Official Netherlands FIFA esports league KPN eDivisie has announced its fifth inaugural season, which will kick off November 9th. Beginning next week, matches will take place every Tuesday at the H20 Esports Campus, north of Amsterdam. According to the release, the league will also be broadcast...
Ranging from tournament organisers to esports organisations, October saw a variety of entities within the esport space announce significant investments and acquisitions. As such, Esports Insider has compiled a list of last month’s key investment stories. To read more about a story below, click the link...
Games publisher Activision Blizzard and non-profit organisation Women in Games International (WIGI) have agreed on a partnership that will see WIGI receive a grant of $1m (~£733,250). According to the release, the grant will be used to fund professional development and mentorship programmes, aiding the cause...
Esports data platform GRID Esports has announced a partnership with tournament organiser PGL for the ongoing CS:GO Major in Stockholm, Sweden. As PGL Major Stockholm’s official data partner, GRID will provide data solutions for its live broadcast and commercial partners. The data platform will also put...
Game publisher Riot Games has extended its partnership with esports data firm Bayes Esports until 2024. As a result of the extension, Bayes Esports will continue as the publisher’s exclusive data distribution partner for ‘virtually all’ League of Legends competitions. This includes live in-game data, fixture...
ESTNN recaps the latest DreamHack Cash Cup Extra, following FNCS Season 8. Competitive Fortnite knows no breaks. One day after wrapping up the Fortnite Champion Series (FNCS) Season 8 Finals, teams returned to the Island for another round of Trio Cash Cups. The stakes changed quite...
Worlds 2021 is becoming even more memorable. The World Championship is the biggest time of the year for League of Legends fans around the world. It brings the highest level of competition together for a truly spectacular event. But this year, it's not all just about...
Find out everything you need to know about the upcoming Fortnite Community Cup tournament. Competitive Fortnite players and fans are less than two weeks away from the inaugural Fortnite Champion Series (FNCS) Grand Royale event. Qualified individuals across the game's seven competitive server regions will begin...
Francine Li, formerly of Netflix, has been appointed as the new Vice President of Brand Management and Marketing for game developer Riot Games. Li will be tasked with building a portfolio of brand marketing leaders responsible for multiple game genres and developing integrated marketing campaigns. Riot Games...
‘Demystifying cryptocurrency in esports’ is a new five-part series created in collaboration with Bitcashier, a corporate-focused cryptocurrency trading platform, to unravel the nascent relationship between cryptocurrency and esports. Part 1 sets up the background behind the increasingly fruitful marriage between the two sectors. (ESI Illustration) Image...