eSports

Right now, everyone wants in on podcasts — including gaming influencers. For gaming and esports content creators who are well-established on Twitch and YouTube, podcasts create new opportunities to apply sponsorships and brand partnerships to a pre-existing audience. Brian “FaZe Rug” Awadis is a high-profile example of a gaming influencer…

A new GamesBeat event is around the corner! Learn more about what comes next.  Immutable has established an alliance with NRG Esports to create nonfungible token (NFT) collectibles for the upcoming Guild of the Guardian’s mobile RPG. The Ukraine-based Stepico Games is developing the blockchain game for publisher Immutable, which…

August 07, 2021 - 00:30AM WSJ Since the pandemic, revenue generated by professional esports teams and in-person tournaments took a hit. But self-betting esports, where people compete against strangers at video games for money, has grown exponentially. Read More

There’s a lot of money to be made in mobile gaming, but most of the media attention tends to focus on esports titles like MOBAs and battle royales. There are, of course, dozens if not hundreds of other mobile games in the market that may be just as addictive even…

Sponsorships are a pretty big part of modern sports, and this is the case in esports too. Over the last decade, esports has gone from a more niche interest into a business that rivals the revenue of traditional sports. Playing games professionally brings in a lot of esports sponsors. They…

Twitch is a big part of what’s made esports go mainstream so much in recent years. Esports players in some games come directly from Twitch and compete within the platform in events. The top esports streamers are frequently the top of overall charts for streamer views and subs, even competing…

There are vast differences between the major esports leagues, but they all share a common denominator: Vindex. Founded by former Major League Gaming heads Mike Sepso and Sundance DiGiovanni, Vindex describes itself as an esports infrastructure company — a one-stop-shop for brands and companies looking to get involved in competitive…

Esports training academy aims to "provide an end-to-end solution" for professional players Esports company Edge Gaming announced that it has raised $2 million in a pre-seed funding report as reported by EuropeanGaming.eu. The Tel Aviv-based company said that the investment will be used to create a training academy for esports…

Ever wonder how esports teams make money? It’s not winning that keeps teams afloat. Esports teams can sometimes struggle to stay profitable, and unfortunately, due to Covid, it was very difficult. However, many teams are still thriving, and the major esports teams did not have as many worries. For those…

N1Bet esports is a newly established betting site, that started making waves in 2021. The bookmaker is operated by Dama N.V. as an extension of N1Casino and holding a Curacao Gaming License. Unlike most of the traditional bookmakers, N1Bet is seeking to get heavily localized and operate their services in…