Oceanic tournament organiser and broadcasting company LetsPlay.Live has announced a year-long partnership with electronics firm LG New Zealand. The agreement, which according to the release officially began in May, sees LG secure LPL Pro CS:GO naming rights for the current season. Image credit: LetsPlay.Live RELATED: LetsPlay.Live secures MKTG...
Madison Square Garden Sports Corp. has appointed Greg Kim to the position of Head of CLG effective immediately. Kim will oversee all business operations for the esports organization, working alongside MSG Sports VP of Business Operations Daniel Fleeter and CLG Founder George “HotshotGG” Georgallidis. Kim...
After sponsoring the World Electronic Sports Games (WESG) tournament in Latin America, American electric equipment company APC, owned by the French group Schneider Electric, announced its sponsorship of the female Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, and male Free Fire and Rainbow Six Siege teams of W7M Gaming,...
South Korean video game developer and publisher Krafton has launched Battlegrounds Mobile India, a reinvention of the company’s free-to-play battle royale game, PUBG Mobile. PUBG Mobile was banned by the Indian government along with dozens of other Chinese-made or published apps for iOS and Android...
Tournament organizer ESL Gaming announced a partnership Monday with global cryptocurrency platform Coinbase. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Under the terms of the deal, Coinbase will become the “official crypto exchange partner” for select ESL events in 2021 and 2022, beginning with...
The esports and music pulse has been throbbing for years. As such, entertainment companies like Warner Music Group have probed across the globe searching for new ways to activate its portfolios in new markets. Warner Music Central Europe was the first to take the plunge...
Esports tournament organiser ESL Gaming has entered into a partnership with cryptocurrency platform Coinbase. The deal will see the platform become the official crypto exchange partner for ‘key ESL events’ for the remainder of 2021 and 2022. Credit: ESL/Coinbase RELATED: ESL Gaming adds Monster Energy as global partner The collaboration will...
The Esports Integrity Commission (ESIC) has announced that three players have received 12 month bans following an incident that took place during the ESL Mobile Open Legends of Runeterra (Ladder 2) tournament. The incident was first brought to light when ESIC received a report by ESL...
London-based esports organisation Fnatic has announced a set of safeguarding policies designed for the pro gaming industry. According to the release, Fnatic’s Global Safeguarding Policies look to spearhead ‘the conversation and development of safeguarding in pro gaming to build a safer system that protects current and...
Media holding company and esports tournament organiser WePlay Esports has been announced as the official Russian language broadcaster of the upcoming PGL Major Stockholm 2021. The Counter-Strike: Global Offensive tournament, set to take place between October 23rd – November 7th, will be the first CS:GO...