eSports

Nintendo Ltd/ADR (OTC: NTDOY) had its best ever sales week for its Switch game consoles in the United States, selling 830,000 of them during the period that included Black Friday. Sales were bolstered during the Nov. 24-30 period, the company said, by a bundle deal that gave purchasers of the...

Despite concerns from some in the West about the kingdom's human rights record, Riot Games on Thursday opened a "League of Legends" tournament in Saudi Arabia, starting an effort to expand the reach of esports with its first tournament in the Middle East and North Africa region. What...

If what gamers are talking about on Reddit is an indication, "Fortnite" was the biggest game story of 2019. According to Reddit's 2019 Year in Review, r/fortnitebr was the top overall game community on Reddit, with two other "Fortnite"-related communities also making the top...

Activision Blizzard, Inc. (NASDAQ: ATVI) has revealed the full 140-card set for “Descent of Dragons,” the latest expansion of the digital card game "Hearthstone" that comes out Dec. 10. The 140-card set, the last for this year, was revealed in a livestream Wednesday. The...

A Danish esports group is about to become the first public gaming team company when it lists on a Copenhagen exchange next week. Denmark's Astralis, a media company that owns the top team in the world in the first-person shooter game "Counter-Strike: Global Offensive," plans a to...

Nintendo's (OTC: NTDOY) Switch gaming console was among the hottest items this Black Friday, thanks to a highly-publicized deal and the nearing cycle end for its competitors. What Happened Nintendo stock was up on Monday, the first trading day since the holiday shopping extravaganza....

Third-quarter results from NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ: NVDA) and Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMD) suggest a gaming recovery is on track, according to Bank of America. The Analyst Vivek Arya maintained Buy ratings on Nvidia and AMD. The analyst has a $275 price target for Nvidia and a $44...

Alphabet Inc.'s (NASDAQ: GOOGL) (NASDAQ: GOOG) Google launches its cloud gaming platform Stadia on Tuesday, allowing players to play games on their mobile devices instead of a gaming computer or console, and with no downloading. How Much Does Stadia Cost? The service is $9.99 a month. The...

"Grand Theft Auto" publisher Take-Two Interactive Software (NASDAQ: TTWO) has a "grand" content track record making the company set to take advantage of tailwinds in the gaming industry in the coming years, UBS said Wednesday. The Analyst UBS analyst Eric Sheridan started...

As is the case with the group of cannabis exchange traded funds, the universe of video game ETFs is growing with much of that growth occurring this year. A new player joined the fray on Tuesday with the debut of the Global X Video Games & Esports ETF (NASDAQ: HERO). What To Know HERO is the...

With the video gaming industry ascending to stratospheric heights (by some estimates $152 billion this year), issuers of exchange traded fund are meeting investor demand for nuanced funds focusing on that growth. One of the newer entrants to that fray is the Defiance NextGen Video Gaming ETF (NYSE...

Video games is one of the fastest-growing forms of entertainment in the world and exchange traded funds, such as the Roundhill BITKRAFT Esports & Digital Entertainment ETF (NYSE: NERD), stand ready to satisfy investors' appetites for that growth. What Happened NERD, which debuted in June,...

Activision Blizzard, Inc. (NASDAQ: ATVI) acknowledged Friday that it acted too quickly and harshly in sanctioning an esports competitor who used a livestreamed post-match interview to express solidarity with Hong Kong protesters, but defended the need to regulate player behavior. Blizzard said the...

Monday may shape up to be a good day for the makers of the games that compete with "Fortnite" for players’ attention. With Epic Games' "Fortnite" offline as part of the publicity over its end to season 10, and with season 11 not having started yet, anyone wanting to do...

Gamers around the world continued to stare Monday into a black hole on their screens. What Happened Players who tried to play Epic Games’ popular "Fortnite" game logged in Monday to find that the black hole that ended Season 10 of the game remained on their screens, keeping the game...