ESL Gaming announced Tuesday that it will continue its partnership with Chinese live streaming platform DouYu. Financial terms of this renewed partnership were not disclosed. Under the extended and expanded terms of the deal, DouYu will be granted exclusive rights to broadcast ESL Pro Tour...
Finnish CS:GO tournament organizer Elisa Esports has teamed up with Belgrade-based production company Relog Media, and Chinese tournament organizer Funspark to co-create a joint international CS:GO tournament series called “Elisa Champion of Champions Tour,” featuring a $2.7M total prize pool across the circuit. The tournament...
The Mid-Seasonal Invitational is just around the corner with Royal Never Give Up, Pentanet.GG and the Unicorns of Love all in action in Group A. ESTNN is back with its second of three 2021 MSI role-by-role power rankings. Due to the removal of the VCS from...
Rocket League maintains a solid position for its esports content while Brazilian streamers continue to make their presence known on Twitch. Twitch’s Top Channel – xQc Félix “xQc” Lengyel maintains his dominance on Twitch. The rapid departure of Ludwig Ahgren from the Top 10 following...
Gaming veterans Sebastian Park and Ryan Friedman have founded a new esports certification exam company to try to make the industry’s hiring practices more merit-based. The Esports Certification Institute is launching today, with people being able to immediately sign up for the exam and certification...
Fortnite players can now try out a new Arena FFA playlist in-game. Fortnite’s Competitive Twitter account teased new developments in the game’s Arena Mode yesterday. While it was rather vague in nature, the scene began theorizing the possibilities. Could Epic be working on long-winded improvements requested by...
Valorant’s latest patch, 2.08, is ushering in Act 3 with a new Battlepass, a new tropical map, and a few minor bug fixes. Act Three is finally here, and with it, players are taking a trip to a tropical destination to kick off summer. Breeze is...
Red Bull Racing Esports Team announced that it has partnered with HyperX, which will become the team’s official peripherals partner. As part of the partnership, HyperX will supply the Red Bull Racing Esports Team with its gaming mice, keyboards and the HyperX Cloud Gaming Headsets. HyperX...
Former Dignitas Chief of Staff Ryan Friedman and Houston Rockets’ ex-VP of Esports Sebastian Park have banded together to launch the Esports Certification Institute (ECI). According to the release, ECI will create and administer a merit-based examination and certification programme for the esports industry. The initiative is...
Community esports platform Mission Control has announced the first U.S. Parks and Recreation Esports Championship – a month-long competition bringing together Parks and Recreation programs from across the country. HyperX will serve as the presenting partner for the competition. Towns will host qualifying events beginning...