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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, […]
Industry 
Twitch Streamer Myth and TSM Part Ways
Content creator and Twitch streamer Ali “Myth” Kabbani has made the decision to not re-sign with Team SoloMid, putting an end to a three-year run with the American team. Myth Leaves TSM This announcement took the form of a video, in which Myth explained his choice. First, a huge part of why he had signed […]
YouTube Gaming breaks 2020 records with 100B watched hours
Earlier this week, YouTube Gaming came out with data from 2020 showing that the gaming section saw over 100 billion hours watched, among other major records. 100 Billion Hours Watched With this milestone of 100 billion hours watched on YouTube Gaming, the company shared other positive updates in 2020. In terms of video game live […]
Culture 
Ninja starts streaming on YouTube Gaming
Major streamer Tyler “Ninja” Blevins jumped around from various streaming platforms and he’s settling on the next. Ninja just announced his return stream on YouTube Gaming. After weeks of silence regarding where he will stream next, he made a countdown live stream on YouTube. That pretty much ended arguments too. Ninja won’t be returning to […]
Call of Duty 
OWL and CDL moving to YouTube Gaming for broadcasts
In a groundbreaking move for esports broadcasting, Activision Blizzard partnered with YouTube Gaming for all their future broadcasts. Esports like the Overwatch League and the recently formed Call of Duty League join this partnership. Official press release by Google: https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/activision-blizzard-and-google-enter-into-multi-year-strategic-relationship-to-power-new-player-experiences-300993016.html?tc=eml_cleartime In their official announcement, Activision Blizzard is excited about the prospects of their new deal. […]
More Games 
Respawn announces Apex Legends Preseason Invitational competitors
Respawn Entertainment has indeed announced all of the organizations taking part at the Apex Legends Preseason Invitational between Sept. 13 and 15. The tournament held in Kraków, Poland will feature 80 teams competing for a massive $500,000 prize pool. An “Apex Predator” award and $8,000 prize will be given to the player that achieves the […]
LOL mobile version has leaked champion select
There was a new video containing the rumored mobile version of League of Legends. The first footage also leaked two weeks ago. The title of the video is “LoL Mobile Leaked Footage – Vayne – Champion Select – Runes”. It showed what looks to be someone going through the initial champion select process. The first […]
