Jan 24, 2025 · The Saudi Arabian government-backed Esports World Cup Foundation launched a public call this week for licensee partners, giving brands and companies a chance to join what it calls its "Global Licensing Program." Brand owners interested in participating are encouraged to... The Saudi Esports ...

Dec 9, 2024 · During the PUBG Mobile Global Championship (PMGC) this weekend, Level Infinite (the gaming brand of Chinese conglomerate Tencent Holdings), announced that it plans to invest $10M USD in global esports initiatives in 2025.The announcement was made by James Yang, who currently serves as the senior director of global esports at Level Infinite.

Dec 24, 2024 · 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 ...

Dec 30, 2024 · A Riot Games representative told The Esports Advocate on Monday that Game Changers will not be a part of the Esports World Cup and that the inclusion of other Riot competitive titles in the eight-week event to be held in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, beginning in early July 2025 are still being negotiated.. The comments from Riot are in response to TEA’s questions to the company about a report from ...

Nov 20, 2024 · With the conclusion of the BLAST R6 2024 season (at Montreal Major won by Brazilian esports organization w7m Esports), the league revealed some details on what the ecosystem under its ongoing partnership with tournament organizer BLAST for Rainbow Six Siege esports will look like in 2025.. The next season will kick off in May 2025 with a LAN Kick-off event called Reload, tentatively set to ...

Dec 4, 2024 · Valve’s popular PC-based MOBA Dota 2 will make a return to the Esports World Cup in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, in 2025, according to an announcement from organizers the Esports World Cup Foundation.

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 ...

Dec 6, 2024 · The Esports World Cup Foundation and Call of Duty League announced Friday a three year partnership to ensure that Call of Duty Esports will be part of its annual, eight-week summer competition.. Financial terms of this multi-year between Call of Duty League owner Activision Blizzard (a wholly owned subsidiary of Microsoft) and the foundation backed by the Saudi Arabian-owned Public Investment ...

Nov 8, 2024 · In September, I publicly asked the Global Esports Federation and its president Paul Foster when there would be an official announcement on the venue and other details related to its World Championship event, the Global Esports Games, which was previously announced as taking place in Chengdu, China. On Tuesday, GEF announced that the in-person event had effectively been canceled for 2024 ...

May 2, 2024 · Following its announcement in April that it would hold the IESF Asian Esports Championship in Chengdu, China in September, the International Esports Federation (IESF) issued a “Foreign Affairs Statement” dedicated solely to fully and publicly embracing the “One-China Principle.”. The IESF announced that the IESF Asian Esports Championship would take place in Chengdu, China, from Sept ...