The Esports Advocate – Esports Business News & Analysis

Chinese StarCraft II-focused production company SCBoys, esports organization Team WE, and NewTV announced that they plan to co-host a StarCraft II competition called StarsWar from May 18-19 at Xi’an Qujiang Esports Center, the home venue of League of Legends Pro...

The Netherlands Authority for Consumers and Markets (ACM) has fined Epic Games for "using unfair commercial practices aimed at children" inside its popular battle royale game Fortnite. The million-dollar fine is the result of an investigation where the ACM concluded...

GRID Esports announced this week the format, schedule, and teams competing in the Champions of Champions Tour (CCT) Global Finals, an online Counter-Strike 2 competition taking place May 16-23. Spread across eight days, the CCT Global Finals will feature 16...

British Esports announced Tuesday that its Women in Esports Committee has added members from ESL FACEIT Group, Durham University, Ear to the Ground, OG, and Tech Her Out. The new members include ESL FACEIT Group Partnerships Manager Tracy Luseno; Tech...

Tournament organizer MistGames announced Monday that it has officially changed the name of its Valorant league for Northern Europe, Challengers Northern Europe: Polaris, to the more palatable name of Challengers North: Polaris. The Valorant Challengers league for Northern Europe also...

Paris-based esports organization Team Vitality announced Monday that it has acquired the women's Mobile Legends: Bang Bang (MLBB) roster of  Indonesian team Bigetron Era.  Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. That MLBB roster includes Vivi "Vivian" Indrawaty, Venny...