Week of August 23, 2021 Edition A round-up of the biggest news from in-and-around the esports industry over the past week COVID-19’s Delta Variant Continues Disruption of Esports Leagues In-Person Events Both Riot Games and the Overwatch League announced this week that their plans for their respective world championship events have been modified due to developments…

Week of August 13, 2021 Edition A round-up of the biggest news from in-and-around the esports industry over the past week Roc Nation Jumps into Esports AdAge’s Ilyse Liffreing reported this week that Roc Nation will be launching a division dedicated to esports. According to Liffreing, this is the result of a multi-year partnership between Roc…

Week of August 9, 2021 Edition — A round-up of the biggest news from in-and-around the esports industry over the past week Call of Duty League Championship Weekend Remains a Live, In-Person Event The Call of Duty League (CDL) confirmed that its Championship Weekend will remain open to fans, outlining a number of new COVID-19 safety protocols…

Week of July 26, 2021 Edition — A round-up of the biggest news from in-and-around the esports industry over the past week Activision Blizzard Employees Push for Change Following a lawsuit brought last week (article here) by the California Department of Fair Employment and Housing against Activision Blizzard for sex discrimination in the workplace, employees protested the…

Week of July 19, 2021 Edition A round-up of the biggest news from in-and-around the esports industry over the past week ESL Making Moves ESL Gaming, which organizes tournaments for titles such as CS:GO, has granted media rights exclusively to G4, part of Comcast NBC Universal. G4 is a legacy linear programming channel that had led…

Week of July 12, 2021 Edition — A round-up of the biggest news from in-and-around the esports industry over the past week Netflix’s Move to Gaming Picks Up Speed Though talked about earlier this year already, Netflix’s expansion into gaming picked up speed this week as it hired Former Oculus and EA game development leader Mike Verdu…

Week of July 5, 2021 Edition — A round-up of the biggest news from in-and-around the esports industry over the past week Video Games a Continuing Gateway to New Consumers for Music Labels Fortnite has garnered much of the attention (and rightfully so) over the past several years for demonstrating how video games, particularly ones that resemble…

Week of June 28, 2021 Edition A round-up of the biggest news from in-and-around the esports industry over the past week Organizations & Franchise Spots Changing Hands This week saw one esports organization become acquired, and another sell its franchise spot in a premier global esports league. First in looking at Complexity Gaming, Tom Daniels of…

Week of June 21, 2021 Edition A round-up of the biggest news from in-and-around the esports industry over the past week Grassroots Esports Infrastructure Expands Belong Gaming Arenas announced this week that it will be opening hundreds of locations across the U.S. to substantially build-out the local grassroots esports scene. The official release from parent company…