Rowers Paddle Esports in Title IX Lawsuit
Esports has come a long way in establishing itself. The International Olympic Committee will hold its first “Olympic Esports Week” in Singapore in June. The NBA has a…
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Jerry Jones and John Goff Merging Esports Venture Onto Nasdaq
Gamesquare, an esports venture by Dallas billionaires Jerry Jones and John Goff, is moving to the Nasdaq stock market amid a deal to acquire Engine Gaming and…
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Esports Media Firm Gets VC Backing From Dodgers-Affiliated Elysian Park
U.S. sports-focused venture capital funds Elysian Park Ventures and Cerro Capital headline a $12 million funding round for Gamurs, an Australia-based publisher of 16…
Colin Cowherd Backtracks on Esports as The Volume Adds Madden YouTuber
Colin Cowherd has come around on esports. Seven years after saying gaming was “for booger-eaters” and threatening on-air to quit if his employer made him cover a…
Esports Revenue Boost May Come From Fan Data Rather Than Media Rights
Esports organizations have largely underwhelmed from a P&L standpoint to date. They’re held back by the lack of broadcast rights around the games themselves, explained…
Esports Industry Hopes ‘Free-to-Play’ Shift Provides Needed Lift
The video game industry is in the midst of a significant business model shift. Publishers have started to pivot from the unit-sales model they have relied on for the…
Esports Insiders Generally Optimistic About Microsoft-Activision Deal
Back in mid-January, Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) announced it would be buying Activision Blizzard (NASDAQ: ATVI) in a $68.7 billion all-cash transaction (pending an FTC…
Michigan Stands Pat on Embattled Bobby Kotick’s $4M Esports Gift
The University of Michigan has no plans to return a $4 million donation from Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick in the wake of allegations that he hid reports of…
Pop-A-Shot 3.0? Startup Readies At-Home Basketball Game for Esports Era
Frank Sinopoli believes pop-a-shot games are worthy of a refresh befitting the Peloton era. Last year, the entrepreneur began developing HomeBallerz, adding social…
FaZe Clan SPAC Deal Makes It the First Esports Franchise Unicorn
It was recently reported that FaZe Clan Inc. will go public through a merger with B. Riley Principal 150 Merger Corp. (NASDAQ: BRPM), a SPAC sponsored by the investment…
Esports Company FaZe Clan Valued at $1 Billion After SPAC Merger
FaZe Clan says it’s about to become a unicorn. The esports and gaming media company announced plans Monday to combine with a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC)…
NBA 2K, Grand Theft Auto Beat Back Appeal of Infringement Suit
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has affirmed that multiplayer modes in NBA 2K and Grand Theft Auto do not infringe a technology company’s patents for…
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