This week, Matt and Thomas discuss Valorant’s continued struggle for viewership and check in on League of Legends as the game starts losing its dominant status. The Olympics dip their toes in esports with some truly bizarre choices, more esports production houses close, and Chinese company Neo TV might be lying on their resume.
Show Notes:
Olympic Esports: Olympics.com/esports
“Sources: Yes ‘Counter-Strike 2’ Is Real And It's Round The Corner”: https://richardlewis.substack.com/p/sources-yes-counter-strike-2-is-real
“Beyond the Summit Shutting Down”: https://esportsadvocate.net/2023/02/beyond-the-summit-closing/
“ESL FACEIT Group acquires Vindex to support esports event ops”: https://venturebeat.com/games/esl-faceit-group-acquires-vindex-to-support-esports-event-ops/
“NeoTV Planning $55M IPO in the United States”: https://esportsadvocate.net/2023/02/neotv-55m-ipo-nasdaq/
Timestamps:
0:56 Intro
6:11 Valorant’s co-streaming boom
11:20 Valorant across the pond
17:22 League of Legends health check
18:28 Gamepass & League’s onboarding issue
29:33 The Olympic Esports Series
36:32 Is It Esports?
44:33 Counter-Strike 2: 8 years in the making
55:31 Minecraft Steve gets banned
58:15 Beyond the Summit & Esports Engine
1:08:10 Neo TV’s IPO makes strange claims
