How Esports Became One of the Fastest Growing Industries
While the gaming industry has been around since Pong, the term esports wasn’t introduced until the 1990s and didn’t start gaining traction until the early 2000s. Despite being a niche subculture, it is one of the fastest-growing industries in the world. Estimated to reach $1.62 billion by 2024, the esports industry has a long history, […]
Red Bull Kumite Las Vegas 2021 Recap
Red Bull has always been one of the biggest names, even before launching the Red Bull Kumite series in 2015. Since then, they have hosted countless events across the United States of America. This chapter of competition took the best of the best as they all traveled to the fight capital of the nation, Las […]
Red Bull and LCS partner for gaming series Metamorphosis
Red Bull NA and League of Legends Championship Series just announced their new collaboration, Metamorphosis. To step away from traditional esports tournaments, contestants will face off with “unorthodox or off-meta team compositions.” Aside from LCS players, some streamers and influencers will also participate in this event. During the pandemic, fans saw sports players try to […]
Riot Games announces VALORANT Ignition Series
Today, Riot Games officially announced the Ignition Series. The Ignition Series is a tournament series run that features multiple tournaments hosted by the series’ partners. Riot Games partners with more than twenty esports organizations to create unique competitive events. The Ignition Series commences on June 19 with the European G2 Esports Invitationals, presented by Red […]
Red Bull signs global partnership with League of Legends
On the floor of TwitchCon, teams of two Red Bull employees scatter around the crowd hawking as many free Red Bulls as they can carry. That’s been a common scene at esports and gaming events for years. Red Bull was one of the first companies to identify the opportunity in the esports space and put […]
Kingzone DragonX Drama surfaces on Inven
Internal issues and drama wreak havoc upon esports team Kingzone DragonX. Inven Global Korea has just released an article bringing to light all the problems the once-dominant Korean League of Legends team. According to Inven, the internal struggles were so huge and secretive they were referred to as “something that can never be spoken about […]
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