of shit: a gray swivel chair that I got at Target as a teenager. It creaks if you look at it; its covered in enormous amounts of my hair. It does not do my body any favors. Very possibly…

MLG co-founders' esports infrastructure startup Vindex raises $60M Series A, acquires Next Generation Esports, and debuts Esports Engine to help launch teams (Adam Fitch/Esports Insider)

Following a controversial decision to ban a professional Hearthstone player who expressed support for Hong Kong protests on an official stream, Blizzard lost at least one advertiser. Mitsubishi Motors Taiwan ended its sponsorship of Blizzard esports events ju…

Mentioned in this article Louis Vuitton designed outfits for League of Legends champions Qiyana and Senna, that will be available as character skins (outfits for playable characters).Qiyana and Senna will don the LV creations while performin…

Activision's latest 'Call of Duty' game is facing a fierce backlash in the Russian media for its depiction of the Eurasian country. Despite being praised by many Western video game publications since its release last week, the title has not gone down well in…

Call of Duty has been a staple of the esports scene for years. Until now, though, it has primarily focused on city-independent teams. The League is a bid to bring some of the fandom of conventional sports teams to the gaming realm, including home and away gam…