Alban Dechelotte has announced his departure from Riot Games for a new “venture in esports,” according to a Twitlonger he posted on Wednesday. Dechelotte oversaw the company’s European esports partnership efforts for the last three years, and was instrumental in making the LEC a leader...
In this opinion piece, CSL Esports Marketing and Social Media Manager Haleigh Durkin talks about the ongoing challenges of making esports more welcoming and safe for women and girls and what we can do about it as an industry. Have you grown into someone your...
Eight teams will compete for a $100K prize pool in the inaugural Mobile Legends: Bang Bang Professional League in Singapore. The league will be jointly presented by PVP Esports, the esports operation of telecom Singtel, and developer MOONTON Games, with Singtel as a presenting partner. ...
Sports betting company Parimatch has extended its partnership with Russian esports organisation Virtus.pro. The renewed deal will see the company support the organisation’s Dota 2 and CS:GO rosters, with Parimatch’s logo remaining on the player’s jerseys. Credit: Parimatch RELATED: Team Spirit and Parimatch announce one-year extension The extension marks three...
San Francisco-based tech startup Lowkey announced that it has raised a $7M USD Series A financing round from Silicon Valley-based venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz, Figma co-founder and CEO Dylan Field, Loom co-founder and CEO Joe Thomas, Plaid co-founders Zach Perret and William Hockey, and...
AT&T will host its first-ever live streamed esports event beginning on April 2. The AT&T Annihilator Cup will pit top Twitch streamers against one another for a $100K USD prize. The event will span five games and five weeks with the top competitor each week...
The competition is heating up at the Major, with Round 1 of the Playoffs is in the bag. Our first day of Playoffs at the Singapore Major gave us plenty of treats as we watched the best of the best duke it out in round 1...
Hong Kong-based organisation Talon Esports has unveiled the Hong Kong leg of League of Legends: Wild Rift’s SEA Icon Series tournament to ‘celebrate’ the release of the game in the region. The organisation has also announced Mox Bank as the tournament’s title sponsor. Moreover, Telecommunications company CSL Mobile and...
Ontario-based AI hiring platform tilr Corporation has formed a partnership with gamer-focused wellness brand Skinz.gg to launch a job portal for the video game industry. The portal is hosted on Skinz.gg’s website and uses tilr’s ‘skill matching and skill mapping’ algorithm to connect companies with job...
After a four-month break since ESI Digital Winter, day one of ESI Digital Spring saw the return of many friendly faces both on the virtual stage and in the audience. The event kicked off with everything China. We then saw the return of ESI Brand Showcases,...