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Rivalry raises $20 million for sports and esports online betting

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GamesBeat Summit 2021 #GBSummit returns with two days of content and networking designed for industry executives. April 28-29, 2021 Register Now Rivalry has raised $20 million for its business of sports and esports betting. The company has a mobile and PC platform that makes it easy to place bets on sports and esports matches. Rivalry’s average customer is 25 years old, and the company is going after esports and sports fans who are under 30. At the moment, Rivalry has an offshore gambling license with the Isle of Man, which

Ads are back in: Monetizing beyond subscriptions and transactions in gaming

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Time Stamp: February 28, 2021 10:16 AM - Modified On: February 28, 2021 - Published By:
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GamesBeat Summit 2021 #GBSummit returns with two days of content and networking designed for industry executives. April 28-29, 2021 Register Now Join Transform 2021 for the most important themes in enterprise AI & Data. Learn more. The rapid growth of direct-to-consumer streaming platforms has proven that subscriptions are viable. Subscription options have seen a massive increase as console, platform, and other industry players have tried to capture people’s time by creating an experience that offers a variety of games. But in the same breath, we hear about rapid subscription growth

Popular Warzone Streamer Sebas Beron Joins Envy

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Team Envy have announced the acquisition of popular TikTok star Sebas Beron to their content creation team. Checkout PrimeXBT Source: https://www.dbltap.com/posts/popular-warzone-streamer-sebas-beron-joins-envy-01ezj03pd9j4?utm_source=RSS

The time for esports’ professionalization is now

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Time Stamp: February 27, 2021 10:16 AM - Modified On: February 27, 2021 - Published By:
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GamesBeat Summit 2021 #GBSummit returns with two days of content and networking designed for industry executives. April 28-29, 2021 Register Now With traditional sports and entertainment evaporating overnight amid the COVID-19 outbreak last spring, esports became the solution for stakeholders across many industries to ensure the show did indeed go on. This resulted in the injection of professional gaming into the social mainstream, providing hours of entertainment for content-starved audiences while playerbases skyrocketed as a means of staying connected during a time when many were apart. While the surge of

Valve expands support for OpenXR enabling developers to implement OpenXR apps with SteamVR

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Time Stamp: February 25, 2021 4:06 PM - Modified On: February 25, 2021 - Published By:
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In Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality News February 25, 2021 – Valve has recently announced its current and expanding support for OpenXR, the new industry-wide open standard for VR & AR, through the latest update of SteamVR to version 1.16. Valve is releasing initial support for the current 1.0.9 OpenXR release now, to enable developers to begin work implementing OpenXR applications that work with SteamVR. This initial support means that SteamVR is currently passing 95% of conformance tests, and Valve now sees this as the time to start testing. The

Quantum Tech Partners: Esports companies raised $2 billion in 2020, up 116%

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GamesBeat Summit 2021 #GBSummit returns with two days of content and networking designed for industry executives. April 28-29, 2021 Register Now Esports companies raised $2 billion in 2020 over 200 transactions in 2020, up 116% in value from $957 million in 123 deals in 2019, according to mergers and acquisitions advisory firm Quantum Tech Partners. Mergers and acquisitions also rose, with 50 deals valued at $658 million in 2020, compared to 33 deals valued at $475 million in 2019, said Alina Soltys, cofounder of Quantum Tech Partners, in an interview

Valorant’s Game Changers tournaments will highlight women and marginalized people

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Time Stamp: February 23, 2021 12:00 PM - Modified On: February 23, 2021 - Published By:
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GamesBeat Summit 2021 #GBSummit returns with two days of content and networking designed for industry executives. April 28-29, 2021 Register Now Riot Games announced the Valorant Champions Tour (VCT) Game Changers program today. It’s an esports tournament initiative to supplement the competitive season by highlighting women and people of marginalized genders. The year-long effort will help build a tour that is more representative of the diversity of the Valorant community, Riot Games said. “Game Changers will provide tournaments and development programs for women who want to take their game beyond

Comcast NBCUniversal picks 10 sports and esports startups for SportsTech Accelerator

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GamesBeat Summit 2021 #GBSummit returns with two days of content and networking designed for industry executives. April 28-29, 2021 Register Now Comcast NBCUniversal today announced it has picked 10 sports tech and esports startups for the first annual Comcast NBCUniversal SportsTech Accelerator. Comcast NBCUniversal is investing $50,000 in each startup and training them for 12 weeks, in partnership with Boomtown Accelerators. Two of the winners are esports companies. It chose the winners from over 1,000 applicants in 70 countries. The companies will work with Comcast NBCUniversal and the SportsTech partner

POTM: Scream | Moving Past the One Tap

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Moving Past the One TapThe headshot is a damn powerful symbolThe headshot has the power to carry meaning on its own. It needs no help from context for any heavy lifting. Even well outside the world of the FPS people understand what it means within the game’s setting, the precision and skill that it conveys.Obviously, real world violence plays a role here but the term has been so gamified that most people - even those unfamiliar with games—usually detach the word from real life. It’s so detached at this point

Facebook Gaming will host more than 90 community tournaments

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GamesBeat Summit 2021 #GBSummit returns with two days of content and networking designed for industry executives. April 28-29, 2021 Register Now Facebook Gaming said it will work with community partners such as Real Time Strategies and Community Gaming New York to host more than 90 online community events. These are small events that are open to the public. Each features a $1,000 prize pool, small enough not to attract esports stars but surely enough to be a draw for your neighborhood amateur gamer. Interested competitors can find and register for