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The French government has passed legislation which will regulate professional esports player contracts within the country. The law should ensure some stability and protection for French esports athletes as the law limits all player contracts to a five-year maximum and 12-month minimum term. There are exceptions available for substitutions and …

Esports in 2016 snagged $280m in ad spend from advertisers, with most of the money going towards influencer marketing, sponsorship and video. According to advertising magThe Drum, by 2021 this figure could end up exceeding $1bn in ad revenue as brands try to engage with the nascent industry, and appeal …

Team Dignitas has dropped it’s Overwatch team, making them the fifth team in the last two weeks to step away from the competitive Overwatch scene. Dignitas didn’t give a specific reason for folding the team — although we wrote about why teams might be stepping away from the game’s competitive …

The crowdfunded prize for MSI is currently edging towards $1.7m, with fans contributing $1.4m to the prize pool by purchasing the Conquerer Karma and Conquerer Ward skins. In a similar fashion to Valve’s work with The International and its compendium, 25% of sales of the two skins go towards the …

Gaming and charity have had a long and varied history together, with many initiatives looking to get gamers and those who enjoy gaming to donate to charity. War Child are one of the charities that seems to have really embraced this. For the last several years, the charity has worked …

OpTic Gaming has cemented their Call of Duty credentials by becoming the first team to go undefeated in the CWL Global Pro League. OpTic is the first team to have ever managed a 6-0 undefeated run in a regular season of the CWL Global Pro League. Bizarrely, their win against …

Esports company Gfinity has had a big shake-up at the top, with six new appointments after recently announcing it’s raised £6.2m in a big investment round. Gfinity is appointing Bryan Healy as chief strategy officer, Justin Mier as chief marketing officer, Tarum Rose as chief operating officer, Amanda Lawson as …

League of Legends has long been without voice chat, meaning disparaging remarks and enthusiastic calls for defence have had to take place over text chat as opposed to audio. However, that’s about to change, it seems. A Q&A session with Riot Korea ended up on Reddit, which has said that …

It seems like one particularly operator is causing trouble in the Rainbow Six Siege meta. That operator is Glaz, the Russian Spetznaz sniper that for a long time was considered a weak pick: a sniper in a game focussing on close-quarters battle seemed worthless, and this was reflected in his …

On May 26, Twitch will be holding a site-wide holiday to promote diversity on the streaming platform. The holiday, entitled TwitchUnity, is aiming to celebrate the Twitch community’s diversity and to reinforce the importance of inclusivity for, not just the service, but gaming in general. A new global emote and …