gaming

• NRG Esports Unveils New ‘Full Squad’ Content Brand Targeting Casual Gamers
• Talent Firm Loaded Signs 16-Year-Old Fortnite Pro BenjyFishy

  Gaming talent management company Loaded has named its latest client: pro Fortnite streamer Benjy Fish, who, at 16, is one of the industry’s youngest stars. 

  
• BBTV Signs 5 International Gamers Who Count 23 Million Collective Subscribers

  Multli-platform digital network BBTV has added 23 million YouTube subscribers and 217 million and monthly viewers with its latest fleet of creator signings, it says -- all of whom hail from the international gaming community. BBTV, which went public on the Toronto Stock Exchange in October, has signed L'étoile Noire, Acenix, Games EduUu, Mustafa GAME OVER, and VinhMC.

  
• This Streamer Took The Sims’ Lack Of Diversity Into Her Own Hands — And Then Became An Advisor To EA

  Amira Virgil, a Twitch partner, was an avid streamer of The Sims -- but she became disgruntled when she couldn’t create characters that reflected her reality.

  
• SypherPK Signs Exclusive Streaming Deal At Twitch, Establishes Talent Incubator For Up-And-Comers
• UTA Taps Activision’s Eugene Wu To Work On Esports Brand Partnerships
• Twitch Unveils ‘Versus,’ Which Lets Anyone Create, Manage, And Livestream Their Own Esports Competition
• CAA Signs Prominent Gamers Alpharad And The Completionist (Exclusive)
• Rapper Logic Signs Seven-Figure Streaming Deal With Twitch
• FaZe Clan Takes Ownership Stake In Meal Replacement Shake Startup ‘CTRL’
• Wengie To Host ‘FutureCon’, A Virtual YouTube Convention Combining Anime, Cosplay, Music, And Gaming
• Gaming Videos Keep Leveling Up Views Through March Into April