Hunter Cooke

Valorant Masters Tokyo, the final upper tier tournament in the Valorant Champions Tour before the world championship, held some of the lowest viewership of any similar tier Valorant tournament to date due to several mitigating circumstances. Tokyo only managed 338,000 average viewers across the tournament, according to event viewership...

While the Counter-Strike player break continues through mid-July, all eyes are set on Counter-Strike 2’s inevitable release date. And as anticipation for the latest entry in one of esports’ most popular titles builds, the long timeframe given to IMG and PGL could result in wider distribution. The PGL 2024...

Team Liquid, one of the League of Legends Championship Series franchised teams, will host a watch party for matches at Monumental Sports and Entertainment’s District E on June 15 in D.C. MS&E is an investor in aXiomatic Gaming, Team Liquid’s parent company. The District E venue, which is adjacent...

The Blast Spring Finals concluded on Sunday, and its viewership was bolstered by Brazilian fans following all-Brazilian Imperial’s deep run to the semifinals. In a statistical aberration, the event’s grand finals was the third most viewed match of the tournament, behind the semifinals match between eventual winner Heroic against...

League of Legends esports competition (the LCS) will resume in North America on June 14 after publisher/organizer Riot Games and the LCS Players Association came to terms following a planned walkout by the players. The walkout vote last month was held after Riot abruptly ended a mandate for its...

Esports festival Dreamhack Dallas, which featured competitions in Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, the Halo Championship Series, collegiate Rocket League, Fortnite, among others, boasted a 33% YoY attendance increase over last year. The more than 44,000 attendees at the Kay Bailey Hutchinson Community Center across three days last weekend makes...

Secrecy about Valve's plans for the release of Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 2 has ESL Faceit Group, which organizes many of the marquis CS:GO esports majors, in a holding pattern in terms of preparation for future events around the globe. Valve has only announced that Romania-based event organizer PGL...

Secrecy about Valve's plans for the release of Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 2 has ESL Faceit Group, which organizes many of the marquis CS:GO esports majors, in a holding pattern in terms of preparation for future events around the globe. Valve has only announced that Romania-based event organizer...

OverActive Media, the parent company of the Toronto Defiant, announced that “outstanding entry fees” for the Overwatch League are to be waived entirely, and provisions for the parties to further change the OWL business plan are now in place as part of a larger agreement. SBJ sources can confirm...