The Esports Advocate – Esports Business News & Analysis

Call of Duty Esports General Manager Daniel Tsay announced Tuesday via a community update that Activision Blizzard is making major changes—including how it shares revenues with franchised teams—in the Call of Duty League. Tsay opened by saying that the league has...

The Esports World Cup Foundation announced Tuesday that the total prize pool for the inaugural Esports World Cup will be more than $60M USD, the largest prize pool ever provided for a multi-title esports tournament. This is an increase from...

Publicly traded, North American esports and gaming company OverActive Media announced Tuesday the appointment of Neil Duffy as its new chief commercial officer for the Americas. Duffy joins OAM from Ohio-based eFuse, where he spent more than three years as...

International esports federation Global Esports Federation announced Monday that it has signed agreements with India-based tournament organizer NODWIN Gaming and Beverly Hills, California-based event organizer and production company Cinematic—specifically the companies have been named “portfolio management companies” in select regions....

Riot Games announced Monday that seasoned sports sponsorship executive David Mulhall has been promoted to the role of global head of esports partnerships and business development. The announcement was made public by Riot Games Esports President John Needham this morning....

Electronic Arts’ popular free-to-play Apex Legends is the latest game to be announced as part of the Saudi Arabian government-backed esports and gaming festival the Esports World Cup. Financial details surrounding the game’s inclusion were not disclosed, as of this...