should U.S. technology company Qualcomm announced Monday its chip brand Snapdragon has signed a sponsorship deal with Chinese esports organization JingDong Gaming (JDG) to become the title sponsor of the organization’s Peacekeeper Elite team, JDE. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. JDE will...
During April 2021, The Esports Observer tracked 13 investments raised by esports-relevant companies. Disclosed investments amounted to 1.1B$ USD, bringing the total sum of disclosed investments in 2021 to $3B. Financial terms were not disclosed for all deals highlighted in this article. NHL Franchise Montreal Canadiens Joins OverActive Media’s Ownership Group Toronto-based...
NBK is set to play in the Flashpoint 3 main event with DBL PONEY. The French player Nathan “NBK” Schmitt will be joining DBL PONEY in the upcoming Flashpoint 3 tournament. Flashpoint organizers, Valve and OG confirmed approved NBK to play with the squad in the Valve-sanctioned...
The site has reopened just months after a shutdown request from Activision Skill Based Matchmaking has been a hot topic in the Warzone community since its release, and many helpful tools have led us to believe it is in the game. SBMM Warzone was an extremely...
More exciting details regarding potential Fortnite crossovers have surfaced. Fortnite Battle Royale leakers across the industry have revealed some surprising potential crossovers today. One of the said leaks from earlier in the day centered around celebrities The Rock, Lady Gaga, Ariana Grande and Lebron James. The...
Rogue co-founder and CEO Frank Villarreal announced Monday that he would be leaving the organization he helped build to move on to new things, but would remain a shareholder in the ReKTGlobal-owned esports organization. The following is a farewell letter penned by Villarreal to his...
Krafton and Tencent Games announced that the United Kingdom will have its first PUBG Mobile National Championship (PMNC) in the region, featuring a £22K GBP ($30K USD) total prize money and 16 UK teams competing June 4 – Aug. 8. In addition, the competition will...
League of Legends’ Lore fans Rejoice! The long-awaited animated Television series "Arcane" from the universe of Runeterra is coming this fall on Netflix. Today, fans got a glimpse at the streets of Piltover and Zaun. Riot Games initially announced the Arcane webseries at their 10th-anniversary event. During...
We sat down with the World Champs for a chat about this season, their SnD improvement and returning to LAN. Recently, ESTNN had the chance to sit down with Anthony “Shotzzy” Cuevas-Castro and Indervir “iLLeY” Dhaliwal ahead of their Home Series event. We discussed the season...
Garena said on Monday that Team Riot and Team TG, representatives of Bangladesh and Pakistan regions, respectively, are out of the Free Fire World Series (FFWS) happening in Singapore on May 22–29. The reason the teams have been ousted from the event are restrictions imposed...