Berenberg Bank has issued a report on the state of the video games sector, and says that demand is “soft” but anticipates improvements in the second-half of this year. The report comes as Sony has paid $250 million for a 1.4 per cent stake in Epic Games (owner of Fortnite), joining Tencent and Disney as […]
FIFA has launched an invitation to tender (ITT) in the UK for the sale of media rights to the FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023. Since its inception in 1991, the FIFA Women’s World Cup has grown to become the most-watched single-sport event for women globally. The most recent edition – the FIFA Women’s World Cup […]
For the first time, FIFA will launch new football video games developed with third-party studios and publishers, which it says will provide more choice for football and gaming fans in the lead-up to the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 and FIFA Women’s World Cup Australia & New Zealand 2023. A number of new non-simulation games […]
Eleven has partnered with the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF) to deliver free coverage of women’s football in the country. Starting in 2022 and running for three years, matches from the Campeonato Brasileiro Feminino Séries A1, A2, and A3 will be available to watch on the global OTT platform Eleven Sports. The three competitions will also […]
Eleven has reached an agreement to provide services to FIFA to add live matches from FIFA’s Member Associations onto the newly launched digital platform FIFA+. Matches from over 90 Member Associations across the men’s, women’s and youth game will be showcased on the platform, with women’s football to make up more than a third of […]
World football governing body FIFA is launching FIFA+, describing it as a world-class digital platform created to connect football fans across the globe more deeply with the game they love, for free. FIFA+ will provide access to live football matches from every corner of the world, interactive games, news, tournament information, together with what FIFA […]
A study by casino experts MapleCasino analysed the total earnings countries have gained from eSports, along with the number of eSports players the country has, to establish which countries have the highest earning professional gamers. The analysis revealed that Jordan has the highest average earnings per eSports gamer, with the country’s 84 athletes earning a […]
FIFA Foundation signed MoUs with Qatar Foundation and Generation Amazing to deliver a range of football initiatives to empower youth and the community of Qatar that go beyond the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022.In addition to the MoU signings, FIFA Foundation, QF and GA also hosted a launch event at the Generation Amazing Community Club […]
Sportec Solutions, the sports technology joint venture between Deltatre and DFL, has assumed the majority shareholding of Vieww GMBH a leading provider of Goal-Line Technology (GLT) and Video Assistant Referee (VAR) solutions. DFB Schiri, has also appointed Sportec Solutions as the new officiating technology partner for the Bundesliga and Bundesliga 2. STS will utilise Vieww […]
Arctic7, a newly announced games development company founded by Igor Efremov, Mark Rizzo and Alan Van Slyke, has successfully closed its seed round of $2million. Bay Area-based venture capital firm Grishin Robotics leads the round, alongside two angel investors. A brand-new venture delivering technical and creative solutions within the games industry, Arctic 7’s ambition is […]