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
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PGC Digital: ESL UK's James Dean on running esports events without a physical audience
"Embracing change is absolutely imperative"
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PGC Digital: Mobile esports tournament platform BAASH soft-launches on Android
Partnership teased with PC brand
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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."
Getting Competitive
There was an 87% increase in esports jobs in 2019
The US offered the most opportunities
Esports In China
China has a big plan to become the global centre of the games industry
Mobvista CEO Clement Cao talks us through the moves that China is making
Blizzard In The Cloud
Activision Blizzard and Google sign up for strategic "multi-year" streaming partnership
YouTube becomes exclusive streaming partner outside of China
Esports
Super League Gaming partners with Wanda Cinemas Games to expand esports further in China
Over 700 locations across China will be utilised for the events
2020 Trends
Garena's Jason Ng on the rise of sophisticated gameplay on mobile
Free Fire breaks esport records
2019 In Review
Bitkraft's Malte Barth on the success' of 2019 and what to expect in 2020
"I expect to see significant growth in Southeast Asia"
No Drops Here
PUBG Mobile Club Open Final 2019 draws in 532 million viewers
57 million hours viewed in total
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Discover more about esports at Pocket Gamer Connects London's Esports Academy
It is one of 15 tracks to feature at the event
A New Way To Play
Edge Esports' David Yarnton on dealing with constant change
From Nintendo to what's next
Growing Market
Esports platform Game.tv raises $25 million in Series A funding
Adding AI
Starting New
Pole To Win opens new game studio - Orange Rock Studios
The time to be disruptive is now
New Investment
PatronGG raises $1 million for its Kokyo esports app
The seed round was led by Bitkraft Esports Ventures
Hot Stuff
Indian powerhouse Nazara looking to invest $20 million in gaming and esport startups
Has already invested $50 million in past two years
More Cash
Skillz raises funding from NFL's 32 Equity investment arm
Former Airbnb chief financial officer Laurence Tosi has also been appointed to the board of directors
City Limits
16-city PUBG Mobile US esports tournament kicking off in December 2019
Backed by Super League Gaming, Tencent and OnePlus
Emerging Markets Hit
Garena’s battle royale game Free Fire surpasses $1 billion of lifetime revenue
Ranked up the achievement in two years
Let Them Clash
$400,000 Clash Royale League World Finals 2019 to take place in LA on 7 December
Event will be presented by Google Play
Girl Power
BlizzCon 2019 sees first major female Hearthstone champion
VKLiooon roars
Shot Down
17-year-old Fortnite esports pro Jarvis Kaye permanently banned for using aimbot
Bad mistake
Big Guns
World of Tanks Blitz's global championship to offer $100,000 prize pool
Winners take home $50,000
No Magic Formula
What makes Summoners War a successful esport?
Gamevil Com2uS' David Mohr explains
Top Dogs
Nova Esports scoops $250,000 winning the first Clash of Clans World Championships
Total prize pot was $1 million
Esports Boost
Meta Games secures $2 million in seed funding round
The company will use it to aid for upcoming games
Bit Of A Gamble
KamaGames is now letting users bet on esports events
Slots revenue has increased by 69 per cent in the first half of 2019
New Friends
Skillz partners with IGDA to aid game developers
“Game makers are the unsung heroes of esports designing the engaging content that drives a growing multi-billion dollar industry forward”
China Expansion
Huya picks up minority stake in ESL for $30m
The two companies plan to expand esports services in China following the deal
Mobile Esports
Mobile esports games earned $15.3 billion in 2018
Over 51% of China’s domestic games market was grossed by mobile titles.
Esports Team
Pole to Win launches its own PUBG Mobile esports team
Orange Rock Esports to compete at the Vodafone 5G PUBG Mobile finals in Milan
New Investment
Nazara Technologies acquires a 67 per cent stake in Sportskeeda
The company is closing in on 100 million active monthly users