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Envy Gaming and Partners Launch New Charity Dedicated to STEAM and Building Connectivity Through Gaming

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Dallas, Texas-based esports and gaming entertainment company Envy Gaming announced Tuesday that it will be launching The Envy Foundation, a 501(c)(3) entity whose mission it is to educate and provide resources for North Texas middle and high schools. The Envy Foundation will aim to “bring people together through initiatives and programming that leverage the universal culture of gaming.” To start, the foundation will focus on four particular areas including the development of STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Math) initiatives at the middle and high school levels, bettering gamer health,

BLAST Premier secures eight media rights deals

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Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS:GO) esports tournament series BLAST Premier has announced it has secured eight new media rights deals for its 2021 season. The deals include television channels SportsMax and Nordic Entertainment Group which will see the tournament broadcast in a number of regions, including Canada, India, and Lithuania. Photo credit: BLAST RELATED: BLAST Premier gest comfortable with L33T Gaming According to a release, the eight new partnerships will expand BLAST’s portfolio of media rights to over 35 partners, along with BLAST Premier being shown in over 150 territories and 18 languages. Alexander Lewin, Vice President

Grid Esports raises $10 million to generate data from esports matches for wagering

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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 Grid Esports has raised $10 million in a round of funding to provide game companies and players with better competitive data. The backers include Alinea Capital, Bumble Ventures, Tar Heel Capital Pathfinder, Agileo Ventures, and NFL player JuJu Smith-Schuster, and the money will help the Berlin-based company grow its data platform and expand its U.S. presence. CEO Moritz Mauer founded the company three years ago to help gather better

LDN UTD strikes partnership with Matchroom

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British esports organisation LDN UTD has announced its partnership with sports programming supplier Matchroom, in a bid to unite esports with traditional sports events and athletes. According to the release, the ‘first stage’ of the partnership is expected to focus on the Professional Darts Corporation, followed up by a regular ‘Matchroom Monday’ series with Matchroom Boxing athletes. RELATED: LDN UTD hires Andrew Bloch to strengthen Advisory Board Collaborative content appearing on Matchroom and LDN UTD’s social channels will feature athletes from the Professional Darts Corporation, as well as players from

March Investment Recap: More Than $200M of Fresh Capital Gets Injected into the Esports Ecosystem 

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During the month of March 2021, The Esports Observer tracked 23 investments raised by esports-relevant companies. Disclosed investments amounted to $233M USD, bringing the total sum of disclosed investments in 2021 to $1.9B.  In addition to several significant investments, including Overwolf’s $50M+ and Envy Gaming’s 40M Series C financing rounds, several private placement deals by Toronto Stock Exchange Venture Exchange listed esports companies, and multiple seed round investments, a couple of major deals in the works came to light during the month. Super League Gaming is in the process of acquiring live streaming technology platform Mobcrush at a transaction value likely to exceed $60M and Microsoft is in talks to acquire gaming

Esports Insider collaborates with SPORTEL for esports eTALKS

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We are proud to announce a collaboration with SPORTEL for the second edition of its eTALKS series. The first edition of the series focused on sports media rights and broadcast strategies, however, this time Sportel is entering into the world of esports and its crossover appeal with traditional sports. Image credit: SPORTEL RELATED: Esports Insider announces NSE Student Column initiative eTALKS’s second series features two free to attend online panels, to be held on April 8th. The first will delve into the growing relationship between traditional sports and esports and

Activision Reportedly Issues Legal Threat to SBMM Warzone Site

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Call of DutyActivision has reportedly threatened legal action against a fan-made site that tracks and displays players' stats. | Photo courtesy of ActivisionSBMM Warzone may be in danger of shutting down, as the site's administrators say Activision has issued them a threat of legal action if they don't comply.Although Warzone uses skill-based matchmaking to fill its lobbies, it doesn't make that information public via a ranking system. SBMM Warzone attempts to solve that problem by scraping Activision's API (Application Programming Interface) to show players the skill level of the players

Nintendo keeps feasting on TV ad impressions

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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. Nintendo continues its domination of TV ad impressions, accounting for 65% of gaming industry impressions from February 16 through March 15 — though it’s worth noting that the most-seen gaming spot during this time period was PlayStation’s “Explorers,” promoting the PS5. In total, 13 brands aired 42 ads over 4,900 times, generating 782.9 million