- This week marks one year since the launch of EA Sports' UFC 5, and gamers in that time have played 581.5 million total fights. Conor McGregor remains the top male fighter for play time, followed by Alex Pereira and Max Holloway. Valentina Shevchenko leads female fighters played, followed by Amanda Nunes and Alexa Grasso.
- Undisputed, a boxing game from England-based indie game maker Steel City Interactive that features real fighters, has sold 1 million units, notes GamesIndustry.biz.
- Opera GX is aboard for the Blast Premier World Final in Singapore later this month, getting the designation of official web browser sponsor. This follows a similar deal with Riot Games as League of Legends' official esports global events browser.
- Riot Games renewed a sponsorship deal with China-based gaming peripherals brand Oppo -- a deal that began in September 2019. Oppo will continue to serve as a global sponsor of League of Legends Esports. Meanwhile, Riot will bring next year's League of Legends World Championship back to China.
- EA Sports and Adobe have a deal that'll bring Adobe Express into Team Builder for College Football 25. The partnership will give players the capability to make their teams stand out on the field and on social media with custom logo, helmet, mascot, jersey and home-field designs.
- Workers at 2K's mocap studio in Northern California "called for voluntary recognition by management at Take-Two" to form a union under IATSE, per Game Developer. This studio handles the motion capture for 2K Sports, among other 2K studios.
- The BBC had a piece under the header: "Is Africa the next frontier for esports and pro gaming?"
