eSports

Rapidly expanding industry monolith Epic Games have snapped up Psyonix, the studio behind esports car-football phenomenon Rocket League. In an official announcement, Psyonix have declared that they’re “joining the Epic family”, and the game will come to the E…

On the spending spree to end all spending sprees, and apparently unable to buy the concepts of cars and soccer wholesale, Epic has settled for acquiring Psyonix, the developer of acclaimed car soccer game Rocket League. Epic announced its latest purchase in …

The growth and prestige of esports has often been measured by competition: record viewership records, sold out arenas cheering a team as they heft a trophy, or a team making a run through the gauntlet to finally claim the regional crown. While esports is focu…

When you think of the daily life of an esports player, you might imagine something sedate. Professional gamers, by definition, sit at computers and work to hone their talents by staring at a screen and clicking buttons. But, as many of them will be quick to t…

The Danish government is backing esports in a big way, and has devised a national 'esports strategy' to help grow and legitimize the sport in the country.  As reported by Motherboard, the Danish Ministry of Culture is keen to establish a "good framework" for…

Global esports organization Immortals has raised $30 million and acquired Brazil’s game matchmaking platform Gamers Club. It is rebranding itself as Immortals Gamers Club. The deal comes just hours after Fnatic, a London-based esports club, announced it had …

Champion introduces its first-ever eSports collaboration as part of a special release curated by NTWRK. A series of custom baseball jerseys emblazoned with the logos of several key eSports teams are launching today via a streamable episode of NTWRK’s web seri…

This year the AR/VR industry feels like it is finally progressing toward mainstream adoption. The AWE show, which takes place in Santa Clara, California at the end of May, celebrates its tenth anniversary this year. This years theme is Enter the Next Dimensio…

I normally try to zero in on one particular esports event or theme around it each weekend for this post, but this time there is just too much god damn high-level, mouse-clicking, button-mashing, card-dropping, play-calling competitive gaming action going on n…

The Daily Crunch is TechCrunch’s roundup of our biggest and most important stories. If you’d like to get this delivered to your inbox every day at around 9am Pacific, you can subscribe here. 1. Facebook hit with three privacy investigations in a single day …