League of Legends
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VSPO to Host its Esports Asian Champions League in China
Chinese esports operator VSPO has announced plans to host the Esports Asian Champions League (ACL) in China in 2025.
- Chinese esports operator VSPO announced it will host the Esports Asian Champions League (ACL) in China in 2025.
- The ACL will operate under a dedicated foundation, with VSPO co-founder Wang Xinyi serving as CEO and co-founder Xie Fan as president.
- The league is positioned as a partner to the Esports World Cup (EWC), with HRH Prince Faisal serving as honorary president and discussions underway regarding the ACL serving as an Asian qualifier for the EWC.
League of Legends Esports Global Power Rankings
Riot Games has introduced a new League of Legends Esports Global Power Rankings system, developed in collaboration with Amazon Web Services.
- Riot Games is launching a new League of Legends Esports Global Power Rankings system in partnership with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to debut during the Worlds 2024 tournament.
- The rankings engine uses a blended Elo metric, weighting individual team performance at 80% and the strength of their respective regional leagues at 20%.
- The system updates daily and incorporates game-based resolution, meaning rankings are recalculated after every individual game played within a series.
Riot Details Tier-1, Tier-2 Format for Americas League
Riot Games has unveiled the structural framework for the new Americas League, a consolidated professional League of Legends ecosystem launching in 2025.
- Riot Games is consolidating the LCS, CBLoL, and LLA into a single 'Americas League' starting in 2025, featuring a new structure of North and South conferences.
- The North Conference will consist of eight teams, comprising six existing LCS teams, one LLA team, and one guest spot for a Tier-2 team, with matches hosted at the Riot Studios in Los Angeles.
- The Tier-1 season will feature three splits, with the first split utilizing a 'Full Fearless Draft' format and the final split determining three slots for the Worlds tournament.
Esports World Cup: 120M Hours Watched
The Esports World Cup, held from July 3 to August 25, 2024, generated 120 million hours of watch time over its eight-week duration.
- The Esports World Cup (EWC) recorded 120 million hours watched over its eight-week competition period from July 3 to August 25, 2024.
- The EWC ranked as the fourth most-watched esports series of 2024, trailing the MLBB Professional League, LCK, and Valorant Champions Tour.
- League of Legends and Counter-Strike 2 accounted for more than 64% of the total 120 million hours watched.
The Inaugural Esports World Cup’s Live Streaming Performance
The inaugural Esports World Cup (EWC) established itself as a significant global event, successfully navigating competition with the Olympic Games to generate 103 million hours of watched content and a peak viewership of 2.8 million.
- The inaugural Esports World Cup generated 103 million hours watched and reached a peak viewership of 2.8 million, despite competing directly with the Olympics for two weeks.
- Co-streaming was a significant driver of engagement, accounting for 44% of the event's total viewership.
- MOBAs dominated the tournament landscape, generating 62.3 million hours watched and maintaining an average minute viewership (AMA) of 245,000, significantly outperforming Battle Royale and FPS genres.
Is Chess the Next Big eSport?♟️| Extra Credits Gaming
Chess has successfully transitioned from an ancient tabletop strategy game into a prominent, modern eSport.
- Online chess has successfully transitioned into a viable eSport by shifting from traditional, slow-paced play to high-frequency formats like blitz and bullet tournaments.
- The game meets core eSport criteria by offering a high skill ceiling with zero randomness, as players start with identical pieces and no luck-based mechanics like dice rolls.
- Modern digital platforms like Chess.com have popularized the game by integrating real-time 'evaluation bars' powered by the Stockfish engine, which provide viewers with immediate, data-driven insights into match momentum.
FURIA Partners With Hellmann’s
The Brazilian esports organization FURIA has entered into a worldwide partnership with the Unilever-owned condiment brand Hellmann’s.
- Brazilian esports organization FURIA has entered into a worldwide partnership with the Unilever-owned mayonnaise brand Hellmann's.
- The partnership includes collaborative content creation, joint competitions, and exclusive marketing initiatives, featuring the tagline 'Hellmann’s: the irresistible flavor of FURIA.'
- Hellmann's branding debuted on FURIA’s uniforms during major events including IEM Cologne, the Brazilian League of Legends Championship (CBLOL), and the Esports World Cup in Riyadh.
Riot Games Promotes John Needham to President of Publishing & Esports
Riot Games has initiated a strategic organizational restructuring to better integrate its gaming, esports, music, and storytelling divisions.
- Riot Games has promoted John Needham to the newly created role of President of Publishing & Esports, where he will oversee publishing, esports, international operations, platform technology, and music.
- The company is establishing dedicated internal studios for animation and live-action production to expand its intellectual property beyond the success of the animated series Arcane.
- Christian Linke has been appointed to lead the new animation studio, continuing his work on Arcane in collaboration with Fortiche Production.
Tracker Network Taps GRID Esports for Valorant Data
The esports data platform GRID Esports has entered into a strategic partnership with the gaming statistics and leaderboard provider Tracker Network.
- Tracker Network has partnered with GRID Esports to integrate the GRID Valorant Live Data API into its platform.
- The partnership aims to enhance the newly launched esports section of the Tracker Network by providing both historical and live data for the game.
- Financial terms of the agreement between the two companies were not disclosed.
SteelSeries Sponsors British University Esports Championship
National Student Esports (NSE), the governing body for university-level competitive gaming in the United Kingdom, has entered into a partnership with gaming peripheral manufacturer SteelSeries.
- National Student Esports (NSE) has named SteelSeries the official peripherals brand of the British University Esports Championship.
- Under the partnership, participants in the 2025 British University Esports Championship finals will use SteelSeries Arctis Nova Series gaming headsets.
- SteelSeries will provide branded merchandise to over 100 university gaming and esports societies to support grassroots recruitment efforts at freshers' fairs.
Stream Hatchet Q2 2024 Report
Live streaming viewership reached 8.5 billion hours watched in the second quarter of 2024, marking a 10% year-over-year increase and a significant resurgence following a post-pandemic decline.
- Live streaming viewership reached 8.5 billion hours in Q2 2024, representing a 10% year-over-year increase.
- Twitch's market share of hours watched declined from 70% in Q2 2023 to 60% in Q2 2024.
- YouTube Gaming grew to a 23% market share, while the platform Kick captured 5.5% of the total viewership.
Global Head of LoL Esports Naz Aletaha Announces Exit from Riot Games
Naz Aletaha, the Global Head of League of Legends Esports at Riot Games, has announced her departure from the company.
- Naz Aletaha, the Global Head of League of Legends Esports, has announced her departure from Riot Games after a 12.5-year tenure.
- Aletaha will remain with the company for several months to manage a leadership transition before officially exiting in the fall.
- Chris Greeley, who has been with Riot Games for nearly eight years and has overseen League of Legends Esports strategy for the past two, will take over leadership of the division.
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