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Smash World Tour 2022 and 2023 are unfortunately cancelled.

Smash World Tour 2022 and 2023 Are Officially Cancelled

Xavier Geitz November 30, 2022

FaZe Smeag All Star Weekend will be one of the best Valorant offseason tournaments. Don't miss it!

FaZe Smeag All Star Weekend Kicks Off Today

Xavier Geitz November 5, 2022

Ubisoft has officially cancelled Ghost Recon Frontline.

Ubisoft Cancels Battle Royale Title Ghost Recon Frontline

Xavier Geitz July 25, 2022

Faze Cented poses with a pond behind him in the meadows.

Fortnite: Faze Clan Member Cented Gets Kicked Out for Hate Speech

Sid July 4, 2022

LEC Week 3 Day 2 Summer Split 2022 Recap

David Hollingsworth July 2, 2022

Esports Tournaments in Summer 2022

Biggest Esports Tournaments in Summer 2022

Rohat Dicle Kılınç June 30, 2022

Complexity Gaming's New Roster; Johnny “⁠JT⁠” Theodosiou, Justin “⁠FaNg⁠” Coakley, Ricky “⁠floppy⁠” Kemer, Paytyn “⁠junior⁠” Johnson and Michael “Grim” Wince.

CS:GO: Complexity Gaming Signs A New Roster

Anuj Gupta January 18, 2022

The Xbox, Activision, Blizzard and King business logos appear above promotional images from the companies game franchises

Microsoft Acquires Activision Blizzard in $70bn Deal, What does the Future Hold for the Company

David Hollingsworth January 18, 2022

The words "DreamHack Anaheim" appear with the word "Cancelled" stamped over them in red. The Anaheim convention centre appears in the background

DreamHack Anaheim 2022 Canceled Due To Hosting Difficulties

Matt Pryor December 14, 2021

NFL Safety Kenny Vaccaro Retires From Football, Launches G1 Esports

Matt Pryor December 2, 2021

Complexity Gaming Launches Complexity Stars Gaming Division For Celebrities & Professional Athletes

Matt Pryor November 30, 2021

Esports Awards 2021: All Nominees & Winners

Matt Pryor November 21, 2021

The symbol of the Asian Games, a bright sun in red with 16 rays and a white circle in the middle of its disc sits above a stylized purple, blue and pink rainbow. The words "19th Asian Games Hangzhou 2022" appear below

OCA Announces Names Of Esports Titles For Asian Games 2022

Anuj Gupta September 9, 2021

$The logo for E3, a large red E next to an orange 3, appears above the words 2021 on a white fractal background$

E3 Announce Their Return In 2021 With Virtual Showcase

Eliana Bollati April 7, 2021

A world map shows the countries included in the ESL Mobile Open, North America, Europe & Mena and the Asia-Pacific. The words "Regions of Play" appear above in black and white

ESL Mobile Open Goes Global

Eliana Bollati March 26, 2021

Lights shine down onto the stage at the opening ceremony of Worlds 2020.

The Most Popular Esports Events In 2020

Aniket Macwan January 26, 2021

The winged trophy given out to winners at The Game Awards appears silhouetted against a bright orange sunset.

Best Announcements From The Game Awards 2020

Eliana Bollati December 11, 2020

The League of Legends Champion, Akali, leaps across a white background, the hitmarker and crowdcube logos appear behind her. To the right is a flat icon version of the Hitmarker job app, showing logos from companies like the BBC, Rebdull and Amazon.

Hitmarker Launches Second Equity Crowdfunding Round

David Hollingsworth November 27, 2020

CERD.GG; Building a platform for esports education

Eliana Bollati September 19, 2020

A screen from WarZone showing an operative peers down at a battlefield through binoculars as helicopters approach

Activision Blizzard Financial Results Exceed Companies Expectations

David Hollingsworth August 5, 2020

Team Liquid's jungler Broxah smiles in his seat to a teammate

The 2020 Alienware Games Begins on July 17

David Hollingsworth July 14, 2020

Chiefs Esports Club Partners With L’ORÉAL PARIS MEN EXPERT

Slava Britvin July 7, 2020

Fans pack the stadium at EVO 2019

EVO Online Cancelled Following Serious Allegations Of Abuse By Co-Founder

Eliana Bollati July 3, 2020

Two pairs of hands hold controllers, pointed at the TV screen ready to play. The warning for in game lootbox purchases appears over the game on the TV screen.

