#8 Weekly Esports Gaming News Industry Trends Round Up

The esports and gaming world has seen its fair share of headlines recently, Powerhouse FaZe Clan is facing internal power struggles and financial questions, Football icon Lionel Messi is betting on esports through a new team partnership, rap icon Snoop Dogg is making a foray into gaming by announcing a new studio called Death Row Games, the 20 teams who will be battling it out in the upcoming Rainbow Six Siege tournament Six Invitational 2024 have been revealed. A high-profile Street Fighter tournament got cut short by protesters, CS:GO pro Twistzz crowned Ropz the best CS2 player out there right now, and Valve has upped the Steam Deck specs with a slick new OLED model.

Also in our weekly round-up:

• Eagles find an organization two years after they began their search

• Quake esports in limbo following Quake Pro League cancellation

• VALORANT unveils Premier qualification system to VCT Challengers

• Oxygen Esports announces Call of Duty League 2024

• How do esports players make money?

• Ubisoft and Grid partner for live Rainbow Six Siege esports data

• The Game Awards 2023: How to watch, date and time

Esports Players & Teams News 🏆

• FaZe Clan’s Internal Strife: Executives’ Clashes and Financial Missteps Revealed

• Eagles have found an organization almost two years after they began their search

• OG announces the removal of Dion "⁠FASHR⁠" Derksen from their starting five the 27-year-old is out of the team after just four months.

• Meet the 20 teams that will feature in the Six Invitational 2024

• NothingToSay moves from LGD to iG along with some other high profile players

• Cliff Bleszinski recalls his '90s FPS beef with John Romero was so intense he wanted to 'take that guy down'

• Reina completes Tekken 8 base roster

• Nova Esports explain why they admire this star MPL pro above everyone else

• Lionel Messi Steps into the world of esports with KRU Esports

• PMGC 2023 Group Red League Stage: Summary, Overall Standings & More

• Twistzz names Ropz as best CS2 player after FaZe's victory over MOUZ in the grand final

• Vegas Legion uses AI to reveal roster, prompts backlash

• T1 to face Weibo Gaming in League of Legends Worlds final

• W7m esports claim BLAST R6 Major Atlanta trophy after beating LOS, the Brazilians have won their second Six Major in a row

• G2 expressed interest in the possibility of bringing their former player Nemanja "⁠nexa⁠" Isaković back

• T1 get revenge on MSI 2023 champions using off-meta pick that Zeus only played once

• BOOM Esports heads to South America

• Natosaphix announces retirement, the Dane calls time on his playing career and now sets his sights on content creation

• LCK free agents 2024 tracker: All players entering free agency ahead of season 14

• MNM Gaming roster parts ways with organization, currently looking to represent a new team

• VALORANT unveils Premier qualification system to VCT Challengers

• GamerLegion leaves League of Legends, Austrian Force joins Prime League

• Quake esports in limbo following Quake Pro League cancellation

• Dota 2: Invictus Gaming unveil new star-studded lineup headed by NothingToSay, Monet

• Predator League finals banking on strong reception from Filipino esports fans

• Evil Geniuses to Withdraw CS2 teams and offload LCS slot amidst restructuring

• South Koreans SANDBOX Gaming qualify for the Six Invitational 2024

Tournament, League & Season News 🏅

• Street Fighter 6 Tournament appended by Just Stop Oil protesters’ paint attack

• BLAST releases fall final schedule and opening matchups, the event kicks off on November 22 with the first round of group matches.

• Team Liquid to host League of Legends World Championship Viewing Party on November 19 at District E powered by Ticketmaster

• The Overwatch League appears to be over - Blizzard is evolving competitive Overwatch in a new direction

• Shanghai to host the Second 2024 Counter-Strike 2 Major

• Animoca Brands’ gaming studio GAMEE to hold NFT-gated mobile game tournament

• Oxygen Esports announces Call of Duty League 2024 Major I Tournament to be Held in Partnership with Live Nation

• $50,000 Fortnite tournament: How to watch, compete, and win prizes

• Women of the eRena $75K Fortnite OG Tournament Announcement

• $125K MCS Harvest Challenge: Everything You Need to Know

• Williams Esports announces Student Racing League

• Saudi eLeague 2023: Season 2 to begin very soon

• BoomTV Hosting $25K Halo Infinite Community Gauntlet

Industry News 🛡️

• Snoop Dogg announces Death Row Games Studio

• Noice raises $21M for multiplayer game and livestreaming platform

• World's most successful esports & gaming media platform now set to make U.S. debut in q1 2024

• Tournament Organizer GameBattles is shutting down

• Esports careers, what are the different types?

• Gamehouse CEO on 25 years of making games for women

• AppsFlyer acquires DevtoDev data analytics for games and app devs

• How do esports players make money?

• Esports watchdog slaps Turkish player with a lengthy suspension following multiple breaches of its anti-corruption code.

• Esports tournament organizer Unified faces potential class-action lawsuit

• Google declares 30% isn’t a monopoly fee as Epic’s antitrust case starts in Federal court

• Twitch Bans N3on’s inactive account, leaving fans baffled

• Inside the esports industry's war for survival

• Ubisoft and Grid partner for live Rainbow Six Siege esports data

• Team Liquid partners with collegiate esports awards ceremony The Scholars

• Roblox reports 38% revenue spike in Q3, 70M daily active users

• Tennis star Daniil Medvedev joins M80 ownership group

• What is the esports winter — and how to navigate the cold?

• XSET scores partnership with multiplayer game RoboSquad Revolution

• Esports awards toasts partnership with The Sidemen’s XIX Vodka brand

Gaming News 🕹️

• The Game Awards 2023: How to watch, date and time

• This year’s Game Awards are defined by ommissions not winners

• The Division Resurgence's next Regional Beta begins November 16 for players in America, Canada, and Chile, everything you need to know

• GTA 6 set to shatter records as most expensive game ever made

• Baldur's Gate 3 won so many Golden Joystick Awards that Swen Vincke can barely hold all of them

• When does Modern Warfare 3 Season 1 start? Season 1 details revealed

• PUBG Mobile esports set for major overhaul

• Rainbow Six Siege is getting a skin marketplace in the style of Counter-Strike

Level Up Your Hardware 🎧

• Valve announces Steam Deck OLED with more storage, bigger battery

• NVIDIA's next generation of AI supercomputer chips is here

• The tech that will actually make you a better PC gamer

  The PC Gamer 2023 Holiday Gift Guide

• A faster 8,000Hz polling rate is only a software update away for five more Razer gaming mice

• Sennheiser Ambeo Soundbar Mini review: Excellent and expensive

Trends 📈

• As big contracts dry up for top gaming creators, smaller to mid-sized influencers see an opportunity

• The Esports Winter Continues: An Update on the Esports Industry

• AstroBeam raises $3M for VR multiplayer games

• EStars: Fostering educational development in Nigerian schools with esports

• The Next-Gen Crypto Ads: MetaTrace platform can boost your marketing

• Tapping the passion of gamers and sports fans to engage new audiences

Guides, Tips and Tricks 🗝️

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• Baldur’s Gate 3 War Cleric fighter build guide

• Top 5 Assault Rifles and class setups in Call of Duty: MW3

• Phasmophobia Hidden Achievements: A Complete Beginner Guide

• Amirdrassil the Dream’s Hope Boss Guide, TLDR edition

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