Sean Gares Talks VALORANT Esports
Former CS:GO professional Sean Gares attributes his newfound love of VALORANT to the COVID-19 pandemic. It was during the lockdownContinue Reading
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Tencent Wants To Accentuate Social Value Of Gaming In Appeal To Chinese Regulators
Tencent Holdings wants Chinese regulators to know that there’s more to gaming than what meets the eye. The company isContinue Reading
Esports Premier League Partners With Loco
Esports Premier League has just announced Loco as its exclusive digital broadcast partner for the second season of the event.Continue Reading
Animoca Brands Acquires Educational Start-Up
Hong Kong-based Animoca Brands has acquired TinyTap, a platform that allows users to create their own games without any codingContinue Reading
Mythical Games Forms Partnership With Kakao Games
Blockchain studio Mythical Games has partnered with South Korean gaming publisher, Kakao Games. The deal will see Mythical integrate andContinue Reading
Get Ready For The Tencent Global Esports Summit 2022 Coming This July
Tencent has revealed that the Tencent Global Esports Summit 2022 will take place from July 26th to the 27th, theContinue Reading
This Gaming Giant Has Just Launched In Australia
Gaming company Azerion has officially launched into the Australian market, on the heels of a successful JAPAC (Japan and Asia-Pacific)Continue Reading
Riot Games Announces Major Tournament In Berlin
Riot Games has announced the VCT Game Changers Championship in Berlin, Germany, marking the first ever Game Changers international LANContinue Reading
This Airport Is Getting An Esports Lounge
Riot Games Korea has signed an agreement with the Incheon International Airport Corp. to construct an esports lounge at theContinue Reading
Steam Games Are Coming To These Augmented Reality Glasses
China-based Nreal has launched the beta version of “Steam on Nreal,” which will allow users to stream games from theirContinue Reading
ByteDance Disbands Shanghai Games Studio Amidst Financial Troubles
ByteDance Ltd has closed the doors to 101 Studios in Shanghai, just three years after acquiring it. The studio’s shutdownContinue Reading
Big Titles Are Coming To Xbox Game Pass
Tencent and NetEase are partnering with Microsoft’s gaming department to bring some big titles to Xbox Game Pass. The twoContinue Reading
Tencent Opening Another Data Center In Japan
Tencent Holdings is bringing yet another data center to Japan, bringing the total to three for the country where itsContinue Reading
Catheon Gaming Forms Partnership With CyberStep
Blockchain gaming company Catheon Gaming has announced a partnership with developer/publisher Cyberstep to bring the latter’s Onigiri game onto theContinue Reading
Venture Capitals Bullish On Web 3 And Gaming Startups
Venture capitalists are turning to the budding Web 3 and metaverse industries amid a dry spell in the industry. AfterContinue Reading
Is Sega Planning Its Own Gaming Metaverse?
A job posting from Sega was recently spotted which lists a vacancy for a Senior Producer for mobile and metaverseContinue Reading
International Esports Federation Has Big Plans For 2022 World Esports Academia Competition
The International Esports Federation (IESF) revealed some details for the upcoming World Esports Academia Competition. The second edition of theContinue Reading
Nvidia Shares Drop 7% Amidst Slowing Gaming Market
Despite a first quarter revenue that exceeded market expectations, chip designer Nvidia Corp still saw their shares plummet 6.7% inContinue Reading
AYN Unveils Handheld Gaming Console
Hong Kong-based AYN recently unveiled Loki, which the company claims is the most affordable handheld console running on Windows OperatingContinue Reading
Tencent Gaming Revenues Plateau In The Midst Of Countrywide Restrictions
Tencent released its first-quarter results for 2021, which revealed that the company brought in a total of $21.3 billion inContinue Reading
Massive Layoffs At Tencent Continue, Spilling Over To Gaming And Fintech Departments
Tencent’s underwhelming first quarter (down 23% on the previous year) has led to another massive round of layoffs in theContinue Reading
Sony Looking To Expand Presence In The Metaverse
Sony Group Corp. recently announced its plans to expand its presence in the metaverse, drawing on its expertise in gamingContinue Reading
DPVR Strikes Cooperation Agreement With FXG
Shanghai-based DPVR has announced a strategic cooperation agreement with FXG Video Science and Technology. The former specializes in virtual realityContinue Reading
Korean Gaming Market Expected To Reach $20.98B In 2026
A report from Research and Markets projects that the Korean gaming market will reach $20.98 billion in 2026, growing atContinue Reading
SportsHero Partners With Wuhan Esports Association, Launches Esports Prediction Platform On WeChat
SportsHero recently launched its esports prediction platform on WeChat China while simultaneously announcing a partnership, or Memorandum of Cooperation, withContinue Reading
Biofrost Comes Out As Gay, Criticizes Esports Industry For Lack Of Inclusion
Chinese-Canadian League of Legends player Vincent “Biofrost” Wang recently came out as gay and had some harsh words for the esports industry.Continue Reading
Secretlab And League Of Legends To Release Limited Edition MSI Gaming Chair
Secretlab has partnered with League of Legends Esports to make gaming chairs designed specifically for the Mid-Season Invitational (MSI), whichContinue Reading
Experts Say Mobile Gaming Will Exceed $100B In 2022
Research company Newzoo reports that the mobile gaming industry is on pace to surpass $100 billion in revenue this year.Continue Reading