What do you think is the country with the biggest world-wide esports revenue? The US? Japan? Korea? No, not quite. China, with a staggering $37.9 billion of esports revenue in 2018 alone. This money was spent across the 619.5 million players in the country – not only is that more than half of the country’s population, there are only two places in the world (India and, of course, China itself) whose population is higher than that.

Credit card services company Discover has signed it’s first esports sponsorship with Penny Arcade Expo (PAX) East.

Although the sponsorship is limited to just the weekend activities, but it marks the third major US credit card brand to enter gaming, following Mastercard’s long-term deal with Riot Games and Visa’s 2017 deal with SK Gaming.

It’s been a long, hard slog for Gearbox and Borderlands fans who’ve been eagerly awaiting the next Borderlands game for literally years.

The company behind one of the most beloved franchises of all time has been teasing the release of a new game heavily hinted to be Borderlands 3. Like, really heavily hinted.

Gearbox clearly loved stringing us all along, and continued to do so until the last few minutes of its time on the PAX main stage.

Well, the waiting paid off because Borderlands 3 is officially official, and we couldn’t be more excited!

We are living in the times where Esports was never more outspread, and it’s only getting bigger. The Esports economy was the primary subject at the Game Developers Conference. They discussed the opportunities and the overall worth of the industry at the San Francisco gathering.

Today, almost all of the Esports economy is focused primarily on the United States and Asian territories. According to several sources, Esports is set to hit $1 billion in revenue this year for the first time. The majority of this money comes from sponsorship, advertising, and media rights.

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