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  Thursday August 17, 2023 Good morning! It’s Thursday and this is your early morning Esports and Gaming brief. Saudi investment fund Savvy Games Group was the party behind a $2 billion deal with Embracer Group that crumbled earlier this year, according to a report from Axios. Savvy, which has made significant investments in the […]

  Thursday August 10, 2023 Good morning! It’s Thursday and this is your early morning Esports and Gaming brief. This weekend’s Evo fighting game tournament showed just how strong the esports audience still is despite ongoing concerns in the industry about the business of competitive gaming. As viewership and attendance of live events continues to […]

  Thursday August 3, 2023 Good morning! It’s Thursday and this is your early morning Esports and Gaming brief. Project L, Riot Games’ upcoming fighting game, will be playable at Evo, the largest fighting game tournament in the world, the companies announced. The project codenamed Project L has been years in the making for Riot […]

  Thursday July 27, 2023 Good morning! It’s Thursday and this is your early morning Esports and Gaming brief. The Overwatch League’s future might be in jeopardy following Activision-Blizzard reportedly significantly reducing its esports staff. The Verge first reported the layoffs along with the news that Overwatch League franchises will vote at the end of […]

  Thursday July 20, 2023 Good morning! It’s Thursday and this is your early morning Esports and Gaming brief. Riot Games first-person shooter VALORANT released in China on July 12 after lengthy hangups in the country’s approval process for the title. First released in June 2020, VALORANT quickly became a globally recognized esport thanks to […]

By Laurie Petersen When’s the last time you hired a 60-year-old? It’s inevitable you will. The fastest growing population in the U.S. is people over age 55, and as the average age increases, these  folks need to keep working both for money and the mental benefits work brings. According to a study by Age Wave […]

  Thursday July 13, 2023 Good morning! It’s Thursday and this is your early morning Esports and Gaming brief. Microsoft has won its initial battle with the U.S. Federal Trade Commission over the tech giant’s $68.7 billion acquisition of game publisher Activision-Blizzard. Judge Jacqueline Scott Corley on Tuesday denied the FTC’s request for a preliminary […]

A SeeHer Series By A Anthony, Ph.D., Cultural Insights Strategist at Horowitz Research As many U.S.-focused LGBTQIA+ Pride Month campaigns wind down, this is a perfect time for the media and marketing industry to reflect on the potential for a campaign’s lasting impact and impression on Gen Z. Did your marketing materials hit the cultural mark […]

  Thursday June 29, 2023 Good morning! It’s Thursday and this is your early morning Esports and Gaming brief. The U.S. Federal Trade Commission’s battle with Microsoft continued this week, with both parties sparring over the legality of Microsoft’s $68.7 billion acquisition of Activision-Blizzard. The proceedings have sparked a number of revelations, such as Sony’s […]

  Thursday June 22, 2023 Good morning! It’s Thursday and this is your early morning Esports and Gaming brief. Two of the biggest streamers in the world, Félix “xQc” Lengyel, and Kaitlyn “Amouranth” Siragusa, have signed with Kick in the latest coup for the rising streaming platform. Kick, which is owned by the founders of […]