The Esports Advocate – Esports Business News & Analysis

The Esports World Cup Foundation announced that Valve’s tactical team-based shooter Counter-Strike 2 will return as a competitive title in the Esports World Cup—its eight-week-long esports competition to be held in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, sometime in the summer of 2025....

North American esports organization M80 announced that it has acquired Beastcoast for an undisclosed amount. The move will see M80 integrate Beastcoast's top esports teams and media business into its existing operations. From what was disclosed in the announcement, it...

Valve’s popular PC-based MOBA Dota 2 will make a return to the Esports World Cup in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, in 2025, according to an announcement from organizers the Esports World Cup Foundation. The Saudi Arabian government-funded, eight week gaming competition...

Mobile Legends: Bang Bang publisher MOONTON Games announced Wednesday that it has signed a partnership deal with Germany based streaming and marketing analytics firm Shikenso Analytics. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed, but the main focus of the...

From Nov.21 to Dec. 1, China’s Valorant esports operator TJ Sports—the joint venture of Tencent and Riot Games—hosted its first Valorant Radiant Asia Invitational (VRAI) in Chengdu, China. Held in the Quantum Media VSPO Esports Center, over 800 attendees witnessed...

The board of directors of India-based gaming and sports media firm Nazara Technologies has approved five investments worth approximately ₹1.96B INR ($23.1M USD), with plans to use at least ₹1.48B ($17.5M) for deeper investments in its subsidiaries such as sports...