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VCT China cuts its partners from 10 to eight for 2027-28. Weibo Gaming joins, Xi Lai Gaming moves up, and FPX, Wolves, Nova and Titan are out. People close to TJ Sports told TEA the selection favored financial commitment and parent-platform support.
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Riot is cutting every VCT region from 10 partners to eight for 2027-28, leaving out Cloud9, KIWOOM DRX, ENVY and FlyQuest. Partners keep team skins in a league where digital goods made up $86 million of the $105 million-plus Riot paid teams in 2025.
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Riot is cutting every VCT region from 10 partners to eight for 2027-28, leaving out Cloud9, KIWOOM DRX, ENVY and FlyQuest. Partners keep team skins in a league where digital goods made up $86 million of the $105 million-plus Riot paid teams in 2025.
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The Esports Advocate retweeted
I've started a monthly esports government policy recap on @TEAdvocated!
This first edition looks at how @EWC_EN
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FIFA and the Saudi Esports Federation have postponed the FIFAe Finals 2026 in Jeddah a day before the first match, with no new date. FIFA cited "logistical arrangements." Japan and Brazil had already withdrawn over security.
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France had some of the EU's only dedicated esports rules on the books when the EWC moved from Riyadh to Paris at short notice.
@TheUrbanShep on what's next for French policy and why four organizers now want to own the national-team tournament.
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ALT Esports World Cup (EWC) Trophy presentation in Paris, France.
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Forkast, the esports prediction market built by Community Gaming, is shutting down on Nov. 9. Lifetime volume: $100M+. Kalshi users traded $344M on esports in a single 30-day period. Worlds winner markets will be refunded before the Nov. 14 final.
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Evo France is leaving Nice for Paris in 2027 under NEO, a promoter that began operating in March. The stated reason is capacity: NEO says it has maxed out Nice's Palais des Expositions.
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ALT Crowd packed in front of the main stage at Evo France 2025 in the Palais des Expositions in Nice, with large screens and stage lights under the hall's arched roof.
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Team Vitality is pausing its LFL academy team, two days after Ici Japon Corp said it will shut down. Both point to the same gap: Webedia is reportedly leaving France's League of Legends league, and no 2027 operator has been named.
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Ghost Gaming will sell sponsorships around a new Kennesaw State Call of Duty program as its commercial partner from 2026-27. Terms undisclosed. Ghost's $1M+ a year Georgia pledge covers far more than this one deal.
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Brazil's betting ban outlaws betting sponsorship. Keyd Stars and LOUD have already left CS2, and BetBoom holds or sponsors most of Brazil's top-tier Counter-Strike broadcasts. Congress and the Oct. 25 runoff decide whether the ban lasts.
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Thibaut Courtois has invested in Astralis owner Fusion Esports Group. Danish filings show Fusion raised about $484,000 at nearly 4x its earlier price days before the deal, weeks after Astralis's auditor flagged going-concern doubts. Terms undisclosed.
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GameSquare told investors in April it expected to recover only about $500K of the $9.5M note behind Jason Lake's Complexity buyback - five months before Lake announced the shutdown. The settlement it expected hasn't appeared in any filing since.
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Serta is now the official smart sleep partner of the King Pro League's 10th anniversary. The deal puts a mattress brand on the sponsor roster of China's biggest Honor of Kings competition.
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PlayVS has restored competition fees to schools at $595 a year for high schools and $495 for middle schools, ending the free model it adopted in 2023. The company says it is "reorganized, fully financed." Terms undisclosed, and CEO Jon Chapman has left.
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GameSquare is issuing about 30% of itself, plus up to $50M in cash, for the assets of a UK company incorporated 10 weeks ago that the agreement says has no operations, employees, or contracts.
None of the four assets is an esports property.
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Super League will hand Metaplanet 95.7% of the company in a $134.6M Bitcoin deal. The 19.99% stake Misfits Gaming took for its ad business in May drops to about 1%. Both shareholders had their ownership caps lifted days before the announcement.
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OverActive Media closed down 35% at a 52-week low after repeating its going-concern warning for a second straight quarter. Q2 revenue fell 40%. The C$2.45M keeping it running came from its chairman, a director and shareholders, at 12%.
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The University of North Florida has taken its esports club varsity and put the program under the university's IT department rather than athletics. The $3 million city-funded arena starts its first full competitive season this fall.
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IESF says it has settled every outstanding obligation and is debt-free. It did not say how much, to whom, or where the money came from. Its own events database lists no IESF competition anywhere in 2026. The next championship is Astana in 2027.
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Friendly Fire raised a $4.7 million Series A from AYMO Ventures. Its promised pipeline fell from 200-plus locations to 178, and its open count has sat at 22 since January - after the CEO forecast several openings a month for H2 2026.
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