Bobby Kotick will remain the CEO of Activision Blizzard until at least March 31, 2023 per a new employment agreement, according to a recent SEC filing. However, the new agreement comes with a voluntary salary reduction of 50%. Additionally, Kotick’s target annual bonus has been...
Blazt returns to the CDL, this time as a Warzone player. Streaming and content creation have been a great avenue for former professional Call of Duty players. Wuskin, Karma and Blazt have all taken this approach, and it seems to be paying off. Blazt has specifically...
Philippines–headquartered esports and gaming talent agency Tier One Entertainment announced that it has secured a Pre-Series A financing round led by venture capital firm Gobi Partners through its Gobi-Core Philippine Fund, a joint-venture fund with Core Capital. In addition, entertainment and record label Warner Music Group joined...
Virtus.pro has announced through Twitter that its Fortnite roster has been disbanded. Dmitriy “Hurmaxx” Geynts, Kirill “kiryacheFN” Griyshin, Jamal “jvmsidxx” Saydaev and Dmitry “Siberiajkee” Voronin have been holding up Virtus.pro’s Fortnite battles since April 2020, when kiryacheFN joined the esports organization to complete the lineup. Virtus.pro...
Chinese live streaming platform Huya announced Wednesday that the company has signed a sponsorship deal with Wuhan-based League of Legends Pro League (LPL) team Rare Atom (RA). Huya’s logo will be placed at the right shoulder of RA’s team jerseys. Financial terms of the deal...
PUBG and PUBG Mobile publisher Krafton, Inc. has donated Rs 1.5 Crores (roughly $202.4K USD) to the PM CARES Fund via its Indian subsidiary to help combat the COVID-19 pandemic in the country. Changhan Kim, CEO of the South Korea-based game developer and publisher, wrote...
Editor’s note: The following opinion piece from Dr. Tobias M. Scholz was written prior to the announcement that the ECI would halt its esports certificate plans based on negative feedback from the community. The night of April 27, was restless for me due to the...
The Warzone competition continues with the return of TeeP’s Trails Since the release of Season 3, there seems to be a new Warzone tournament every single day, but we’re not complaining! Tonight, TeeP’s Trials returns, the 2v2 Warzone tournament hosted by COD legend Tyler “TeePee” Polchow....
Digital marketplace platform Kinguin has re-entered the Counter-Strike: Global Offensive scene through a new sponsorship deal with Polish esports organization Anonymo. The Kinguin logo will be displayed on Anonymo jerseys. The deal will also provide the team with access to the Kinguin Esports Performance Center...
PSV Esports, the competitive gaming division of Dutch football club PSV, has announced a partnership with electronics manufacturer Philips Monitors to support its FIFA esports and League of Legends roster. According to a translation of the Dutch press release, Phillips Monitors will supply PSV’s esports athletes...