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Call of Duty League sees instant payoff from Twitch return

Daily - 01/11/2023

The Call of Duty League’s return to Twitch clearly sparked excitement among fans even without a media rights deal in place. According to numbers from Esports Charts , the CDL’s Stage 1 Major qualifier match between the Florida Mutineers and OpTic Texas posted 184,466 as a peak viewership...

N.C. incentive program shows that esports still has a place for local markets

Unpacks Newsletter - 01/06/2023

The recent slew of esports events heading to North Carolina -- Raleigh and Charlotte specifically -- over the past year-and-a-half is no coincidence. The state’s efforts show that there’s still a local market incentive for esports events, notes SBJ's Hunter Cooke. The Call of...

Philadelphia Fusion’s rebrand to Seoul Infernal a product of changing Overwatch League landscape

Daily - 01/05/2023

The Overwatch League has had some major overhauls to teams over the pandemic years, but none as drastic as the most recent. Last week, just before the new year rang in, the Philadelphia Fusion announced that they would be rebranding to the Seoul Infernal and moving their...

Rob Martin becomes latest C-level exec to depart XSET

Daily - 01/04/2023

ROB MARTIN has left his role as Chief Experience Officer of XSET, with the lifestyle and gaming organization's latest C-suite departure coming two months after former co-founder & COO MARCO MEREU exited. Martin took to LinkedIn late Monday night announcing he would be leaving XSET. He did not...

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

Daily - 01/04/2023

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...

Epic Games positions Unreal Engine as live broadcast tool with Rose Parade

Daily - 01/03/2023

ESPN is the first broadcaster to use Epic Games’ Project Avalanche, a new tool in the Unreal Engine 5 game engine for rendering 2D and 3D motion graphics. The idea here is making event production easier by using one tool to go “from design to on-air playout,”...

Overwatch League's Philadelphia Fusion rebranding, moving to Seoul

Daily - 01/03/2023

Comcast Spectacor is rebranding the Philadelphia Fusion of the Overwatch League as the Seoul Infernal and will formerly relocate the franchise to South Korea. The team had already been competing from Seoul, having moved there in 2020 amid the COVID-19 pandemic. According to the Infernal, the organization will soon...

M80 esports team looks to grow, acquires Rainbow Six: Siege roster

Daily - 12/23/2022

Marco Mereu, the former founder & COO of Boston-based Xset, has acquired his former esports organization's Rainbow Six: Siege team, and will have the team compete at February's Six Invitational in in Montreal under Mereu's new team banner, M80. Mereu is also applying for his new team to become part...

Call of Duty, Overwatch leagues face uncertainty

Esports Newsletter - 12/22/2022

Activision Blizzard heads into 2023 as a company completely in flux as it waits to see whether it will come under the Microsoft umbrella. The video game publisher's acquisition now faces a lawsuit from the FTC -- something that is sure to continue to impact all sectors of Activision....

Esports entities have rough financial year

Esports Newsletter - 12/22/2022

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...

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Call of Duty League sees instant payoff from Twitch return

N.C. incentive program shows that esports still has a place for local markets

Philadelphia Fusion’s rebrand to Seoul Infernal a product of changing Overwatch League landscape

Rob Martin becomes latest C-level exec to depart XSET

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

Epic Games positions Unreal Engine as live broadcast tool with Rose Parade

Overwatch League's Philadelphia Fusion rebranding, moving to Seoul

M80 esports team looks to grow, acquires Rainbow Six: Siege roster

Call of Duty, Overwatch leagues face uncertainty

Esports entities have rough financial year

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