Financial troubles at Team Liquid, Saudi Arabia acquires Moonton — news digest for March 21

22.03.2026
Сергій Таран

We have prepared a digest of the main news for Players readers for March 21, 2026.

ByteDance agrees to sell Moonton studio to Savvy Games for $6 billion

  • Chinese tech company ByteDance has agreed to sell its gaming division Moonton Games to Savvy Games Group, an investment company owned by the government of Saudi Arabia. The deal is estimated to be worth more than $6 billion, according to Bloomberg.

Team Liquid faces second wave of layoffs in seven months

  • Esports organization Team Liquid has carried out another round of layoffs among its employees. According to posts on X and LinkedIn, at least five staff members have been confirmed to have lost their jobs.

OBLOGA project receives official broadcasting rights for BLAST EML tournament in the Ukrainian R6: Siege region

  • Ukrainian media project “OBLOGA” has obtained the rights for official coverage of EML in the Ukrainian region. The team announced this on their Telegram channel.
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