UK House Of Lords Calls For “immediate” Loot Boxes Regulation

David Hollingsworth July 2, 2020

OG Signs With Global Talent Agency Rumble Gaming

Eliana Bollati June 25, 2020

How Esports And Gaming Are Bringing The Fight To COVID-19

Eliana Bollati May 29, 2020

Team Secret Announce Partnership With HUYA

Eliana Bollati May 22, 2020

Steve “Lord Knight” Barthelemy enjoys a can of Four Loko

Four Loko Crack a Cold One With The Boys From Beastcoast

Eliana Bollati May 22, 2020

Studio Beetz

Modern Esports Venue, LVL, Announced for Berlin

Malik Shelp March 5, 2020

7-Year-Old Simone Lim is a Pokemon Esports Champion

Malik Shelp February 24, 2020

The Weekly Brief: Esports Business News Feb. 14th to 21st

Malik Shelp February 21, 2020

Bugha Fortnite

Esports Players of the Year 2019

Corey Pollack December 28, 2019

Hans Jagow announces the new esports visa

Germany Announce a Dedicated Visa for Esports

Eliana Bollati December 21, 2019

Geoff Keighley hosts the Game Awards 2019 at the Microsoft Theater LA

All the Highlights from the Game Awards 2019

Eliana Bollati December 13, 2019

Simpsons Esports

Has Esports Finally Made it Into Popular Culture?

Phillip Miner November 12, 2019

Juked Video Games

Juked Esports Startup Launches New Beta Testing

Harrison Giza November 7, 2019

Chris Overholt Interview Toronto Ultra Defiant Call of Duty

OAM CEO Chris Overholt Talks Toronto Ultra, Homestands, and More

Amy Chen October 24, 2019

An image of the new cosmetic sets for Tidehunter and Dark Willow

Dota 2: New Chest Treasure of the Twilight Procession Released

Eliana Bollati October 23, 2019

Esports and Mental Health Part 1 The Pressure to Win

A Glimpse into Mental Health Issues in Esports: Part One – The Pressure to Win

Phillip Miner October 21, 2019

Interview Rishi Chadha Twitter Gaming

Talking Canadian Esports with Rishi Chadha, Twitter’s Global Head of Gaming

Amy Chen October 18, 2019

Blizzard Hong Kong Protest

Blizzard & Hong Kong Update: Boycotts, Protests, Bans & Freedom of Speech

Malik Shelp October 18, 2019

Blizzard Blitzchung Ban

Everything You Need to Know About Blizzard Banning Blitzchung

Malik Shelp October 9, 2019

Skillz American Cancer Society Charity Tournaments

Skillz Unveils Mobile Gaming Tournaments Supporting the American Cancer Society

Nick Johnson October 7, 2019

Amuka Esports

Amuka Esports: Building and Uniting a Gaming Community One Puzzle Piece at a Time

Amy Chen October 7, 2019

Nielsen Partners with Dreamhack and ESL To Provide Statistics

Esports Bigwigs ESL and Dreamhack Partner with Nielsen

Nick Johnson September 26, 2019

Esports

Top 5 Biggest Esports Cash Prizes

Ophelie Castelot September 22, 2019

Hector Rodriguez Leaves OpTic Gaming, Joins NRG For Chicago Franchise

Matt Pryor September 16, 2019

WESA to Investigate Ninjas in Pyjamas

Alex Mcalpine August 21, 2019

WePlay! Eugene Luchianenco

“We Won’t Limit Ourselves to Studio Formats Only” – Head of Esports at WePlay! Eugene Luchianenco

Nick Johnson August 14, 2019

Bugha Wins Fortnite World Cup

As Bugha Wins Fortnite World Cup, Esports Prize Pools Outpace Professional Sports

