A new documentary series from BBC Three has been commissioned to give viewers an unprecedented insight into the rise of eSports. Fight For First: EXCEL ESPORTS will be available to stream on BBC iPlayer in early 2021. Narrated by Hollywood actor Cillian Murphy (Batman Begins, Peaky Blinders), this five-part series follows EXCEL ESPORTS, a multimillion […]
Piplsay – a global consumer insights platform – polled more than 12,000 Brits to understand their interest and enthusiasm for the fast-growing world of cloud gaming. This survey comes at the heels of the online gaming industry seeing a huge spike in demand the UK amid the continuing lockdowns and shows that 43 per cent […]
Online games are becoming increasingly popular, with over 930 million players globally currently. However, with popularity comes cyber threats as a growing number of gamer accounts are lucrative targets to cybercriminals. According to the data from the Atlas VPN team, 38 per cent of gamers have been hacked at least once in the past while […]
The gaming accessories market continues to climb, on track to achieve 21 per cent volume growth in 2020, according to a report from Futuresource Consulting. “There’s no doubt that Covid-19 has made a significant positive contribution to the gaming landscape this year,” says Morris Garrard, Research Analyst at Futuresource Consulting. “Yet consumer interest was already […]
Under a new initiative to build a gaming ecosystem in the UAE’s capital, twofour54 and Media Zone Authority (MZA) have launched a range of 57 new license categories that cater to a broad spectrum of gaming and e-sports companies and freelance creative professionals. The new licences for game developers and publishers, eSports companies, and virtual […]
Enthusiast Gaming has announced the launch of BCC Gaming, its first free, ad-supported streaming channel, which is available on Samsung TV Plus, Samsung’s free Smart TV video service, in the US. This licensing and distribution activity is the latest result of Enthusiast Gaming’s recent acquisition of Omnia Media, which extends the company from one that […]
A study from recruitment brand TechNET has highlighted changes to the global gaming sector throughout 2020. Estimates indicate that as of 2020 the video games market is now worth over
M7 Group, the European pay-TV provider, has concluded a satellite distribution and carriage agreement with Munich-based SPORT1 for the European launch of eSportsONE. eSportsONE is immediately be available on various M7 platforms including Canal Digitaal in the Netherlands, TV VLAANDEREN in Belgium and Skylink in Czech Republic and Slovakia. Other M7 platforms will follow shortly. […]
Research commissioned by Intel has revealed how eSports has burst into mainstream entertainment in recent years, and how the industry has grown in value over time. The research reveals that: Popular streaming sites, such as Twitch, YouTube Gaming and Facebook Gaming, have experienced a 20 per cent increase in the numbers of hours streamed during […]
Modern Times Group (MTG) eSport portfolio companies ESL Gaming and DreamHack have jointly announced a combination in order to increase competitiveness, accelerate products and events innovation and to offer the widest portfolio to the market. MTG has been the principal owner of ESL Gaming, the eSport company, and DreamHack – the gaming lifestyle festival company […]