This week's Roundup entertainment provided by:
- PaymoneyWubby - IRL
- Lucroan - Rust
- Ikill4pengiuns - Age of Empires 3
Streamers providing curation entertainment this week include:
- StrifeCro - Hearthstone
- CuteDog_ - Path of Exile (PoE)
- TheLuckMusic - Live Music
This week's new wrangling entertainment compliments of:
- Gaudium007 - Phantom Doctrine
- mammoth - Rust
- Scudpunk - Rust
- Twitch Prime leveling up the free games...game
- Ninja proves there are no limits on Twitch
- Competitive Fortnite and a huge celebrity tournament are in the works
- All that and more, plus ICYMI. Get at it!
- Fortnite may be the new top dog on Twitch
- Tencent is betting BIG on Chinese streaming platforms
- Why patience may be a streamer's greatest asset
- As subscriber counts shatter records, Twitch may be facing a bot crisis
- TwitchCon 2018 dates and location unveiled
- OpTic shares insight into LCS player salaries
- Caffeine scores an early win with ESL
- ICYMI - what does "esports ready" actually mean for PUBG?
- Twitch facing a lawsuit over nearly 2 year old ban
- Mixer scores with exclusive streaming rights to pro Smite leagues
- First-of-its-kind streaming game show is nearly upon us
- Plus more, more more - really it was a busy week
- Twitch rolls out loads of new features but delays community guidelines update
- Vimeo seeking to enter the live-streaming game
- Hawaii wasting no time taking aim at in-game loot boxes
- Twitch looks back on 2017 - and so do we
- Are you ready for a Google console platform?
- RIP Oddshot, you will be missed
- Dr DisRespect officially the new king of Twitch
- With $46 million in backing, Caffeine seeks to take on Twitch
- More records broken on Twitch after CS:GO Major
- Advertising toss-up hits gaming content hard on YouTube in 2017
- We've sourced a helpful guide for aspiring streamers by one of their own
- Twitch: 1 / viewbotters: 0
- YouTube Gaming streamer growth outpacing Twitch
- DotA 2 community at serious odds with ESL over Facebook streaming deal
- Mixer and Facebook edging deeper into Twitch's dominance
- Twitch adds new tools for streamers and calls in some Disney talent
- CS:GO Pro League and ESL One get cozy with Facebook
- Tencent, Bluehole, PUBG, and hackers galore
- And in our ICYMI, an interview with Brendan Greene by GamesRadar+
- Get to it!
- TSM raises $25 million in investment round
- Overwatch League and Tyler1 absolutely crushing it on Twitch this week
- Riot and the Big Ten partner to the benefit of esports student-athletes
- And loads more - really, it was a massive week!
- Asus sets sights on Chinese esports market with $16 million investment
- Valve strips Major title from Philippines event weeks before it kicks off
- NCAA officially recognizes collegiate LoL
- And prepare your memes boys and girls - Tyler1 is unbanned from League
- Google pouring cash into Chinese streaming start-up
- A look at the top esports orgs of 2017
- PUBG continues to crush records on Steam
- Is Twitter the next esports streaming juggernaut? Eh, probably not.
- Twitch Studios wants to bring game shows to the platform
- Blizzard and the Fiesta Bowl go Overwatch and chill
- Valve may bring battle royale to CS:GO
- And new esports industry data from Newzoo sheds light on the EU
- Mixer pulls the one-two with a fully revamped app experience and a new way to enjoy chicken dinners
- Amazon's Alexa help Twitch find its voice
- Esports vs. 2017 - and what a year it's been
- Plus more, more more!
- Fortnite making inroads on PUBG viewership dominance
- Looking for the latest esports match results? Google MIGHT save you some time
- Faker is real as hell at the 2017 Game Awards
- Ever wonder how hard the top talent on Twitch works? Forget Google - our ICYMI has you covered!
- First China, then mobile for PUBG
- Loot boxes are getting more attention in the EU
- Our thoughts on what great games and great streamers have in common
- PUBG packs its bags and heads off to China
- Belgium takes aim at loot boxes compliments of Battlefront 2
- Putting your best foot forward and why your audience will love you for it
- Twitch unleashes tsunami proportions wave of updates
- Esports Industry Awards recap (spoiler: there were winners)
- Our thoughts on the EA/Disney/Battlefront 2 saga and the importance of intellectual property
- As usual, all content in the Roundup is free-to-play with no MTX, ever
- Twitch and Chess.com make things official
- 30 million Justin.tv usernames set to hit the open market
- Why can't Tencent quit Bluehole?