Matt Pryor July 30, 2019

China is influencing US Video Game Devs

China’s Video Game Policy Is Influencing American Developers

Malik Shelp July 24, 2019

NRG Unveils Rebrand and Clothing Drop

Nick Johnson July 22, 2019

Wiz Khalifa Partners with the Pittsburgh Knights

Pittsburgh Knights Announce Strategic Partnership with Wiz Khalifa

Nick Johnson July 19, 2019

ESL ATT Partnership

ESL and AT&T Extend Partnership Into 2020

Nick Johnson July 18, 2019

GamerzClass Esports

GamerzClass Signs Martin Fritzen: Wants to Give Esports the Best Conditions

Corey Pollack July 17, 2019

NRG Teases Mysterious Announcement For July 22

Nick Johnson July 16, 2019

“For New People, We’re Making the Esports Curve Way Easier” : Weekly.gg Co-Founder Franco Rivas On Newsletter

Amy Chen July 15, 2019

100 Thieves Announce Doug Barber as Vice President of Brand & Apparel

Malik Shelp July 9, 2019

Immortals Lays off OpTic Gaming Staff Following IGC Acquisition

Phillip Miner July 6, 2019

RFRSH & Astralis Announce Two-Year Logitech G Partnership

Nick Johnson July 2, 2019

Nike Partners with Brazillian Esports Organization FURIA

Nick Johnson July 1, 2019

Breaking News: Team Liquid Partners with Marvel Entertainment, Reveals Crossover Jerseys and Merch

Nick Johnson June 27, 2019

OAM Announce Strategic Partnership With Bell

Nick Johnson June 27, 2019

Origen and Logitech Announce Partnership

Nick Johnson June 26, 2019

Project Whirlwind

Team Liquid Teases the Mysterious “Project Whirlwind”

Nick Johnson June 24, 2019

ESforce announce SAP Sponsorship

ESforce adds IT Giant SAP as a sponsor ahead of the EPICENTER Dota 2 Major

Nick Johnson June 17, 2019

Arena FPS

Where Have All the Arena First-Person Shooters Gone?

Phillip Miner June 16, 2019

Dreamhack Partners with Akamai Technologies for Dreamhack Summer

Nick Johnson June 14, 2019

Dota 2 News: Goryachaya Shutcka named partner of the EPICENTER Major 2019

Nick Johnson June 14, 2019

Alineware Presenting Sponsor Rift Rivals

League of Legends: Alienware Revealed as the Presenting Sponsor of Rift Rivals 2019

Nick Johnson June 13, 2019

Immortals & Optic Gaming

Immortals Plans for the OpTic Brand: Call of Duty retains the OpTic Name, LoL Team to rebrand in 2020, and Say Goodbye to OpTic CSGO

Nick Johnson June 12, 2019

Immortals Is Close to Buying Optic Gaming According to Sources

Immortals Gaming Club will Purchase Infinite Esports and Entertainment, Parent Co. of OpTic Gaming and the Houston Outlaws

Nick Johnson June 7, 2019

Interviewing the Interviewer: Frankie Ward on CS:GO, Esports, and the Talent Experience

Nick Johnson June 6, 2019

Evil Geniuses Acquired by Investment Firm Peak6

Phillip Miner May 29, 2019

Immortals Is Close to Buying Optic Gaming According to Sources

Immortals Gaming Club’s OpTic Acquisition – What We Know So Far

Phillip Miner May 26, 2019

CoD News: Reports indicate Immortals is close to purchasing OpTic Owner Infinite Esports

Phillip Miner May 14, 2019

Esports News Weekly Brief: May 1 – May 8, 2019

Nick Johnson May 8, 2019

CompLexity Gaming Reveals Rebranding & Team Manifesto

Nick Johnson May 3, 2019

ESTNN Weekly Brief

Esports News Weekly Brief: April 24 – May 1, 2019

Nick Johnson May 2, 2019

Epic Games Rocket League

Epic Games acquires Rocket League Dev Psyonix, Rocket League to become Epic Store Exclusive

