Esports and gaming streaming platform Rooter has announced a partnership with Indian esports organisation GodLike Esports. The partnership will see Rooter receive exclusive streaming rights to GodLike Esports’ teams and content creators. Rooter will also sponsor GodLike’s esports teams. The details of the deal were not disclosed by the two parties. Image credit: Rooter.gg / […]
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Enthusiast Gaming’s largest shareholder launches public campaign for leadership and board changes
Greywood Investments, the largest shareholder of Canadian gaming and esports company Enthusiast Gaming, has publicly targeted the organisation’s leadership, urging its CEO Adrian Montgomery to step down. Greywood, which owns 9.3 percent of Enthusiast Gaming, created a website named ‘Upgrade EGLX’ to publish texts in which the shareholder expresses its discontent with the current Enthusiast […]
EEG announces $38.6m impairment charge to esports assets
Esports betting and entertainment company Esports Entertainment Group (EEG) has announced that it will revise its current portfolio of assets following liquidity concerns. During EEG’s Q3 2022 fiscal year financial report, which ended 31st March 2022, the company announced a $38.6m (~£30.87m) impairment charge related to its esports assets Helix, ggCircuit and EGL. Image credit: […]
Riot Games deepens partnership with Aim Lab developer Statespace, acquires minority stake in company
Game developer and esports company Riot Games has announced the broadening of its partnership with Statespace, the developer of aim training tool Aim Lab. As a part of the expansion, Riot Games will become a minority shareholder in Statespace. Aim Lab will also become the official training platform for Riot’s FPS title VALORANT. Image credit: […]
Saudi Arabian government’s Public Investment Fund buys 5% stake in Nintendo
The Saudi Arabian government’s Public Investment Fund (PIF) has reportedly acquired a five percent stake in game developer and publisher Nintendo. The $500bn (~£403bn) fund said it purchased the stake for ‘investment purposes’, according to a filing to Japan’s Finance Ministry reported by Bloomberg. Nintendo’s headquarters in Kyoto, Japan. The PIF is Saudi Arabia’s sovereign […]
Red Bull announces legacy Age of Empires tournament
Red Bull has announced the 2022 edition of real-time strategy game Age of Empires’ esports tournament Red Bull Wololo, called Red Bull Wololo: Legacy. The tournament will be played in three Age of Empires (AoE) games that have been updated for modern devices; AoE I: Definitive Edition, AoE II: Definitive Edition, and AoE IV. AMD, […]
Wanyoo UK enters a new era, rebrands to SideQuest Gamers Hub!
Wanyoo UK, an esports studio and gaming café chain, has undergone a complete rebranding to align further with the company’s mission to provide high-quality services to the gaming and esports community. From now on Wanyoo UK will be known as SideQuest. Image credit: SideQuest The overall rebranding looks to establish Sidequest as a universal brand. […]
Unified renews Riot Games partnership for LCS Proving Grounds
North American esports tournament and production service company Unified has renewed its agreement with Riot Games for the LCS Proving Grounds. As a result of the partnership, the company will once again host circuit qualifiers for Proving Grounds, a North American academy and amateur League of Legends tournament. Image credit: Unified RELATED: LCS teams up […]
Chillblast becomes exclusive PC partner of Fnatic
European esports organisation Fnatic has secured a partnership with UK-based custom computer manufacturer Chillblast. The manufacturer will provide support to Fnatic’s League of Legends, Halo, FIFA, Dota 2, VALORANT, and CS:GO rosters, in addition to providing its content creation roster with PCs. Image credit: Fnatic, Chillblast RELATED: Fnatic’s plan to go big in Japan In addition, the […]
Italian esports set to receive regulation in wake of controversial venue shutdowns
The Italian government is looking to officially regulate and recognise esports, according to Italy’s Undersecretary of Finance Federico Freni. The decision comes shortly after the Italian esports community was shaken on April 29th, when the local Customs and Monopolies Agency (Agenzia delle Dogane e dei Monopoli) seized all equipment from multiple gaming and esports venues […]