Business of Esports – Weekly News 424
In this week’s esports business news: RazerCon 2022 begins, a new sponsor for the Esports Awards, WinZO is suing Google, PUMA’sContinue Reading
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Weekly News Show #286: Stadia Dead, FaZe Investor Concern, New Witcher Games, 100 Thieves Juvee, Sony PC Pivot, Baby Yoda Tamagotchi, GameStop Preorder Fail, WWE Tattoo Lawsuit, Razer Mobile
In the latest weekly news and podcast after-show (sponsored by YouGov), we discuss Google finally shutting down Stadia, FaZe Clan revealingContinue Reading
Indie Game Publisher Launches Music Label
Indie video game publisher Wired Productions recently launched a new music label called Black Razor Records. The company said thatContinue Reading
Esports Entertainment Group Announces Pricing Of Public Offering
On September 15th, Esports Entertainment Group Inc. announced the pricing of its previously held public offering of 30 million sharesContinue Reading
Guild Esports Lands UK Partnership
Guild Esports recently announced that it had agreed to a three-year partnership with Sky Broadband in a deal that willContinue Reading
Logitech Is Making A Handheld Video Game Console
Logitech recently unveiled its G Cloud Gaming Handheld video game console on September 21st. This comes after a teaser ofContinue Reading
Cyberpunk 2077 Is Finally Finding Success
Almost two years after its initial release, Cyberpunk 2077 is finally starting to live up to expectations. In fact, onContinue Reading
An Indian Gaming Company Is Suing Google
On September 20th, the online Indian gaming platform WinZO announced it had filed a lawsuit against Google. According to aContinue Reading
Serbia’s Video Game Market Found A Lot Of Success Last Year
Mihailo Vesovic, the director of the sector for strategic analysis, services, and internationalization at the Chamber of Commerce and IndustryContinue Reading
Calculating The Value Of The Global Gaming Projector Market
On September 12th, Allied Market Research unveiled its latest report that provided an insight into the future of the globalContinue Reading
Campbell’s Soup To Sponsor Madden Esports Series
Campbell’s Soup Company recently announced that it would become the main sponsor of EA Sports’ Madden Championship Series (MCS). ThisContinue Reading
Talent Agency Moves Further Into Gaming With Latest Acquisition
On September 21st, the global talent agency YMU announced that it had purchased a majority stake in Digital Sports MgmtContinue Reading
Tribe Gaming Partners With Huge Cell Phone Company
On September 12th, Tribe Gaming announced it had agreed to a partnership with Samsung Electronics America. This deal will seeContinue Reading
Gears Of War Pledging A Portion Of Future Revenues To Mental Health Cause
The video game developer The Coalition recently partnered with the Crisis Text Line, a 24/7 text-based mental health support andContinue Reading
NFL Launches Esports Series With Enthusiast Gaming
The National Football League has recently joined forces with Enthusiast Gaming to launch a brand new esports series. Dubbed “TuesdayContinue Reading
Are Xbox And Playground Games Butting Heads Over Fable?
Xbox and Playground Games have differing ideas about how they want to approach the upcoming Fable game for next-gen consoles.Continue Reading
Secretlab Rolls Out New Fortnite-Themed Gaming Chair
Gaming chair manufacturer Secretlab is teaming up with Fortnite to launch a brand new product. Starting on September 6th, SecretlabContinue Reading
Apex Legends Makes Steam History
Following the release of the newest season of Apex Legends, player counts for the game have skyrocketed. As a matterContinue Reading
Next World Forum Held In Saudi Arabia
Riyadh, the capital of Saudi Arabia, recently hosted the Next World Forum at the Four Seasons Hotel on September 7thContinue Reading
ORDER Esports Might Be Doomed
ORDER, one of the most recognizable esports organizations in Oceania, is reportedly very close to liquidation. This comes after administratorsContinue Reading
Enthusiast Gaming Continues To Grow
On August 15th, Enthusiast Gaming Holdings Inc. announced the organization’s financial results for the second quarter of this year, whichContinue Reading
Analysts Don’t Think A PS5 Price Hike Will Hurt Sony
We have some bad news for PlayStation gamers looking to make a console upgrade. On August 25th, Sony had toContinue Reading
How Amazon’s Trying To Change Gaming With Alexa
On August 23rd, Amazon announced it would be launching a new feature called Alexa Game Control. This will allow usersContinue Reading
The Role Of Mobile Gaming In Microsoft’s Activision-Blizzard Acquisition
It sounds like mobile gaming is a pretty important aspect of Microsoft’s almost $70 billion acquisition of Activision-Blizzard. Just askContinue Reading
EA Will Honor FIFA Purchases Made Due To Massive Pricing Error
A recent pricing error in India gave soccer fans an amazing deal. According to PC Gamer, the Epic Games StoreContinue Reading
Sony Being Sued For Almost $6B
Sony is reportedly being sued for $5.9 billion. According to Kotaku, a consumer rights advocacy group is suing the technologyContinue Reading
Another Star Wars Game Has been Delayed
We have a Star Wars video game update! It now sounds like Star Wars Jedi: Survivor is set to comeContinue Reading
Major League Soccer Just Extended A Key Partnership
On August 23rd, Major League Soccer (MLS) announced that it had agreed to extend its partnership with Electronic Arts. ThisContinue Reading