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. On this week’s...
Rammus is one of League of Legends’ oldest characters, and one of the least used. Dating back to the game’s beta, Rammus has been around for so long he even has one of the rarest skins in the game. While Rammus is always reminding us that...
The popular Dota 2 coach returns to the scene after a six-month respite. Elephant Esports Club had been expecting Bai “rotK” Fan to coach its team since October 2020, but rotK said he needed time off to think things through. His decision to take a break from...
Leetify commits itself in providing CS:GO players a way to build a solid team. Leetify, a software platform which analyses player performance has launched an AI team finder for CS:GO. According to the company, their recent addition will help players struggling to find suitable team members...
Nigma moves its headquarters to Yas Island for the next five years. In hopes that Nigma’s presence will both inspire the next generation of players in Abu Dhabi and boost video game and esports business interests in the region, AD Gaming has provided a home for...
Huya-owned streaming platform Nimo TV announced that it has secured the rights from Riot Games to stream content and matches from official League of Legends (LoL), Teamfight Tactics (TFT), Valorant, and Wild Rift tournaments in Brazil throughout 2021, including the Brazilian LoL Championship (CBLOL) and...
DreamHack is back in the competitive Fortnite scene after a three-month hiatus. ESTNN breaks down the Cash Cup Extra tournament. The Sweden-based production company known as DreamHack holds a healthy relationship with the competitive Fortnite community. They produced last year's Online Open tournament series, where players...
Riot Games have stated their intentions to push "big game-shifting patches" after the conclusion of major esports tournaments in 2021. Valorant has been out for nine months now and players have witnessed many new maps, agents, balance changes and more being added to the game. It...
We spoke to one of FaZe Clans founder about everything FaZe and esports Recently ESTNN had the opportunity to sit down with one of the three Founders of FaZe Clan, Eric “FaZe ClipZ” Rivera. We discussed FaZe’s origins, NFTs, esports and the future of FaZe Clan. The...
During the month of March 2021, The Esports Observer tracked 23 investments raised by esports-relevant companies. Disclosed investments amounted to $233M USD, bringing the total sum of disclosed investments in 2021 to $1.9B. In addition to several significant investments, including Overwolf’s $50M+ and Envy Gaming’s 40M Series C financing rounds, several private placement deals by Toronto...