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Welcome to the Latest, your weekly round-up of esports news and information centering around competitions, activations, platforms, and lifestyle. Content is brought to you by our own esports editors and writers from around the Access Intelligence collection of brands, including Cynopsis Esports, Event Marketer and Chief Marketer.

The Week in Esports & Gaming

Cynopsis Esports 3/28/24: Riot shifts League esports strategy; Mid-major developers reign; Sentinels win big in Madrid

The Atlanta FaZe took home the Call of Duty League Major 2 title on Sunday VALORANT Masters Madrid became the most-watched event in esport’s history Fighting game star and gaming accessibility advocate Michael “Brolylegs” Begum died March 19 Gaming entertainment organization Misfits Gaming is continuing its investment in development
Ally Financial is deepening its partnership with Rocket League Esports The Sentinels social media team put on a masterclass following the organization’s VALORANT Masters Madrid win Red Bull is leveraging a decade of Counter-Strike: Global Offensive for a documentary The new-look PlayVS scholastic esports competitive program is bringing middle schools into the fold starting in Fall 2024
Gaming and general entertainment fans intersect more than ever Retailer GameStop is cutting its workforce Esports organization Sprout Esports is shuttering The ugly parts of the games industry were a hot topic at this year’s Game Developers Conference

01/26/23: Layoffs rattle tech, games and media; Blizzard games go offline in China; Complexity renews with Miller Lite

01/19/23: YouTube shifts Shorts monetization strategy; Microsoft to lay off 10K employees; CoD legend Scump retires

01/12/23: Riot changes MSI, Worlds formats; M4 World Championship hits 4.2 million peak viewers

01/05/23: Pay transparency law reveals discrepancies among game devs; Mobile game nears record viewership to start 2023; Overwatch League’s Philadelphia Fusion rebrands and relocates

12/22/22: Epic Games reaches $520M settlement with FTC; LCS schedule changes draw mixed reactions; FaZe Clan partners with Drake’s OVO

12/15/22: VALORANT orgs prepare to battle for partnership program; Virtus.pro hires new CEO; Ubisoft adjusts Rainbow Six esports circuit

12/08/22: Panda Global loses majority of players, ousts CEO; Call of Duty League draws record viewership in return to Twitch; FTC dissent gives hope to Microsoft-Activision deal

12/01/22: NYT report casts doubt on esports profitability; Fortnite and NFL launch in-game experience; FTC considering battle with Microsoft over ATVI deal

11/17/22: International Olympic Committee to host the first Olympic Esports Week in Singapore

11/10/22: Worlds 2022 shatters viewership record; FTX freefall might affect esports brands; Minecraft YouTuber joins NRG ownership group; Esports org LOUD launches Web3 platform

11/03/22: Riot brings in $20 million from Champions bundle; IEM Rio on-track to be most-watched CS:GO Major; TikTok reportedly launching in-app mobile game platform

10/27/22: VALORANT’s Alpha Premier; Six Invitational scout home; EBS to kick off next week