- All this, plus a quick look at our most recent local meet-up!
- Twitch streamer growth impresses in Q3 - viewership remains flat
- Overwatch League inaugural season schedule firmed up
- Mixer takes on discovery with new mobile app
- We have a pass at team loyalty in esports
- And the rest of the week's top news from streaming and esports!
- Cloud9 funding round results in virtual esports land grab
- Blizzard unveils its contenders for Blizzcon HS Inn-vitational
- Microsoft continues to show Mixer the love
- TwitchCon is over, but the big updates are just around the corner
- The 2018 NA LCS roster may just be on the books
- A quick rundown of our adventures at TwitchCon
- ...and heaps more just a short scroll away
- Epic Games is taking cheaters to court!
- Blizzard goes after an Overwatch rip-off in China
- Riot Games' founders are headed back into the trenches
- And loads more...
- PUBG is going HAM at IEM Oakland
- Amazon makes the Twitch gear dream a reality
- Riot flips the script on the EU LCS
$200K PUBG TOURNAMENT COMING TO IEM OAKLAND
TL:DR - Joining the ranks of Starcraft 2, Quake Live, and League of Legends, PUBG has secured a spot at IEM Oakland with a $200k tournament. Running November 18-19, the competition will feature 20 teams of 4 players each, half invited by Bluehole and IEM and the remaining half competing in a set of qualifiers for the spot in the tournament.
- Tencent romancing Bluehole over PUBG
- Riot is taking the NA LCS back to its roots
- Cloud9 closing in on latest investment goal of $25M
- YouTube ups its monetization game for live streamers
- Riot and T-Mobile shack up in the name of content
- What's going on in Microsoft's NYC Mixer studio?
CLOUD9 HAS ALMOST WRAPPED A $25M INVESTMENT ROUND
TL:DR - The esports org is sitting just shy of $20M as part of a $25M Series A round, the second investment round they’ve sought. Current investors include Joe Montana, and Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian, however those from the latest round are yet undisclosed. This latest round comes just after Cloud9 reportedly paid the $20M franchise fee to participate in Blizzard’s upcoming Overwatch League, and will owe Riot Games upwards of $10M to remain in the NA LCS for the 2018 competitive season.
- Blizzard fills Philly and Houston Overwatch League openings
- TwitchCon sponsors, activities, and exhibitors announced - PogChamp!
- PUBG wins at Steam, drops mic
- Facebook makes biggest move into esports yet
- PUBG keeps going HAM - hits two more milestones
- YouTube Gaming pushing big updates to improve live streaming
- ESL hands Smashcast a $1.5 million lawsuit
- Twitch announces enhancements for devs, viewers, AND streamers - oh my!
- Secret new LoL game mode deciphered by clever Redditor
- Blizzard orders Overwatch League orgs to rebrand
- PUBG continues to dominate
- Our take on "crunch" time and hard work
- PUBG continues its record-setting run for another week
- Valve is fed up with free Steam key abuse and it's taking a stand
- TESPA is offering over $1 million in collegiate esports scholarships
- TwitchCon 2017 schedule announced
- Riot's BAMTech implementation facing big delays
- Disney invests yet again in esports
- Q2 2017 shows encouraging streaming growth across platforms
- Riot in talks with EU LCS to alter league format
- H1Z1 returning to TwitchCon with huge prize pool
- Blizzard discloses Overwatch League player pay + benefits
- $350k PUBG Invitational at Gamescom
- Like League & DOTA, crowdfunding HotS is a thing now
- Twitch streamers set charity milestone
- Hope on the horizon for YouTube Gaming
- Overwatch League facing legal hurdle
- The Dota International is making history before it even begins
- Disney bringing its magic to esports
- Samsung brings streaming to Galaxy devices
- TSM dominates the Rift in big win
- Overwatch league spots snatched up quickly
- Valve drops biggest ban hammer in history
- Twitch Affiliates have a BIG new reason to celebrate
- Kid favorite Nickelodeon enters esports
- China bans ALL live streaming indefinitely
- Twitch and Blizzard get cozy
- Twitter introduces tipping
- Details on the upcoming Quake Championships
- Big upgrades for Twitch Affiliates "coming soon"
- Intel gets savage with new ESL deal
- What's it like when Amazon buys your company?