Nick Johnson May 1, 2019

China Gaming Esports

Report: Gamers in China is Expected to Reach 873 Million By 2023

Corey Pollack April 27, 2019

ESTNN Esports News

Esports News Weekly Brief: April 17 – April 24, 2019

Nick Johnson April 24, 2019

Ready To Start Your Twitch Channel? Read On

Corey Pollack April 23, 2019

Roger Ebert

How a World Famous Film Critic (Accidentally) Predicted the Rise of Esports

Phillip Miner April 22, 2019

New Wave Holdings

New Wave Holdings: Taking Competitive Gaming and Esports Investment to the Next Level

Amy Chen April 19, 2019

Na`Vi CEO Speaks Out on Hiring B1ad3, Na`Vi CSGO, the Dota 2 Team, and More

Slava Britvin April 18, 2019

Esports Weekly News Brief: April 10 – April 17, 2019

Nick Johnson April 17, 2019

Will Smith Esports GenG

Gen.G Raises $46 million, Will Smith and Keisuke Honda Among Investors

Charlotte August April 17, 2019

MKM Rumble Esports

Rumble Gaming Acquires MKM Esports – Now One of the Largest Esports Agencies in NA

Corey Pollack April 16, 2019

North Announces Capgemini Deal

CSGO News: North partners with IT Consulting Firm Capgemini

Nick Johnson April 16, 2019

100 Thieves Announce Totino’s Sponsorship of 100T Fortnite

Nick Johnson April 12, 2019

Chipotle Partners with ESL and Dreamhack

Nick Johnson April 11, 2019

ESTNN Esports News

Esports Weekly News Brief: April 3 – April 10, 2019

Nick Johnson April 10, 2019

Weeknd Invests OverActive Media

Rapper The Weeknd Invests in Toronto Defiant Parent Company OAM

Nick Johnson April 10, 2019

Belong Gaming Arenas announces Destiny 2 Gambit Prime Tournament

Charlotte August April 5, 2019

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Esports Weekly News Brief: March 28 – April 3, 2019

Nick Johnson April 3, 2019

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ESTNN Esports News Brief: March 20– 27, 2019

Nick Johnson March 28, 2019

GameStop Esports

GameStop Partners with Major Esports Brands

Nick Johnson March 27, 2019

Bye Gaming Houses! Say Hello to the Kinguin Esports Performance Center

Nick Johnson March 22, 2019

Japanese Automaker Nissan Partners with OpTic Gaming and FaZe Clan

Nick Johnson March 22, 2019

ESTNN Esports News Brief, March 7th – 13th

Nick Johnson March 14, 2019

CVR World Cup League: Bridging Esports and Traditional Sports

Amy Chen March 13, 2019

Cloud9 Reveals BMW Sponsorship

Nick Johnson March 9, 2019

Esports Advertising Opportunities

Esports Advertising: The Next Big Frontier

Nick Johnson March 9, 2019

ESTNN Daily: Esports News Recap – March 7th

Nick Johnson March 7, 2019

An Introduction to Esports: What Are Esports?

Yuri Custodio March 5, 2019

Cloud9 and AT&T Announce Partnership

Nick Johnson March 5, 2019

ESTNN Daily: Esports News Recap 3/1

Nick Johnson March 1, 2019

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Nick Johnson February 28, 2019

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Nick Johnson February 28, 2019

Esports Investment News

Esports Funding Hits New Highs

Nick Johnson February 27, 2019

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Nick Johnson February 26, 2019

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Nick Johnson February 25, 2019

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Nick Johnson February 21, 2019

Team Logos superimposed over an image of Spodek Arena

ESL One Katowice 2019 – Teams Announced

Eliana Bollati February 14, 2019

Houston Outlaws continue partnership with TMobile

Nick Johnson February 12, 2019

ESL extends Facebook Partnership Deal, Eyes Return to Twitch

Nick Johnson February 12, 2019

ESL and paysafe card Extend Partnership through 2019

Nick Johnson February 11, 2019

TBS and ELEAGUE To Broadcast Rocket League This Year

Nick Johnson February 11, 2019

Esports

China Officially Recognizes Esports as a Profession

Nick Johnson February 6, 2019