Just a day after his departure from his former org of Misfits Gaming, Fortnite pro player Cody “Clix” Conrad has already found a new home in NRG Esports. Along with Clix’s brief statement on Twitter, NRG released an announcement video, featuring…
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Eye-watering amounts of sponsorship money have come into e-sports in recent years and it is widely acknowledged now that more people go on Twitch, the gaming spectator platform, to watch others play games than to watch news on CNN. Still, there…
Post Views: 166 The eSports market has witnessed tremendous growth over the years, both in terms of revenue and viewership. The rapid growth of the entire industry has led to a surge in the size of tournament prize pools bringing millions…
David Beckham is the latest high-profile sports star to segue into esports. Guild Esports launches today with Beckham as co-owner, initially focusing on Rocket League, FIFA and Fortnite. The UK-based company will operate through a traditional academy model, with the most…
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A federal judge leaves open the possibility that restrictions in Turner “Tfue” Tenney’s gamer agreement violated California law on non-competes. By now, almost everyone knows that esports is a ginormous business, topping more than a billion dollars in annual revenue and…
We’ve all heard the claim that esports is bigger than the Super Bowl — but without unified metrics, it’s like comparing AWPs and Overwatch…or whatever the gaming equivalent of apples and oranges is. For a digital medium like esports, viewership is arguably…
In 2020, esports stars are hardly strapped for cash. While pro gamers were fighting for minuscule amounts of money and peripherals just a decade or so ago, today’s players at the highest level fight for millions of dollars each year. In…
Reading Time: 3 minutes Futbol Sites Network Group (FSN) has joined forces with top industry executives Jordan Gnat, Robin Chhabra and Andy Clerkson, who together have acquired a significant interest in the Group, as well as appointing Mr. Gnat to…