eSports

The Fortnite phenomenon — the wildly popular battle royale game from Epic Games — has manifested itself in concerned articles, culturalshoutouts and now has sealed its place in the cultural firmament by wrapping up its first “World Cup” which saw the company …

NEW YORK (Reuters) - American teenager Kyle Giersdorf won $3 million on Sunday in New York after taking the top prize in a tournament for the popular online video game Fortnite. Geirsdorf, 16, from Pennsylvania, was one of at least 100 players competing for…

Fortnite fans have had mixed opinions of North American Eastduo XXiF and Ronaldo since they qualified for this weekends World Cup Finals after serving a 14-day ban for cheating. At todays Duos finals, the crowd booed XXiF when he appeared on the feed, then ch…

The event that competitive Fortnite players have been waiting for finally gets underway today at the Arthur Ashe Stadium in Queens, New York. Hundreds of pros will be present at the three-day Fortnite World Cup, and thousands or millions more will be watching…

Instant Games started off in the News Feed before being brought over to Groups and the Lite app. The library of Instant Games kept growing, including classic games like Pac-Man, Galaga and Space Invaders as well as popular titles like Words With Friends and U…

Hasbro (NASDAQ:HAS) surprised the market Tuesday with its second-quarter earnings in just the way that shareholders like to be surprised: Its net revenue rose 9%, well outpacing analysts' consensus 6% estimate -- and that was with a currency exchange headwind…

Strafe, an esports company based in Stockholm, has raised $3 million for its esports companion app and betting game. The seed funding comes from Bitkraft Esports Ventures, which has been a prolific investor in the esports market. Designed as an easily acces…

RALEIGHRaleigh Convention Center (RCC) is getting a major tech upgrade, and its largely down to this fast-growing market segment: Esports. Plans include upgrading its entire wireless network system and connectivity speed, and increasing its internet speed pi…

Former LA Laker Rick Foxs esports organization Team Echo Fox plans to sell its slot in the North American League of Legends Championship Series to Los Angeles Rams owner Stan Kroenke, according to a new report by ESPN. Its the latest development in an increa…

In case anyone still needed convincing that esports is truly massive, the Dota 2 tournament to be held next month just accrued over $30 million in prize money. Thats the largest pot ever offered for such a competition, and judging by the amount its increased …