ESPORTS WEEK IN REVIEW | BRAND INVESTMENT ON PACE TO DOUBLE, US INVESTMENT HITS ~$100M, TENCENT'S KIDS GAMING LIMITS
eSports Week In Review. That's A Xbox Controller (Photo: Xbox)
TNL Take: What a week for eSports. The biggest news being finally some release of information on Activision-Blizzard's upcoming Overwatch League which The Next Level will cover next week and look at two areas that I don't believe have been fully analyzed yet.
This week, 2017 US eSports investment is almost $100M, 60+ brands sponsored eSports in the first of 2017 - which is on pace to double 2016 and China's Tencent's limitations on kids mobile gaming.
MONDAY 07/10
2017 US ESPORTS INVESTMENT HITS ~$100M
TNL eSports Startups 010: Super League Gaming Gets $15M From Media, Sports And Entertainment
TNL eSports Startups 010: Super League Gaming (Graphic: The Next Level)
AEG Invests In eSports Team Immortals (Graphic: The Next Level)
Matcherino Raises $1.5M (Photo: Matcherino)
TNL Infographic 050: 2017 eSports Brand Investment (Graphic: Jordan Fragen)
Note: CenturyLink and SFR will be moved to Telco
THURSDAY 07/13
China's Tencent Imposes Limits On Kid's Mobile Gaming
Talking Tencent On China Global Television Network (Photo: CGTN)