News SiriusXM launching a daily eSports show Yet another mainstream media company is getting into the world of eSports coverage April 8, 2016 James Brightman
News Oculus Rift tops awareness among VR headsets - Nielsen Still, only 22% of gamers have heard of the Rift, with awareness for the Vive and PSVR even lower April 7, 2016 James Brightman 2 comments
News eSports driving over 21% of Twitch viewership - Newzoo "It is sometimes overlooked how eSports has helped Twitch grow to the massive live video platform it is today," says research firm April 6, 2016 James Brightman 3 comments
News Twitch and FACEIT launch eSports Championship Series First professional eSports league to offer teams co-ownership April 6, 2016 Rachel Weber
News International "eGames" event announced at London Games Festival Teams to compete for national pride at Rio Olympics April 6, 2016 Dan Pearson
News eSports driving game purchases - NPD Nearly 70 percent of people watching a game online have purchased that game or DLC for it, study finds April 5, 2016 James Brightman
News Hitbox signs ESL, DreamHack deals eSports streaming site lands rights to ESL-produced competitions, exclusive dibs on DreamHack's Russian, Portuguese content April 4, 2016 Brendan Sinclair
News Alibaba investing in 1200 Chinese eSports events in 2016 AliSports division working with YuuZoo to establish WESG tournament and 20 Competition Centres this year alone April 1, 2016 Matthew Handrahan
News Twitch investing millions into Vainglory eSports Three-year partnership with Super Evil Megacorp to grow championship series and supporting structures for mobile MOBA game March 31, 2016 Brendan Sinclair
News US public university to offer eSports scholarships University of California, Irvine launching a new arena and eSports team this fall with help of iBuyPower and Riot Games March 30, 2016 Brendan Sinclair
News NYC's eSports Hero raises $1m Real money tournament platform also appoints new director March 23, 2016 Rachel Weber
News Microsoft, ESL, and FaceIt partner to bring tournaments to Xbox Live Microsoft wants to natively support eSports from within Xbox Live March 16, 2016 Mike Williams
News eSports pros need to think about their personal brands - Dennis Fong Some of the top players aren't necessarily the most talented, but eSports is as much about the personalities as it is competition March 15, 2016 James Brightman
News Forge Inc. raises $4.5 million seed round Video capture and sharing platform at the heart of WeGame founder Jared Kim's new business March 15, 2016 Matthew Handrahan
News PC to dominate $100bn games market in 2019 - DFC Research firm believes VR and eSports will drive the purchase of many more high-end PCs March 14, 2016 James Brightman
News ESL teams with Azubu New two-year deal includes exclusive content for streaming site, European ad sales for eSports organization March 11, 2016 Brendan Sinclair
News Skillz and iWin form eSports partnership iWin to publish five games on Skillz tournament platform March 8, 2016 Rachel Weber
News Twitch and ESL renew partnership Streaming platform to broadcast all events from eSports outfit for at least two more years March 4, 2016 Brendan Sinclair
News eSports league Eleague hires new GM and commissioner Christina Alejandre and Min-Sik Ko join Turner and WME | IMG creation March 3, 2016 Rachel Weber
News Psyonix launching Rocket League eSports tourney Twitch to broadcast all Championship Series matches and manage operations for competitive gaming league March 2, 2016 Brendan Sinclair
News Yahoo launches eSports site Tech company becomes the latest to invest in covering the competitive gaming scene March 2, 2016 Brendan Sinclair
News ESL and Intel launch eSports diversity initiative “The need for an organisation such as AnyKey is clear" Feb. 29, 2016 Rachel Weber 4 comments
News Valve axes Dota 2 eSports host and production company Gabe Newell branded James "2GD" Harding "an ass" on Reddit following problematic broadcast Feb. 29, 2016 Matthew Handrahan 3 comments
News Valve raises Counter-Strike eSports prize to $1 million Every CS: GO Major Championship event in 2016 will have a 4x bigger prize than last year Feb. 24, 2016 Matthew Handrahan
News Halo World Championship sports $2.5 million prize pool Microsoft finalizes total for March 18-20 tourney; microtransactions in Halo 5: Guardians contributed $1.5 million to pool Feb. 23, 2016 Brendan Sinclair