North American esports organisation TSM has signed a 10-year naming rights deal, valued at $210m, (~£148m) with FTX Trading Limited and West Realm Shires Services Inc, the owners of cryptocurrency exchanges FTX and FTX.US. The partnership will see TSM be renamed TSM FTX. The deal applies...
Epic Games provides an update for competitive players ahead of Fortnite Chapter 2 - Season 7. Fortnite's newest season is almost here, and that means another competitive season for players to experience. In the wake of perhaps the best Fortnite Champion Series (FNCS) event to date,...
Epic Games announced Friday that the first Fortnite Champion Series Chapter 2 Season 7 qualifiers will begin on July 29 in the Middle East and July 30 in all other regions. A total prize pool of $3M USD will be up for grabs during Season...
Valve is changing Counterstrike’s key features to combat its ever-existing problems. Valve has announced a new patch that will make some major adjustments to CS:GO. These come in the form of new unranked matches as well as significant changes to non-Prime accounts. Today we're making adjustments to...
Esports organization TSM has secured a 10-year, $210M USD naming rights deal with cryptocurrency exchange FTX according to a report by the New York Times. The deal will cover all competitive TSM rosters, renaming them to TSM FTX. According to the report, the money from...
This piece, detailing legal considerations for companies wishing to release esports NFTs, was written by James Gatto, partner in the Intellectual Property Practice Group in the Washington, D.C. office of law firm Sheppard Mullin. He is Leader of the Blockchain & Fintech Team, Social Media...
ESL Gaming has announced a strategic partnership with digital and social media football content firm 433. According to the release, the partnership will focus on ‘increasing the global visibility’ of the bevestor Virtual Bundesliga (VBL), a FIFA esports competition. Image credit: ESL / 433 RELATED: ESL and...
Team Secret failed to qualify in the top two spots of the Wild Card Stage, causing disappointment for fans. The Wild Card stage is a wrap at the WePlay AniMajor, and perhaps one of the most unexpected results to come out of it is Team Secret's...
This piece first appeared in Edition 8 of The Esports Journal RELATED: Making esports data beautiful — GRID The lifestyle of a typical gamer usually isn’t great. Or, at the very least, gaming itself can lead to unhealthy habits; the activity calls for it. Sitting behind a...
How the draft impacted the series with a score of 1:1. Team Secret’s captain Clement “Puppey” Ivanov and Team Nigma’s captain Kuro “KuroKy” Salehi Takhasomi have been rivals and teammates since the very first TI. Plus, they're the only two players in the world to participate...