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EA calls off esports events over health concerns News Mar 16th, 2020

EA calls off esports events over health concerns

Both first- and third-party competitions pulled

Capcom shakes up its esports business Job News Mar 9th, 2020

Capcom shakes up its esports business

Street Fighter producer Yoshinori Ono takes on new pro-gaming role

Esports Players League secures $1m in funding News Mar 5th, 2020

Esports Players League secures $1m in funding

Led by VC 500 Startups

Logitech and Herman Miller team up to make, erm, 'gamer furniture' News Feb 27th, 2020

Logitech and Herman Miller team up to make, erm, 'gamer furniture'

Collaboration wants to provide the tools for esports players and streamers

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

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."

Street Fighter V event will demonstrate that esports could be part of the Olympics, Intel says News Nov 5th, 2019

Street Fighter V event will demonstrate that esports could be part of the Olympics, Intel says

"We're doing this as a real effort to show how great esports can be"

WeWork might be getting into the esports game News Oct 30th, 2019

WeWork might be getting into the esports game

According to trademark filings from before the company's disastrous IPO attempt

Riot wants League of Legends pro players to stay away from political topics News Oct 15th, 2019

Riot wants League of Legends pro players to stay away from political topics

"We want to keep our broadcasts focused on the game, the sport, and the players"

League of Legends firm Riot is taking esports firm Riot Squad to court over name News Oct 11th, 2019

League of Legends firm Riot is taking esports firm Riot Squad to court over name

Developer and publisher says the pro-games firm is trying to piggyback of its success

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