NRG has re-entered competitive League of Legends by acquiring Vietnamese champions GAM Esports. It’s been a hot minute since NRG was last in League of Legends, but the organization is re-entering in some style. Not content with purchasing any old side, they’ve decided to pounce on...
The New Jersey Economic Development Authority Board has approved entering into a memorandum of understanding with Stockton University to support the creation of an esports Innovation Center at the university’s Atlantic City campus The NJEDA will provide $200K USD in funding while providing staff support...
The New Jersey Economic Development Authority (NJEDA) Board has approved entering into a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Stockton University to support the creation of an esports Innovation Center at the university’s Atlantic City campus Now with a signed MOU, the NJEDA will provide $200K...
Will Gahagan has been promoted to the role of director of global partnerships & integrated marketing for Activision Publishing. Previously Gahagan worked as an associate director of global partner development of Activision Blizzard for years, working on Call of Duty World League, Call of Duty...
MSI 2021 Rumble Stage begins today and it is full of heavyweights! Mid-Season Invitational 2021 is back after a break and the top two teams from each of the groups are back on stage after making it through qualifiers. The Rumble Stages are anticipated to be...
Last week The Esports Observer reported that Riot Games owner Tencent Holdings has been in quiet discussions with the Committee on Foreign Investments (CFIUS) for the last six months in an effort to allay concerns by the U.S. government about how it handles user data....
Steve “Jaws” Jaworski has joined esports tournament platform LeagueSpot as the company’s new chief operating officer. Jaworski joined the company in April. Jaworski spent more than five years at Riot Games in various roles including assistant content editor for North American publishing, North American senior...
North American esports and gaming lifestyle company FaZe Clan announced that it has hired Kai Henry as its new chief strategy officer. Henry, a former music producer and director, and has run several of his own companies aimed at managing musicians, creating lifestyle content for...
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...
FIFA has announced that its esports competition, the FIFAe World Cup, will return to London this year after being cancelled last year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The FIFAe World Cup is the climax of EA SPORTS’ FIFA 21 Global Series. The event will feature 32...