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More Esports Layoffs: Gamurs Group layoff a large proportion of the workforce
The Gamurs group laid off many of its workforce yesterday due to the recent collapse of Silicon Valley Bank. With the layoffs, Gamurs joins an extensive list of esports and gaming companies to either seize operations or scale down due to the economic crisis. Gamurs Group has not issued an official statement on the situation. The news of layoffs came from multiple freelance editors and writers tweeting about the layoffs. Gamurs Group Layoffs: Gamurs is a parent company for 15more
Blizzard shuts down gaming services in China
Millions of gamers in China have to say goodbye to their beloved games as Blizzard decided to shut down services for some of their most popular games, including big titles such as World of Warcraft and Overwatch 2. The Situation: Under Chinese law, foreign developers are required to partner with domestic companies to have a game launch in the Chinese market, and even then, they are launched with much scrutiny and censorship. Blizzard decided to partner with NetEase Interactive Entertainmentmore

New Schedule for the New Year: Riot Games announces future plans for 2023 Broadcasting Schedule
With 2022 coming to a close and 2023 fast approaching, the gaming year goes into transition as well. Valorant esports is on the rise with the expected onset of new fans to the debut of the franchise leagues, as well as the continued support of fans of League of Legends esports. With both games sharing fans and communities, the overlap between both esports titles has only grown larger. Thus, a revamp to the broadcasting schedule was eventually needed to relievemore

Hearthstone World Championship 2022: A look into the World of Hearthstone Esports
With the Hearthstone Season concluding soon with the Hearthstone Masters Fall Championship 2022, let's look at the Hearthstone World Championship and the Hearthstone Esports Scene. Hearthstone Esports: A Retrospect Hearthstone is Blizzard Entertainment's online collectible card game. The game's esports scene has tournaments with prize money as high as $1 million. Blizzard conducts the tournaments throughout the year for the game. The game also became an Esports with the launch. BlizzCon 2013 was the first Hearthstone tournament. The tournament wasmore

Hearthstone Masters Fall Championship 2022 Preview
Hearthstone Masters Fall Championship 2022 is the second seasonal tournament of the year after the Summer Championship and is now less than a week away. Hearthstone Masters Structure: All the players participating in the Masters tour need an official invitation from Blizzard to participate in the tournament. To be eligible to participate, the players must be part of the EU, America and APAC region. Each Masters season is split into two seasons, viz Summer and Fall, with the Worldmore

Hearthstone Masters Tour: Maw and Disorder
The sixth and final Hearthstone Masters tour of 2022, Maw and Disorder, concluded on October 9, 2022, with all the action streamed on Youtube. Best players worldwide played each other for the $250,000 prize pool and the title of Masters Tour: Maw and Disorder. Hearthstone Masters Tour: Maw and Disorder Rules: All the players to attend the Masters Tour must register on Battlefy. They have to compete in an online qualifying tournament to make it to the Masters Tour.more
