Insights
Short, strategic reads on esports and notes from our work on the ground. Trends looks at where the market is heading; from the field shares what we see and do internationally. New articles are added as the market evolves.
Trends
Monthly reports on the esports market: a concise synthesis of the past month's activity, opening onto deeper analysis.
EsportsTrend — June 2026
The first half of 2026 closes on a fault line. June splits the industry clean in two, pulling it in opposite directions…
EsportsTrend — April 2026
The first four months of 2026 opened on essential questions about the world esports scene: if February was the month capital pooled…
Focus
Deep dives into the forces shaping esports: sponsorship, publishers, competitive formats and emerging regions.
Six Invitational in Paris: winning no longer pulls the crowd
Start with the one metric everybody grabs first. In esports it is nearly always the same figure, propped up as a baseline…
Mobile dominates, but the West is still shut out
Two worlds, April 2026, shoved up against each other. One is the recent past. The other is whatever comes next. Catching them…
IEM Cologne: Counter-Strike breaks every record on the board
Counter-Strike is back, and properly so. 2026 opened with it planted in the middle of the conversation again, and the comeback arrived…
From the field
Stories from our international missions, our relations with national federations and the Esports Academy Network.
