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Dot Esports Parent Company GAMURS Raises $2.2M
Australia-based esports media network and owner of Dot Esports, GAMURS, has raised $2.2M in a funding from angel investors and Alium Capital. → Read More
Report: OWL Considers Melbourne For Its Franchise Expansion
The next season of Overwatch League might go Down Under, according to a report by The Australian Financial Review. → Read More
Warsteiner Signs Three-Year Deal With ESL Germany
Warsteiner secures a license to distribute beverages at ESL Germany’s events such as ESL Meisterschaft, ESL One, and ESL Arena at gamescom. → Read More
AFL and Riot Games Team Up Over League Esports Stadium Event
The AFL and League of Legends developers Riot Games announced a new partnership to bring “a premier stadium tournament” to Melbourne. → Read More
Tencent Reportedly Plans to Invest About $470M in PUBG Studio Bluehole
Esports’ most-invested company, Tencent Holdings, is reportedly planning to spend roughly $470M to buy shares in game developer Bluehole. → Read More
April Esports Investment Recap: More Than $50M Invested, Discord Joins the Unicorn Club
Esports investment cooled off a little bit but with chat app Discord raising $50M from current investors last month was still solid for esports’ growth. → Read More
FC Bayern Munich's Basketball Division Enters Esports
Germany’s most-decorated sports club, FC Bayern Munich, hopped on the esports bandwagon today, announcing the club’s entry into the space. → Read More
Chat App Discord Raises Another $50M, Now Valued at $1.65B
In a new funding round, Discord—video gamers current darling when it comes to chat apps—has raised $50M, reportedly led by its existing investors. → Read More
OWL TV Rights Sold to French Media Company AB Groupe
Media company AB Groupe has acquired broadcasting rights to Activision Blizzard’s Overwatch League, will air the competition on pay-television channel AB1. → Read More
Riot Games Partners With MTV for Music Festival in Singapore
Riot has a history of engaging with artists, having worked with Imagine Dragons and forming the League metal band Pentakill. → Read More
Imagine Spalding Owned Basketball, That’s How Esports Works
Sports are unowned but governed, esports are owned but ungoverned. Esports are based on a commercial product first, with sports its the other way around. → Read More
Rainbow Six Siege: Tencent's Next Mobile Port in China?
After acquiring a 5% stake in Ubisoft and signing partnership to publish the developer's games in China, Tencent might bring Rainbow Six Siege to mobile. → Read More
Lawsuit Over $1.5M Between ESL and Azubu Settled
Multiple inside sources close to the situation told TEO that they believe ESL probably realized that there’s simply no money left with Azubu. → Read More
Zippo Heats Up Esports, Sponsors Team Organization Panda Global
Lighter manufacturer Zippo enters esports in a sponsorship agreement with fighting game focused NA esports org Panda Global. → Read More
Steam Earned an Estimated $4.3B in 2017, Not Counting In-Apps and DLC
Steam covers an estimated 50%-80% of the global games distribution market, and between 2012 and 2018, its peak concurrent users rose from 6M to 18.5M. → Read More
OpTic Parent Infinite Esports Snaps up Sector Six Apparel
Infinite, backed and headed by Neil Leibman—a co-owner of the MLB franchise Texas Rangers—acquired esports apparel company Sector Six. → Read More
Two Years After $30M Investment in Curse, Riot Introduces Voice Chat
Curse offered gamers options like in-game timers, which in Riot’s eyes provided an unfair advantage for those using the software. → Read More
RTL Group Subsidiary M6 Takes Minority Stake in Glory4Gamers
Glory4Gamers has worked with other French TV networks on co-producing esports tournament content, and in business development. → Read More
Next Soccer Club Joins Esports, Adds CS:GO Roster and Eyes LOL
Croatian first division soccer club NK Rudeš presented its latest players to the public this week: a Counter-Strike: Global Offensive roster. → Read More
Ex-Barça Defender Javier Mascherano Joins LATAM Esports Agency
The second-most capped player on Argentina’s national soccer team, has announced a partnership with Latin American esports agency eSports Planet. → Read More