Verizon will expand Pay It Forward Live, the weekly streaming entertainment series that includes music, gaming, comedy and more in support of small businesses affected by COVID-19, with its first gaming event on Tuesday, March 31. Marshmello and FaZe Clan’s Nate Hill will go head to head in Fortnite during the 45-minute event which will stream live at 8:00 p.m. EST/5 p.m. PST on Twitch, Twitter, Yahoo Entertainment and on Fios Channel 501.
What started as an outbreak in Wuhan and the delay of the LPL in China led to a plethora of canceled and reformatted events around the globe. The Coronavirus outbreak has affected many aspects of esports, here is the list so far:
Leading gaming creator and live streamer Imane “Pokimane” Anys has signed a multi-year deal to continue to stream exclusively on Twitch. The deal was brokered by Pokimane’s representatives at UTA.
FaZe Clan released a statement Saturday announcing their indefinite suspension of Dubs for the use of racial slurs. Dubs signed with FaZe last year to play Fortnite for the org. Read more on the story here:
Simon and Schuster imprint, Gallery Books, has finalized a deal with Dr. Disrepect, popular first person shooter game streamer, to write a comedic memoir due next Spring. Read more on the story here:
Esports hub Juked has announced a partnership with DreamHack Anaheim for 2020. Juked will provide an official platform for all tournaments held at the event this weekend with a detailed calendar, stre
The theme for Fortnite's second season in its second chapter has been revealed: 'Top Secret'. Once more Epic Games is completely changing how its Battle Royale is played introducing new items, charact
Gen.G and Seoul Dynasty recently announced a donation campaign on their Twitter, helping victims of the coronavirus. The org will be donating 100% of the proceeds from their Seoul Homestand in Week 5, as well as merch and skin sales. Read more here:
Forget the New York Excelsior, the New York Subliners or the Madison Square Garden-owned team, CLG. If it's up to G2 Esports' founder Carlos "Ocelote" Rodríguez Santiago, it's his team that will sound synonymous with New York City. In a recent piece published by ESPN, the Spaniard shared more about his plans to conquer The Big Apple.
The DreamHack Expo’s confirmed 122 exhibitor booths will feature an incredibly diverse group of indie video game developers...
With Juked now three months into open beta, we decided to catch up with co-founder ChanManV. He walked us through the creation of Juked, how they manage to stay in touch with all the esports scenes, and what the future holds for the platform.
Epic Games has a new player in their team. Adam Sussman, former Chief Digital Officer at Nike will be taking on the role of president. The position had been open since Paul Meegan resigned in June 2019.
The following was sent to Inven Global as a press release. SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. February 12th -- Esports aggregation platform Juked.gg has announced it raised a $800,000 pre-seed round to accelerate
The first $50,000 Unikrn streaming competition attracted thousands of entrants over six months, but it is finally coming to a close with the first official stream set for Friday, February 14.
The Harley Quinn set arrives in the shop tonight, February 6, at 7:00pm ET, mere hours ahead of the premiere of the highly anticipated upcoming DC film Birds of Prey.
In empowering gamers to bet on their own games, Betti Games is looking to redefine autonomy, authenticity and user-friendliness in esports betting with Betti, an Instant Messenger-based platform for games of skill.
On the 8th (KST), Jung “SinOoh” SinWoo, a pro Fortnite player under T1 Entertainment & Sports, donated 260,000,000 KRW (roughly $220,000) to his old high school, Buil Electronic Design
Take a look at all the features of the newly revealed 100 Thieves Cash App Compound. Complete with Rocket Mortgage League room, an in-house studio, a cozy Cash App Lounge, and more. This photo article walks you through it all.
Epic Games released the Ninja Set on Thursday, January 16 at 6:00pm CST, but today, Sunday, January 19 at 7:00pm CST, the Ninja Set will leave the Fortnite item shop.
Epic Games will partner with TikTok for the Fortnite #EmoteRoyaleContest, in which players and members of the Fortnite community will post their own original dance moves to TikTok for a chance to become a Fortnite emote.
