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Chinese multinational conglomerate Tencent was reportedly the “undisclosed lead financial backer” of Highguard, the debut passion project of Wildlight Entertainment. This comes from a report by media outlet Game File, which claims to have received details surrounding the financial relationship…
Grass Valley announces that Network18 Media & Investments Ltd., one of India’s largest and most influential media conglomerates, is deploying Grass Valley’s Playout X Solution based on AMPP OS to
Ultralytics’ YOLO26 arrived quietly in January, but make no mistake: in the global arms race for vision analytics, this is the biggest leap forward the football industry has seen in years. For Australian football, which is too often left to play catch-up with European and Asian rivals, the new…
Saudi Arabian esports organisation Twisted Minds has won the Overwatch Champions Series (OWCS) 2026 Pre-Season Bootcamp. Taking place at the WDG Studio Hongdae in Seoul, Twisted Minds beat Crazy Raccoon’s full-Korean line-up in the final with a convincing 4-1 record, taking home $15,000 out of the…
The two companies’ partnership on Olympics productions dates to the 1988 Seoul Summer Games Week 2 of the 2026 Milan Cortina Winter Olympics is underway, and crucial to NBC Sports’
Tournament organiser BLAST and Ubisoft have extended its global partnership for the Rainbow Six Siege (R6) esports ecosystem until the end of the 2028/29 competitive season. Announced by BLAST earlier this weekend ahead of the 2026 Six Invitational Grand Final, the company also revealed the…
With the conclusion of the VCT 2026 Kickoff events across EMEA, Americas, Pacific and China, all 2026 VCT Stage 1 groups have been drawn. For the Stage 1 Group Stage, each region will divide its teams into two single-round robin groups, called Group Alpha and Group Omega. Each region’s group draw…
The top 12 teams set to compete at the first international VCT event of 2026, VALORANT Masters Santiago, have been decided. Taking place from February 28th to March 15th, the tournament will see three teams from each of the Americas, EMEA, China, and Pacific regions compete on the global stage for…
Carlos ‘Sonix‘ Perez is the GENESIS X3 Super Smash Bros. Ultimate champion after an intense Grand Finals with Salvatore ‘Zomba‘ DeSena. The Ultimate Top 8 just wrapped up at GENESIS X3, featuring the top players in the world from North America and Japan. In the end, it was a Sonic main that’s…
The production infrastructure scaled seamlessly from regular-season games to the league’s midseason showcase NBC is relying on NEP Group in delivering its first NBA All-Star Weekend in 24 years. With
Ubisoft has revealed that China will become a new regional league for the Rainbow Six Siege esports circuit as CNL. The developers unveiled the new league with a one-minute announcement trailer posted online during the Six Invitational 2026. More details were shared by Rainbow Six Siege China’s…
Nongshim RedForce has become the second Ascension team to win a VCT Kickoff event after defeating RRQ in the 2026 Pacific Upper Finals. Following in the footsteps of America’s G2 Esports last year, the South Korean organisation won 3-2 in the Upper Final and will head to VALORANT Masters Santiago…
South Korean esports organisation T1 has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the South Korean Navy’s Power Analysis and Evaluation Team. As a result of the MOU, the two parties will collaborate to help strengthen the Navy’s cognitive and analysis capabilities via the integration of…
South Korean esports organisation DRX has revealed that the country’s Ministry of Education Award has been given to the DRX Esports Academy. According to the social media post, it marks the first time an esports team has received the award. The award was sealed on December 31st, 2025, and signed by…
Olympic Broadcasting Services (OBS) has provided an update on its adoption of the cloud as it continues on its journey to fully migrate to IT-based systems by 2030. Since Beijing
South Korea has selected the esports coaches who will support its players competing in the 2026 Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games. Taking place from September 19th to October 4th in Japan’s Aichi Prefecture, the esports portion of the event sees a variety of participating nations compete across 11 titles…
The Japan Esports Union has announced that the country will not take part in the League of Legends event at the 2026 Asian Games to be held in Aichi and Nagoya. Japan will be sending esports representatives to seven competitions, confirming its absence in four tournaments. The exact reasoning…
Months after announcing Shanghai, China, as the host city for The International 2026, Valve has revealed the tournament’s venue, format, and schedule. The 15th edition of Dota 2’s crowning event will take place at the Oriental Sports Center, featuring 16 of the best teams from across the globe…
NOVA Esports has won the Honor of Kings Invitational Season 4 (KIS4) championship to kick off the mobile MOBA title’s global esports season. The Hong Kong-based esports organisation defeated South Korean side Nongshim RedForce 4-0 in the Grand Final over the weekend, taking home a lion’s share of…
Tekken 8 world champion Arslan ‘Arslan Ash‘ Siddique has announced that he will move to Japan, selecting the country as his new base for professional activities. The seven-time EVO champion has also formed a strategic partnership with Global Agency Co., Ltd, which looks to support him as he…
