With sim racing continuing to pick up speed, Acer has announced its newest grassroots talent-scouting initiative: the Predator Sim Racing Cup 2021. The event, powered by IndyCar driver and F1 legend Romain’s Grosjean R8G eSports, is open until May and seeks to open up competition...
Cough drop brand Halls has partnered with Russian esports company ESforce to sponsor Virtus.pro. The organization will release a promotional video for the partnership on its YouTube channel and integrate Halls branding across its social channels and website. To develop the partnership, ESforce teamed up...
Bookmaker Pinnacle has announced that its esports tournament, the Pinnacle Cup, will expand into Dota 2 for its second edition. The event, in collaboration with tournament organiser Relog Media, will once again have a $100,000 prize pool and is expected to feature Dota 2 teams across...
Each week, ESI Digest breaks down the weekly happenings in the esports industry, making sense of things so you don’t have to. As well as being housed on YouTube, ESI Digest is available on all major podcast platforms and is also available in written form below. On this week’s...
The San Francisco Shock takes 1st place in our Overwatch League 2021 power rankings. The reigning Champions of the Overwatch League are back for a new season! The San Francisco Shock won the trophy twice already and further improved its roster for the upcoming season. San Francisco...
Riot Games has reported viewership for the LEC Spring Split, showing a 12.3% increase for the Finals match between MAD Lions and Rogue. The match peaked at over 866K viewers across all channels, a 7.5% increase from Spring 2020. Over the course of the Spring...
Unsigned Group, a talent agency co-owned by Coldplay’s Guy Berryman, has announced its move into esports by signing Nicolai ‘dev1ce’ Reedtz to its roster of clients. The signing coincides with the CS:GO player’s transfer to Ninjas in Pyjamas, with the contract co-negotiated by Unsigned Group. Photo...
After joining the LEC (then LCS) back in 2018, Christy “Ender” Frierson has decided to move back to Los Angeles to continue his casting career. Ender has been a popular figure in the LEC, and has been a mainstay during the LEC period. His final LEC...
Riot Games has grown its relationship with Logitech and Intel with a new partnership for its 2021 semi-pro competitive Valorant event that will qualify MENA teams for an international competition. Riot Games has received praise for its work in the MENA esports scene especially for...
Online competition platform and tournament organizer FACEIT has hired Giulia Zecchini as its new commercial strategy lead. Zecchini will leverage her background in data analytics to better showcase the potential value of FACEIT’s platform to brand partners. Prior to joining FACEIT, Zecchini served as the...