Alibaba Sports Group Partners With International eSports Federation (IeSF)
The International e-Sports Federation (IeSF) has announced an exclusive strategic partnership with Alibaba’s sports group, Alisport. The announcement was first made in Shanghai, China end of July 2016 and the partnership...
First Stop In Malaysia For The ESL One 2017 Circuit
ESL will kick 2017 off with an event in South East Asia, as the company announced today that next year’s first stop for the ESL One circuit will take place in...
Dalian Wanda Acquires French Documentary ‘Game Fever’ For USA And Asia
Chinese powerhouse Dalian Wanda is on board to co-produce and handle the distribution of Herve Martin-Delpierre’s e-gaming documentary across Asia and the USA. Paris-based ZED, which produces and handles worldwide sales for...
Logitech Sponsors LoL eSports Team In Malaysia
Swiss hardware provider Logitech is sponsoring a Malaysian League of Legends (LoL) eSports team. This is part of a partnership agreement with Garena, a consumer Internet platform provider based in Asia.
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Alibaba’s Alisports Will Change Pro Gaming
Increasingly, millions agree with Zhou’s point of view. Professional video gaming, also known as eSports, is soaring in popularity with a growing fan base that considers a star like Zhou Hang...
World Esports Association Founded
The foundation of the World Esports Association (WESA) has been announced today, as the result of joint efforts between industry-leading professional esports teams and ESL, the world’s largest esports company. Based...
Intel Extreme Masters Season 11 In Shanghai And Goyang In 2016
ESL, the world’s largest esports company, recently concluded a successful decade of Intel Extreme Masters events around the world when Season 10 came to a conclusion at IEM Katowice in March....
Astro Is Converting Its Supersport Channel 808 Into a Dedicated eSports and Gaming Channel
The TV content and consumer group in Malaysia and Southeast Asiann Astro Malaysia Holdings Berhad is converting its Supersport channel 808 into a dedicated eSports and gaming channel called eGG or Every Good...
Korean eSport Stars Charged With Match Fixing
Two Korean e-sports champions have been charged with match fixing after allegedly receiving a big amount of money to intentionally lose two matches in May 2015. South Korea has already indicted...
Wang Sicong Leads USD 7.7 Million Series A Round In Gaming Peripherals Startup
Prometheus Capital (Pusi Capital), founded by the son of Asia's richest man Wang Jianlin, has reportedly led a RM B50 million (USD 7.7 million) series A round of investment in Taidu Technology, a...
Smart And PLDT Sponsor Philippines eSports Team For ESL One
Team Mineski.Sports5 will be representing the Philippines in the biggest eSports tourney in Southeast Asia, ESL One Manila 2016. Online gamers from across the world will gather in Manila April 23...
Chinese Company Alibaba Announced USD 5.5 Million eSports Tournament
On Wednesday Alibaba announced they’re getting in on the action with the World Electronic Sports Games (WESG). WESG, which will be run by Alibaba subsidiary AliSports, will be a new Shanghai-based...
Japanese Government Awards Its First-Ever Working Visas To Foreign Professional Gamers
There are a handful of jobs that quickly spring to mind for which foreigners can obtain a Japanese work visa. Language instructor is by far the most common, but skilled positions...
Gernot Abl Launched His eSports Company At ASX
Gernot Abl is determined to ensure Australia can grab a slice of the pie and on Wednesday launched the first ever pure eSports company, eSports Mogul, on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) according to...
Grand Finals of WCA Draws Global Attention
The World Cyber Arena (WCA) 2015 grand finals, which was hosted by Yinchuan International Game Investment Co. Ltd, started on December 17 in Yinchuan, China. It is an international eSports event...
Cheetah Mobile Enters New Strategic Agreement with Tencent
Cheetah Mobile Inc. announced it has entered into a new strategic cooperation agreement with Shenzhen Tencent Computer Systems Company Limited (Tencent Shenzhen), a subsidiary of Tencent Holdings Limited (Tencent), for the two-year...
Intel Extreme Masters Taipei stop to boost regional Asia-Pacific Counter-Strike teams
The global elite pro gaming tour, Intel Extreme Masters, returns to its roots with regional tournaments. Intel Extreme Masters Taipei at Taipei Game Show is set to feature eight of the...
Taiwan Makes Moves To Classify eSports under National Sporting Authority
Development and eSports board members have met with the Taiwanese government in the hope of becoming the sixth country to recognise competitive gaming as sport. The Taiwan eSports League in collaboration...
World Series of Video Games Maldives 2015 Announced
The World Series of Video Games, Inc., an US company specialized in Electronic Sports, a rising phenomenon, announced an investment of more than $3 Million USD to organize the World Series of...
World Cyber Arena – Global eSports Tournament Starts in Europe
The World Cyber Arena, a China based international organizer of eSports tournaments, announced their entry into the European market aiming to strengthen eSports as a global industry. Aside from the European qualifier,...
