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CMS esports team becomes first-ever high school esports league in NC

The new Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools varsity esports and STEM league "launched its fall season" in November, becoming the “first-ever high school esports league in North Carolina," according to Anna Maria Della Costa of the CHARLOTTE OBSERVER. Nearly 700 students “participated in the inaugural fall season” with "help from 25-plus CMS...

Esports entities have rough financial year

A tumultuous 2022 in esports is coming to a close soon. The year started with a bang, as Savvy Gaming acquired Faceit and ESL, and Microsoft announced plans to acquire Activision Blizzard (still pending regulatory approval). But then, declining stock prices and a couple of high-profile failures rocked the...

T-Wolves Gaming to make Mall of America official home

Wisdom Gaming and the T'Wolves have partnered to make Wisdom Gaming’s Mall of America Minnesota location the official home of T-Wolves Gaming, the club’s NBA 2K League team. T-Wolves Gaming will operate entirely out of the Wisdom Gaming owned space. Formerly, the esports team operated out of the Timberwolves’...

Ubisoft taps Blast for new Rainbow Six: Siege esports format

Ubisoft is dramatically resetting the scene for its flagship esport game, Rainbow Six: Siege. Ubisoft VP/Esports Francois-Xavier Deniele in an email to SBJ said the move takes the scene “back to the drawing board,” a decision made after lengthy discussions with partners and teams. To head up this new...