ESL and DreamHack parent Modern Times Group (MTG) reported its financial results for the first quarter of 2021, recording net sales of kr1.01B SEK ($120M USD), up 9.4% compared to kr924M ($110M) in the same quarter last year. The majority of the net sales were generated by the group’s gaming vertical, which recorded kr767M ($91.1M) in net...
NFL pro and gaming ambassador Juju Smith-Schuster, along with his mother Sammy Schuster, have signed a strategic partnership agreement with women-focused gaming organization Queens Gaming Collective. The pair have also become new investors in the company. As part of the new partnership, the two will...
Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment-owned NetheRealm Studios and Bandai Namco Esports issued statements Friday saying that they will no longer work with esports tournament organizer WePlay Esports. WePlay announced and world boxing cruiserweight champion Oleksandr Usyk announced the Ultimate Fighting League, and last month it hosted...
Attorney Justin M. Jacobson has spent the last decade negotiating contracts for people in the entertainment and sports industry, and now working with Ford Models’ Esports & Gaming Talent division as its manager, knowing the newest trends is important to properly represent his clients’ rights....
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. In this week’s...
ESTNN provides tips to complete an Epic weapon rarity challenge in Fortnite Battle Royale. A new quest has emerged in Fortnite Chapter 2 - Season 6, which tasks players with marking different weapon rarities. This concept might confuse those who are not aware of the various...
Investment company Guinevere Capital has partnered with peripherals firm Logitech G, telecommunications company Spark, and Eden Park to launch an esports facility in New Zealand. The Spark Esports Hub is located within Eden Park, New Zealand’s largest stadium, and features training rooms, a 5G mobile gaming area,...
Publisher Ubisoft has announced that its upcoming Rainbow Six Siege esports event, the Six Invitational, will still take place in Paris after gaining authorisation from the French government and local authorities. The offline event, which commences on May 11th, will take place with no audience on-site...
Tournament organizer BLAST Premier announced Friday three partners for its BLAST Rising Counter-Strike: Global Offensive tournament, taking place May 3 – 23. BLAST has named cryptocurrency exchange platform Coinbase, CS:GO skin trading platform CS.MONEY, and Nubia Technologies-owned mobile phone brand Red Magic as partners. Financial...
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