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Ubisoft shakes up the Rainbow Six Siege esport format News Feb 18th, 2020

Ubisoft shakes up the Rainbow Six Siege esport format

The Asia-Pacific region will now have two divisions

Report: 79% of League of Legends players have faced harassment News Feb 18th, 2020

Report: 79% of League of Legends players have faced harassment

And almost all have been insulted in a game

Activision Blizzard YouTube esports deal worth in the region of $160m News Feb 17th, 2020

Activision Blizzard YouTube esports deal worth in the region of $160m

Google Cloud functionality part of the deal, too

Report: There was an 87% increase in esports jobs in 2019 News Feb 10th, 2020

Report: There was an 87% increase in esports jobs in 2019

The US were behind 56.36 per cent of the opportunites

Rainbow Six Siege hit 55m players in 2019 News Feb 7th, 2020

Rainbow Six Siege hit 55m players in 2019

Game has attracted 20m new users since June 2018

A new team-owned CS:GO esports league is launching News Feb 6th, 2020

A new team-owned CS:GO esports league is launching

Various esports firms came together to create it

2020 is a critical year for PUBG as an esport according to pro players News Jan 20th, 2020

2020 is a critical year for PUBG as an esport according to pro players

Scoom used to play for Team Liquid before joining Rec

ESL and Dreamhack parent firm signs three-year esports deal with Blizzard News Jan 9th, 2020

ESL and Dreamhack parent firm signs three-year esports deal with Blizzard

For StarCraft II and Warcraft III: Reforged events

Riot claims World Championship 2019 final was most-watched League of Legends event yet News Dec 19th, 2019

Riot claims World Championship 2019 final was most-watched League of Legends event yet

Firm says that consumers viewed a billion hours of the esports event

EA and Respawn to roll out Apex Legends esports event News Dec 18th, 2019

EA and Respawn to roll out Apex Legends esports event

“We expect that esports will play a big role in the future of Apex Legends"

UK retailer GAME opens Belong esports arena in central London House of Fraser News Dec 12th, 2019

UK retailer GAME opens Belong esports arena in central London House of Fraser

Follows the firm's acquisition by Sports Direct, which also owns the department store

Denmark's Astralis Group is first esports firm to go public News Dec 6th, 2019

Denmark's Astralis Group is first esports firm to go public

“In this respect it is also our responsibility to help educate the market through a continuous high level of information," says CEO Nyholm

Esports firm ESL cuts jobs in France and Spain as part of restructuring effort Job News Dec 5th, 2019

Esports firm ESL cuts jobs in France and Spain as part of restructuring effort

Number of staff affected unclear

FanAI secures $8 million in series A funding News Nov 15th, 2019

FanAI secures $8 million in series A funding

Overall the firm has raised $12.5 million

Hearthstone director says he wishes Blizzard had handled Blitzchung situation differently News Nov 7th, 2019

Hearthstone director says he wishes Blizzard had handled Blitzchung situation differently

“We saw [the resulting controversy] less as associated with our game and more as associated with our company."

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