T1 Entertainment & Sports has signed a partnership deal with Matrix Keyboards making the brand its official keyboard partner. The deal covers all T1 competitive teams and Matrix will also be the official keyboard of T1’s famed League of Legends pro Lee “Faker” Sang-hyeok, widely...
Wichita, Kansas-based esports tournament operator and events company Unified announced Thursday that it has partnered with gaming and esports digital media licensing platform ESPAT AI. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Under the terms of this new partnership, ESPAT AI will distribute esports...
Chelsea Football Club and England midfielder Mason Mount has been appointed as an official brand ambassador of 38 Entertainment Group-owned organisation Combat Gaming. In his new role, Mount will host Combat Gaming’s new gaming show series, which is set to air on Sky UK broadband during...
Esports venture capital company BITKRAFT Ventures has expanded its investment team with the appointment of four new individuals. Houston Rockets’s former VP of Esports, Sebastian Park, VENN’s Head Of Strategy, Carlos Pereira, Delphi Digital Founding Partner Piers Kicks, and High Tea Co-founder Faye Maidment have all...
Earlier this week North American esports and gaming lifestyle company FaZe Clan revealed a collaboration with DC Comics to promote the Batman/Fortnite: Zero Point six-issue limited comic book series from Epic Games and DC. The series which launched on Tuesday was co-written by Epic CCO...
Here's how you can win medals and flaunt them to others. If you've ever played any games in the Call of Duty franchise, you're probably familiar with Medals. Received after completing a particular task, medals can be displayed on your profile to flaunt your skills. Or...
Gaming, esports, and interactive media-focused venture capital firm BITKRAFT Ventures announced the recent hiring of Carlos Pereira as principal, Piers Kicks and Faye Maidment as associates, and Sebastian Park as venture partner. BITKRAFT Ventures, which currently operates five venture funds with a total of over $500M USD in assets under management, has...
Swedish esports platform Challengermode has announced a partnership with web browser Opera GX. The partnership will see both parties create a ‘grassroots esports fund’, which aims to accelerate the growth of small emerging esports organisers in the UK, US, and Germany. Credit: Challengermode RELATED: Challengermode announces North American...
Min-seong "diem" Bae, hitscan DPS player for Shanghai Dragons, retires from competitive Overwatch for “personal reasons.” Few Overwatch League DPS players are as popular as Min-seong "diem" Bae. The hitscan DPS player was a key element of Shanghai Dragons ever since he joined the team, back...
This piece first appeared in The Esports Journal Edition 8 To a data company, ‘esports’ is about as useful a category as ‘European’ or ‘African’ is a nationality. Esports titles share some likenesses — they are all digital, chiefly — but they differ enormously, especially from...