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Marketing consultancy Strive Sponsorship and bank Coutts have announced a new event “aimed at supporting the growth of revenue for eSports businesses in the UK”. It promises a range of experienced speakers with subjects focused on increasing revenue. It will be held at Coutts’ head office on the Strand and …

Team Dignitas is among a number of sports assets that have been consolidated into a single holding company by its owners Josh Harris and David Blitzer. Harris and Blitzer also own the likes of the Premier League’s Crystal Palace, the NBA’s Philadelphia 76ers and NHL’s New Jersey Devils. The pair …

Mobile MOBA Vainglory will host its 2017 World Championship at Singapore’s Kallang Theatre on December 14th-17th. Super Evil Megacorp will welcome 12 teams including the game’s in-form team Cloud9, ACE Gaming, last year’s winners Rox Armada, Elite8, Hunters and Singapore’s own Impunity. Also along for the ride will be the …

There are few better illustrations of just how much money is being thrown at the esports scene than the fact that a mobile game you have probably never heard of based on a franchise you’re only partially aware of now offers a five-figure cash prize tournament. Mobile fighting game Power …

Epic’s controversial foray into the battle royale genre has got off to a very strong start. Fortnite Battle Royale enjoyed a possibly unexpected marketing boost when it became the subject of some debate following criticism from PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds developer Bluehole earlier this week. The result? 1m players tried the game …

Riot’s latest batch of changes will roll out to League of Legends today with the arrival of the MOBA’s 7.19 patch. Champions Azir, Xin Zhao and Vayne all undergo reworks, which will hopefully see them return to popularity having fallen out of favour with most players. There are also nerfs …

The company behind Final Fantasy, Deus Ex and Tomb Raider has indicated to investors that it is actively investigating how to make an entry into the esports sector. Although the term ‘esports’ itself is missing entirely from the company’s 2017 Annual Report, president Yosuke Matsuda concludes his shareholder message with …

Nonprofit outfit The Nevada Esports Alliance (NVEA) is co-hosting an esports summit in Las Vegas next month that will invite industry experts to discuss how the city can make the most of the esports boom. It is estimated that the esports industry will attract around 100,000 visitors to Las Vegas …

17 NBA teams will be part of the National Basketball Association and Take-Two’s first official NBA 2K League season will take place in May 2018, it has been confirmed. Engadget reports that the competing teams will begin the draft process in March of next year, with tryouts taking place in …

For anyone who takes their Overwatch seriously, the thought of bug that renders the player with an instaban is about as terrifying as it gets. And that’s exactly what has been happening. A player named Chromega highlighted the issue – which fortunately seems to be rare – on both the …