Gfinity acquires CEVO in £2.1m deal
UK esports company Gfinity today announced its $2.7m (2.1m) purchase of the entire issued share capital of CEVO, a USA-based global provider of services and technology to the esports industry.
The acquisition of CEVO...
The FIFA Interactive Club World Cup will take place in London on August 5th
Update: The next six clubs have since been announced. These are West Ham, VfL Wolfsburg, Olympique Lyonnais, Heracles, Sporting C.P. and PSV Eindhoven
FIFA will launch the first edition of the Interactive Club...
WME|IMG lose four members of esports team
The esports team of WME|IMG, the company besides the million dollar CS:GO Major ELEAGUE, will no longer work for the company.
The four-person team led by Tobias Sherman allowed WME|IMG to break...
The #ESIForum Series got off to a great start…
The first of our Esports Insider Forum Series (#ESIForum) events, in association with Digital Fuel, went off swimmingly last night.
Speaking to a full house at the Fnatic Bunkr in Shoreditch, the...
Gfinity pens deal to broadcast Elite Series across the world
Gfinity has announced that it has agreed a deal with broadcaster ELEVEN SPORTS to bring esports action to fans across each of the seven markets it operates in. Perhaps most notably,...
VfB Stuttgart become third Bundesliga club in esports with two FIFA players
VfB Stuttgart has become the third Bundesliga football club to enter esports, having picked up two FIFA players. They follow in the footsteps of VfL Wolfsburg and FC Schalke 04 who...
BITZER announces €20,000 fund to boost Portugese esports ecosystem
Portuguese esports agency BITZER has announced a €20,000 (£17,685) investment fund 'to stimulate the Portuguese esports ecosystem'.
It has been stated that this fund will support existing Portuguese organisations, as well as 'Portuguese...
The first #ESIForum, in association with Digital Fuel, is set to sell out…
The level of intrigue around esports has been made clear once again with the ticket sales for the first of our Esports Insider Forum Series (#ESIForum) events at Fnatic’s Bunkr.
Just 10%...
Matt Huxley – Formula E – We want to do more than buy a...
Did you know that Formula E has an Esports Manager? Matt Huxley, who has an extensive background in CS:GO, joined the Formula E team in August 2017. He told us how...
Razer considering IPO that could value the company at $5 billion
Razer, a renowned manufacturer of computer hardware, is targeting an initial public offering ("IPO") that could see the company valued as high as $5 billion (£3.8bn), Bloomberg reports.
The share sale is...
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Misfits win $100,000 in Overwatch Open Final
European team Misfits were the unlikely victors in the Overwatch Open grand final on Friday, and took home $100,000 (£77,378).
This means Misfits have a...