- Twitch Affiliates level up
- Discord reportedly scores a big funding round
- Behind the scenes with the LoL skin creators [video]
- Mixer rewards its most loyal viewers
- esports gambling officially legal in Nevada
- League franchise system rolling out
- Beam becomes Mixer
- Riot and IEM part ways
- CLG takes us on a tour of a new "high technology" esports facility
- Facebook and ESL sign deal for heaps of content
- Twitch releases AutoMod 2.0
- We get emotional about cheating in esports
- Blizzard giving Overwatch the MLG treatment
- Voice-chat coming to League?!
- From the rubble emerges Smashcast
- New video game laws and new TV channels - compliments of China
- Beam unleashes a wave of new updates
- Twitch wants you on the content train
- Overwatch clears major player milestone
- Twitch and Team Liquid get serious
- And the Olympics get cheeky with esports
- Big updates to partnerships for Twitch, YouTube, and Beam
- Riot looking at franchising model for 2018 NA LCS
- eSports score another collegiate varsity win
- ...and more!
- British swatter gets counter-swatted for great justice
- Dignitas sees a future in Facebook streaming
- Twitch UI changes lead to surge in global pitchfork sales
- In-app game buying live on Twitch
- Blizzard drops the hammer of wrath on a cheat-maker
- U of Utah bring esports to the Power 5
- Overwatch World Cup qualifiers revamped
- eSports up for an Emmy?
- Collegiate esports on the rise
- Live streaming comes to Facebook - look out!
- Spoiler alert - Riot makes a lot of money. Like, a lot.
- eSports revenue to surpass $1 billion by 2020
- YouTube Gaming lands a big CS:GO deal
- Blizzard goes hard on cheaters
- You watched over 99 millions hours of LoL in Feb...
- Twitch runs wild at PAX East
- Washington DC is betting big on esports
- No Man's Sky may have been...right?!
- Like a game on Twitch? Buy a game on Twitch.
- Riot crushers scripters to the tune of $10 million
- Microsoft think you'll Beam in 2017
- Twitch name changes, Drops for devs, and the 2016 retrospective
- eSports user profile data revealed
- Streaming vs. your health
- eSports industry to see massive revenue growth in 2017
- PEA commissioner steps down amidst "restructuring"
- eSports gambling making headway in Las Vegas
- SKT T1 learning English and CRUSHING Twitch records
- Riot revamps LCS international events
- Time Warner gets cheeky with bandwidth for gamers
- SKT T1 making the move from Azubu to Twitch
- Hearthstone comes up big with new tournament and more DreamHack!
- eSports going daily to ESPN in Brazil
- Overwatch hurdles 25 million player mark
- Digital card games on track to pull in $1.4 billion in 2017
- Will esports gambling become legal in Massachusetts?
- The Big Ten and Riot join forces
- Go to school in Toronto, get an esports scholarship
- Beam sees major platform love from Microsoft
- eSports investment buying bonanza - NBA, Hollywood, China
- Scope of ESEA hack revealed
- TwitchCon 2017 date and location announced
- PEA CS:GO drama put to rest?
- Milwaukee Bucks make it official
- Nvidia brings top-end performance to anyone anywhere
- Steam Awards winners announced
- The best of the best-ofs - 2016
- PEA, ESL, TSM - the acronyms throw down!
- Players, teams, and organizations struggle with competitive CS:GO arrangements
- NY Times addresses women in gaming
- New AoE 2 expansion announced
- New Twitch features bonanza (tons!)
- Riot finalizes streaming deal (Disney...wtf?)
- South Korea cracks down on cheating (in games, bruh)
- ESPN wins with Capcom Cup
- Milwaukee Bucks enter esports
- 2016 LoL Worlds by the numbers
- NFL Media + EA = more John Madden
- Houston Rockets move into esports
- Capcom Cup airs on ESPN2
- All NA LCS teams sign 2017 contracts with Riot Games
- $100k Overwatch Winter Premiere tournament
- Twitch comes to Bungie.net
- Riot Games shoring up deal for streaming agreement
- LCS team owners formally issue grievances to Riot Games
- Twitch steps up to take roll as sponsorship rep
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