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2019 witnessed a talent war for esports streamers in which Twitch incurred several high profile losses. Ninja, Twitch’s top streamer, left the platform for Mixer in a massive deal worth…
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While esports competitors are often not regarded as athletes, many are beginning to earn a significant income as a result of ever-growing prize pools, valuable endorsement deals, and streaming revenues.…
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View the Japanese language version of this article. Nintendo president Shuntaro Furukawa recently provided some context as to why the company does not sponsor Smash Bros. prize pools. In an…
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Recently League of Legends team Cloud9 was fined $175,000 for violating League of Legends Championship Series (LCS) rules.
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2019 was a huge year for esports in terms of growth in size and profile and industry news. Here are our picks for the top ten major news stories that rocked esports over last year.
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When the Russian government officially recognized esports as a national sport in 2001, it set a precedent for the rest of the world. As the first country to acknowledge esports on this level, Russia seemed to be staking an early position as an industry leader.
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In August 2019, Gunma eSports Association in Japan held the world’s first-ever disabled esports event, ‘1st eSports Event for Disabled in 2019 GUNMA’. Japan’s initiation and hosting of this event highlights positive and significant shifts in attitudes towards the disabled in Japan that have occurred in recent years and are paving the path toward the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics.
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Organization of professional esports players remains in its early stages, and a current characterization could be chaos and confusion. There has been much talk by current and former players about…
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In early October, Blizzard crossed the line into world politics when it banned professional Hearthstone player Ng “Blitzchung” Wai Chung for making pro-Hong Kong protest remarks during a tournament stream. The incident follows a tough few days for the NBA which is weathering backlash over its handling of a tweet by Houston Rockets General Manager Daryl Morey’s that also was supportive of the Hong Kong protest.
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Nintendo, producer of the world’s most popular video games console and one of the most popular esports titles, has historically avoided positively engaging with esports, and only recently begun to…
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