Australian payment processor SQID Technologies Limited has acquired $2.15m AUD (~£1.2m) worth of shares in esports organisation The Chiefs Esports Club, operated by ICON Esports. The capital raised will be used to expand ICON Esports’ commercial and business activities in 2021, which includes The Chiefs Esports Club. Credit:...
Minnesota Røkkr’s parent company WISE Ventures Esports has rebranded to Version1, with the firm also announcing the signing of a VALORANT roster. The rebrand comes as the organisation looks to execute plans for continued growth and to diversify its content offerings. Credit: Version1 RELATED: WISE Ventures Esports launches Version1 brand, enters Rocket...
New York-based esports organisation Andbox has entered into a partnership with audio peripherals manufacturer ASTRO Gaming. The multi-year deal will see the manufacturer become the official audio partner of Andbox’s Call of Duty League (CDL) franchise New York Subliners, Overwatch League (OWL) franchise New York Excelsior and the organisation’s VALORANT roster. Credit: Andbox RELATED:...
Dan "apEX" Madesclaire, Team Vitality's in-game leader said he will be temporarily stepping down from the active roster amid BLAST Premier Spring; which kicked off on Feb 4. The French teams coach, Rémy "XTQZZZ" Quoniam, took to his Twitter to confirm that apEX has decided to...
North American esports organisation XSET has named gaming peripherals brand HyperX as its official peripheral and memory partner. The new partnership will see HyperX exclusively outfit XSET’s esports roster and content creators with a range of products, such as headsets, keyboards and mice, microphones and memory. Photo credit: HyperX/ XSET RELATED: BMX athlete...
Korean esports company THE MATCH LAB has developed and launched a new League Of Legends training website titled CHECKT. The website, which has officially entered beta this month, is available in Korean and English. RELATED: VALORANT Challengers NA names Aim Lab as FPS training partner According to the release, MATCH LAB’s...
A former employee of Riot Games has named the company and its CEO Nicolo Laurent in a new lawsuit alleging that he engaged in sexual harassment and gender discrimination which led to her termination. The 18-page lawsuit filed by former executive assistant Sharon O’Donnell in...
With IEM Katowice 2021 just around the corner, we take a look at this year's stacked CS:GO bracket slated to go toe-to-toe for the $1,000,000 prize pool. The online period of CSGO has shown us how teams compete against each other, but there will be more...
A former employee of Riot Games has filed sexual harassment claims at the door of CEO Nicolo Laurent. The news, which was first picked up on by VICE, shows that former employee Sharon O'Donnell has filed a sexual harassment lawsuit against Nicolo Laurent. Sharon is alleging...
Electronic Arts, the North American interactive entertainment company, says it has acquired Glu Mobile Inc., a global developer and publisher of mobile games, for $2.1B USD in enterprise value. The provisions of this acquisition will see Glu stockholders (NASDAQ: GLUU) receive $12.50 in cash per...