Former Facebook Exec Thinks Apple Is Hurting Crypto Gaming
Owen O’Donoghue is calling out Apple. In fact, the former director of gaming at Facebook said that Apple is hurtingContinue Reading
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Business Of Esports – Weekly News 431
In this week’s esports business news: thousands laid off at Meta, Google begins issuing Stadia refunds, the most stressful video gamesContinue Reading
McDonald’s Joins The Gaming Chair Race
McDonald’s is the latest household brand to join the gaming chair space. This comes after the organization introduced The McCrispyContinue Reading
Meta Forced To Lay Off Thousands Of Employees
According to a November 9th letter from Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook’s parent company, Meta, is laying off over 11,000 employees. ThisContinue Reading
Phil Spencer Is Not Sold On The Metaverse
The CEO of Microsoft Gaming, Phil Spencer, is the latest technology big-whig to take a shot at the metaverse. DuringContinue Reading
Rest In Peace Miniclip.com
One of the world’s most famous browser-based gaming websites has officially closed its doors. On October 25th, Miniclip.com announced inContinue Reading
Konami Has Its Eyes On The Metaverse
On October 13th, Konami Digital Entertainment announced plans to begin recruiting people to work on its Web3 and metaverse developmentContinue Reading
YouTube Introduces New Head Of Gaming
YouTube recently named former Google executive Leo Olebe as the company’s new global head of gaming. He will replace RyanContinue Reading
Microsoft And Meta Team Up For VR-Focused Partnership
Microsoft and Meta recently announced that they had agreed to a partnership that will see Xbox Cloud Gaming made availableContinue Reading
A New Patent From Meta Could Lead To VR And Video Game Improvements
According to Game Rant, Meta recently filed a new patent that showcases technologies that could lead to more realistic facialContinue Reading
RazerCon 2022 Goes Live This Month
World-renown peripheral manufacturer Razer recently announced its flagship annual event, RazerCon, will be taking place on October 15th. This showcaseContinue Reading
Why Is G2 Esports Making Its CEO Take A Two-Month Leave Of Absence?
G2 Esports’ CEO, Carlos Rodriguez, has come under scrutiny after it was discovered that he was hanging out with aContinue Reading
Is Amazon Trying To Buy EA?
The Swedish media group GLHF recently published an article claiming that Amazon was looking to buy Electronic Arts. This comesContinue Reading
Say So Long To The Facebook Gaming App
Facebook’s gaming endeavors have taken another hit. According to a recent report from Eurogamer, the social media giant will beContinue Reading
What Were The Most Popular Streaming Platforms Of July?
On August 19th, StreamElements and Rainmaker.gg released their monthly State of the Stream report for July 2022. Once again, TwitchContinue Reading
Canada Well-Placed To Challenge U.S. Domination Of Esports
Canada is attempting to challenge the hegemony of the United States in the esports sector, with revenue from esports risingContinue Reading
Cash Converters Supercars Eseries Set To Return For Its Third Straight Year
Second-hand retail chain Cash Converters is partnering with Gravity Media to produce the third edition of the Cash Converters SupercarsContinue Reading
VR Gaming Exploded In July
It sounds like Virtual Reality adoption is flourishing right now. This comes after a recent survey found that VR gamingContinue Reading
Meta And Apple Embroiled In Competition To Build The Metaverse
Mark Zuckerberg spoke recently about what he believes is a “very deep, philosophical competition” to build the metaverse between AppleContinue Reading
Facebook’s Metaverse Endeavors Taking A Hit
Recently the company now known as Meta unveiled its second quarter financial results for the 2022 fiscal year. If we’reContinue Reading
A Notable Streamer Leaves Facebook Gaming
Jeremy “DisguisedToast” Wang recently announced the end of his streaming partnership with Facebook after two years, and already the rumorContinue Reading
Facebook Gaming’s Numbers Are Trending Up, Twitch’s Are Falling
According to StreamElements’ “State of the Stream” report, Twitch hours watched numbers continued their downward trend in June after aContinue Reading
Quest 2 VR Headsets Receive $100 Price Hike
Meta (the company formally known as Facebook) has made an interesting decision with its virtual reality headsets. Apparently, starting inContinue Reading
Facebook Gaming Rolling Out New Features To Aid Content Creators
Facebook Gaming has launched “Clips to Reels,” a new feature which allows content creators to turn their live gameplay clipsContinue Reading
This Country Just Organized The First-Ever Pokemon Unite Esports Event
Thailand’s leading mobile network operator Advanced Info Service, has partnered with The Pokemon Company to host the 5G eSports OpenContinue Reading
Weekly News Show #259: Quest 2 VR Price Hike, Valorant Struggles, Misfits Ditch LEC, TSM FTX GMC, Russian Games, Awful Logitech Accessories, Mall of America Esports Hub
In the latest weekly news and podcast after-show (sponsored by YouGov), we discuss Meta raising the price of Quest 2 VR headsets,Continue Reading
Esports And What The Future Holds
Meta: Esports Has Taken The World By Storm; Find Out What Its Future Holds To say that esports has skyrocketedContinue Reading
Marriott Bonvoy Sponsoring Gaming Variety Show
Marriot Bonvoy is backing a new digital content series that focuses on the diverse gaming culture of Asia, with aContinue Reading