Outrageous and discouraging: Magic30 $999 boosters fail to impress

Casual and professional Magic: The Gathering players continue to react negatively toward the sale of proxy cards announced during the launch of the 30-year anniversary celebration.  Wizards of the Coast shocked the Magic: The Gathering community during the 30-year anniversary announcements earlier this week, promoting non-tournament legal cards in four booster packs for $999. The … Read more

Business Buzz: Acme breaks ground on new Fargo facility; Esports recruiting event planned at NDSU, and more – InForum

FARGO — Acme Equipment, a division of Acme Tools focusing on equipment brands, recently broke ground on a new 32,600-square-foot facility at 680 36th St. S. in Fargo, just north of the Acme Tools store and adjacent to the store’s current equipment and rental lot. Acme Tools closed on an asset purchase agreement with West … Read more

GRID is the first esports data company to receive the IBIA Data Standards accreditation – European Gaming Industry News

Reading Time: 2 minutes   The International Betting Integrity Association’s (IBIA), the industry accreditation relating to the quality of data collection and distribution in sports betting has been given to GRID Esports, a Game Data Platform and a long-standing partner of renowned gaming companies such as Riot Games, Krafton, WePlay or BLAST. Among the companies … Read more

GRID Esports receives IBIA data standards accreditation -iGB

Esports data platform GRID Esports has become the first esports data company to receive the International Betting Integrity Association’s (IBIA) data standards accreditation. GRID joins previous awardees Sportradar and Stats Perform. GRID received the certification following an audit conducted by the eCommerce and Online Gaming Regulation and Assurance (eCOGRA) body. The body inspects, tests and … Read more

Betby Completes the Separation of Its eSports Solution

Post Views: 7 Award-winning and rapidly expanding online casino and sports betting provider Betby announced that it has finished separating its eSports solution. The company can now use the solution as a stand-alone offering, which is anticipated to generate value and reach a wider audience. The matter is discussed by Leonid Pertsovskiy, CEO of Betby. … Read more

Champions Queue: Higher minimum rank for amateur players

Practice makes perfect, even in designing the system. Champions Queue was first launched in North America in February 2022. It is a ranked queue, invite-only in-house system for pros and amateur players in the region on the Tournament Realm that features seasonal prize pools. Its server is hosted in Los Angeles. which provides low ping … Read more

Sentinels rebuild: ShahZaM out, XSET star zekken in

Sentinels could be sporting a completely different look going into the VCT 2023 season. XSET star Zachary “zekken” Patrone has officially joined the team, while in-game leader Rory “dephh” Jackson is also expected to sign with the organization, according to Dot Esports’ George Geddes. Longstanding Sentinels IGL Shahzeb “ShahZaM” Khan is also on his way … Read more

Women In Esports Are Good Too But Don’t Have Enough Representation

– Advertisement – In the past decade, Esports has seen tremendous growth in both revenue and viewership worldwide. While more and more games are organizing high stakes high prize pool tournaments and events, the majority of those competing in those are mostly men.  Although almost half of the gamers worldwide are female, the majority representation … Read more

Esports see big jump in popularity at Omaha metro area schools

OMAHA, Neb (KMTV) — Some teams compete on the court, others on the gridiron, but the newest team at Westside high school is stepping into the virtual world to take on their competition. “It’s basic soccer ideas. Score the ball, hit the ball into their net. But there are different ideas and mechanics with it. There is … Read more