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ESL FACEIT Group and Kick partner for DreamHack events in 2024

Kick Partners With ESL FACEIT Group for DreamHack

ESL FACEIT Group announced Wednesday that it has entered into a partnership with live streaming platform Kick to run in-person activations for the DreamHack creator community at events in Melbourne, Australia; Dallas, Texas; Atlanta, Georgia; and Stockholm, Sweden. Financial terms...

Major changes that benefit Call of Duty League teams revealed

Call of Duty League Shares More With Teams

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...

Esports World Cup Offers $60M Prize Pool

Esports World Cup Offers $60M Prize Pool

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...

Neil Duffy joins OverActive Media as its new chief commercial officer

Neil Duffy Leaves eFuse, Joins OverActive Media 

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...

Global Esports Federation names NODWIN Gaming portfolio management company for parts of Asia, Middle East and Africa

Global Esports Federation Partners With NODWIN, Cinematic

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....

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