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Gaming NewsWhat is the Global Gaming League? Clinton Sparks' celebrity esports experiment, explained
A Grammy-nominated producer is building a competitive gaming league where celebrity owners and open tryouts share one stage.
Articles by Ashok Patel
Gaming NewsWhy meta shifts happen faster in competitive games than you think
A single balance patch can rewrite a tournament metagame in days. Here is the machinery behind that speed.
Gaming NewsHow Dota's The International built, peaked, and shrank the biggest prize pool in esports
The International's crowdfunded prize pool grew from $1.6 million in 2011 to over $40 million by 2021 — then Valve changed the model, and the pools fell back to earth.
Esports NewsHow esports teams actually make money, from sponsorships to revenue share
Esports teams make money from five main streams — sponsorship deals, league revenue share, prize winnings, merchandise and ticketing, and content — and sponsorship is the…
Esports NewsFaker's fifth world title ended the argument, and the numbers explain the era
T1's five-game win over Bilibili Gaming at the 2024 world final in London gave Faker a record fifth title and drew the largest audience in the game's history outside China.