Global tournament operator ESL Gaming has announced the hiring of 20-year human resources veteran Roberta Hernandez as its new senior vice president, people and culture. Hernandez will join the company’s executive team, and she will develop strategies for recruiting and retaining high quality talent for...
The Warzone action continues, with the Royal Ravens hosting a $25K tournament tonight. Warzone tournaments have been happening almost every single day since the release of Season 3. And just as one finishes, another starts. Last night we saw the conclusion of Nadeshot’s $100K Invitational, and...
This piece first appeared in Edition 8 of The Esports Journal On 11th April 2021, MAD Lions faced off against Rogue for the fifth game of a best-of-five League of Legends series. The stage was the LEC Spring Finals. Both squads beat G2 Esports — by...
Riot and Spotify have been partnered together since last August. This year they're bringing a brand new podcast for everything League of Legends Esports. A majority of the esports world is based on Twitch, but over the years the audio audience has grown. On top of...
ESTNN recaps the return of the DreamHack Online Open featuring Fortnite. All is right in the world when DreamHack is back in competitive Fortnite Battle Royale. The Online Open was due to return last month, but an unfortunate in-game bug delayed the competition. DreamHack moved the tournament...
North American gaming community the*gameHERs has launched its first women’s collegiate division with support from Lenovo Esports, Stay Plugged In (SPIN), eFuse, Evil Geniuses’ Geniuses League, and others. According to a release, the*gameHERs Collegiate Division will provide a ‘safe, inclusive online community for women, non-binary and...
On May 18, a South Korean politician put forward a bill that would stop esports tournament organizers and stakeholders from unilaterally terminating tournaments without first informing participants and other principles involved in the event. The bill, “The Heroes of the Storm Law,” was put forward...
On top of gambling and alcohol, there are two other sponsorship categories that Activision Blizzard Esports teams are now out hunting: Cryptocurrency and armed forces, sources tell SBJ Esports. The Esports Observer reported last week that sports wagering and liquor/beer categories were now open to...
ESTNN breaks down the European FNCS Semi-Finals. The Fortnite Champion Series (FNCS) Season 6 Semi-Finals is only three days away and the stakes could not be higher. Epic Games provided a $3M USD prize pool this season, which the developers spread out across Fortnite’s seven server...
Activision Blizzard Esports has just announced the 2021 World Series of Warzone which features four events with a prize pool of $300K USD each, the largest prize pool to date for any Warzone tournament. Fans will witness a series of four semi-invitational Call of Duty:...