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3 days ago · On Dec. 12, the Communist Party of China‘s Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI) announced that 67-year-old Gou Zhongwen had been expelled from the party and dismissed from public office for several severe disciplinary and legal violations, including corruption, abuse...
More Games Added to 2025 Esports World Cup
2 days ago · The Esports World Cup Foundation announced that Chess.com, racing game RENNSPORT, battle royale game Crossfire, and battle royale game PUBG: Battlegrounds will be featured at the next Esports World Cup competition in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, in summer 2025.. Financial terms of these games being included were not disclosed. These titles joins previously announced titles that will be part of the ...
Major Changes Planned for League of Legends Esports in 2025
Jun 11, 2024 · Riot Games announced plans on Monday for a major overhaul to the global ecosystem for League of Legends Esports in 2025.. That overhaul—which a Riot rep. told The Esports Advocate in a media briefing on Thursday–is somewhat informed and inspired by what it has learned from the Valorant esports ecosystem—includes an all-new event at the beginning of the season, a consolidation of the top ...
Teams in League of Legends Championship of The Americas …
Oct 31, 2024 · Riot Games announced the officially partnered teams and the format for the 2025 season of League of Legends esports in North and South America under the newly formed League of Legends Championship of The Americas (LTA).As previously announced by Riot, LTA combines League of Legends Championship Series (LCS), Liga Latinoamérica (LLA), and Campeonato Brasileiro de League of Legends (CBLoL ...
Riot Reveals Changes to LoL Esports European Regional Leagues …
Nov 20, 2024 · Riot Games announced that it is making changes to its ERLs (European Regional Leagues) system for League of Legends Esports in 2025.At a glance, those new changes will include allowing more flexibility for tournament organizers, relaxed rules on broadcasting, no more mandatory substitute rules for players/teams, an option for tournament organizers to increase the number of locally trained ...
Rocket League Returns to the Esports World Cup in 2025
Dec 16, 2024 · Epic Games’ Rocket League is the latest game to be named an official competitive title of the Esports World Cup—the Saudi Arabian government-funded, eight-week esports competition taking place in the summer of 2025 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Activision Blizzard took it a step further earlier this ...
Did Vindex’s Sale to EFG Leave Esports Engine Employees Empty …
Jun 28, 2024 · The sale of Vindex to ESL FACEIT Group (EFG) in March 2023 brought a strange sense of Déjà vu to Esports Engine employees who also worked together at Major League Gaming and later Activision Blizzard’s Esports division, according to multiple sources with knowledge of the situation who spoke on the condition of anonymity to The Esports Advocate. . This and other details of EFG’s ...
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Layoffs Hit Oxygen Esports - The Esports Advocate
Aug 29, 2024 · An undetermined number of layoffs have hit Boston-based Oxygen Esports, owners of the Call of Duty League team Boston Breach, LAN centers Helix eSports, and teams in Valorant, Rocket League, and Rainbow Six Siege.
The Future of Esports at Riot Games: A New Approach to Business
Apr 19, 2023 · Esports holds long-term financial viability at League of Legends and Valorant developer Riot Games, according to John Needham, President of Esports at Riot. In a blog post published Wednesday, Needham outlined the developer’s esports assets roadmap. While his full blog post, “Building the Future of Sport at Riot Games: Economics,” can be found on Riot’s blog, The Esports Advocate ...