Going Public
Skillz becomes the first public mobile esports platform
"We stand at the intersection of mobile gaming and esports, perhaps the two most exciting growth opportunities of the next decade"
Getting Competitive
Microsoft acquires esports events firm Smash.gg
No figure put on the deal yet
Neat
Esports firm 100 Thieves teams up with Fortnite
"We're thrilled for the opportunity to partner with Epic Games to deliver this unique experience for their Creative Hubs"
It's War
PUBG Mobile's 2021 Global Championship will have a $14 million prize pool
The highest amount in mobile esports
Winner!
Garena Free Fire picks up first Esports Mobile Game of the Year award
The team was "humbled and honoured"
Pgc Digital
PGC Digital: Understanding laws in esports
"It is quite surprising how many players and fans will get in trouble on social media"
Pgc Digital
PGC Digital: Attracting more gamers to esports
"Non-gamers don't exist in this day and age"
Pgc Digital
PGC Digital: A look at esports in Asia
"There is a high-level investment in Asia in esports"
Pgc Digital
PGC Digital: Understanding the commercial opportunities in esports
"Betting on esports has never been bigger"
Money Money Money
VSPN raises $100 million in funding round led by Tencent
"VSPN's long-term company vision and leading position in esports production is vital for Tencent to optimise the layout of the esports industry's development."
Getting Competitive
UK trade body Ukie outlines ways to increase esports sector
New research shows that country's pro-gaming sector saw 8.5% jobs increase annually between 2016 and 2019
Esports
EVOS Esports raises $12 million in Series B funding
"Esports is currently one of the fastest-growing industries, and ATTN has managed to establish themselves as the most advanced esports platform across Asia"
Surf The Web
Gizer launches its esports service on the web
"A mobile browser was a natural progression for our service. Our goal has always been focused around convenience"
Go Pro
The first all-female team joins Honor of Kings esports league
"Most teams believe that female gamers are not as capable as men"
Check Those Ads
Anzu expands its partnership with Axis Games
"Anzu's premium blended in-game ads represent a new chapter for the gaming and advertising industries"
Stiff Competition
Ryu Games is launching its own games tournament platform to compete with Skillz
"The growth of this space has been incredibly exciting to watch"
Pgc Helsinki Digital
PGC Helsinki Digital: The current state and the future of mobile esports
"Mobile esports will mainstream esports. Mobile reaches a larger and more diverse audience than PC and Console Games
Pgc Helsinki Digital
PGC Helsinki Digital: The role of esports in education
"The opportunity to engage the demographic of young people"
Pgc Helsinki Digital
PGC Helsinki Digital: Forming partnerships with brands
"Logo placement is 50 per cent of the battle. But in an esports and a gaming world, an audience is far more savvy and will not necessarily be convinced by a logo on a website"
Pgc Helsinki Digital
PGC Helsinki Digital: Virtualising esports and how it shapes the future of competitive gaming
"Esports is already quite a virtual thing"
Competitive
Guild Esports to become first esports firm to become public through LSE
"Guild will be the first esports franchise to join the London stock market"
Funding
Indian games platform Winzo secures $18 million in Series B funding
"Winzo is at the heart of India's gaming evolution"
Pgc Helsinki Digital
Fnatic Edward Gregory on how to make successful partnerships in esports
"Esports is one of the fastest-growing industries in the world and yet is still in its infancy."
Pgc Helsinki Digital
Esports Insider and Benzinga writer Crystal Mills discusses new channels for influencers
"It's constantly changing and evolving"
Money Money Money
Bitkraft Esports Ventures secures $165 million for games industry investments
"We are grateful to our investors for their confidence in our team's ability to identify talent, trends, and opportunities in the gaming and esports space"
Team Work
Anzu teams up with Veritas Entertainment for real-life brands ads
"Anzu is always looking to push the limits of what was considered possible"
Acquisition
Enthusiast Gaming acquires Omnia Media from Blue Ant Media Solutions
The deal is worth CAD$54.5 million
$100 Million Rise
Mobile games revenue grew by $135 million across Malaysia and Singapore
Partly due to a rise in esports
Game On
Esports firm Vindex to buy Belong brand from GAME for around $50 million
Plans to invest $300 million over the next five years
Not A Phase
Verizon becomes the 5G and 4G partner for esports firm FaZe Clan
"To demonstrate the power of Verizon's 5G Ultra Wideband network to their massive gaming community"
Game On!
PUBG Mobile announces $850,000 esports competition known as Season Zero
40 teams to compete for a share of the prize money
Pgc Digital
PGC Digital: ESL UK's James Dean on running esports events without a physical audience
"Embracing change is absolutely imperative"
Pgc Digital
PGC Digital: Mobile esports tournament platform BAASH soft-launches on Android
Partnership teased with PC brand
Pgc Digital
PGC Digital: PUBG Mobile esports surpassed 532 million views globally in 2019
56 million hours worth of watched content
Team Up
Critical Force partners with Gizer for its Critical Ops community tournament program
Building a better community
Cancelled Cup
Epic cancels Fortnite World Cup 2020
"We're hopeful to be able to put on some form of Fortnite World Cup in 2021"
Drop In
Epic Games's $2 million Fortnite Champion Series Invitational announced for May 9th
Mobile, PC and console players will be invited
Esports And Ua
Esports audiences: A UA marketer's dream
AdColony senior director of global marketing and communications Jonathan Harrop breaks down the opportunity
Entering India
The next frontier in gaming: Entering India
Orange Rock CEO Kasturi Rangan and PTW senior manager of marketing and PR Kaley Hurst explore the opportunities that esports are bringing to India
Esports Partnership
ESL partners up with PUBG Mobile to host competitions for the game
It is also a commercial partner
Esports Funding
Tribe Gaming raises $1 million in funding for mobile esports growth
Investors include an NBA player and WWE star
Emerging Strategy
Covid-19 crashes MTG’s esports business but gaming revenues performing well
Difficult decisions in a dynamic situation
Esports Competition
Skillz reveals its top-earning mobile esports players of the decade
Seven of them a female
Esports Growth
Esports Players League receives $1 million in funding
Led by VC 500 Startups
Esports Predictions
Esports revenue will exceed $1 billion in 2020
China will generate the most revenue
Red Card
EA issues permanent ban to FIFA pro Kurt0411
Follows initial ban in November 2019
Thinking Deeper
Why investors misunderstand esports' opportunity
LVP drills down into the business model
Next Step
Esports firm Tempo Storm raises $3.3 million to launch a game
The Bazaar will be a deck-building card game
Winning Rights
Report: Google paid $160 million for Activision Blizzard esports streaming rights
It covers Hearthstone, Overwatch, and Call of Duty
Efuse Elite
eFuse's Tom Newton on becoming an elite and the trends of 2020
"You'll never be elite at something if you aren't willing to put thousands of hours into it."