Pakistan’s Federal Minister for Science and Technology, Fawad Hussain, revealed this week that a memorandum has been signed between the Pakistan Sports Board and the Pakistan Science Foundation that will see esports receive a “regular sports” status. He also encouraged those with an interest in...
London-based esports organization EXCEL Esports has partnered with Spanish confectionery company Perfetti van Melle’s Chupa Chups brand. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Chupa Chups becomes the “official candy partner” of EXCEL’s League of Legends European Championship (LEC) team and will work closely...
French esports organization Team Vitality has partnered with U.S.-based apparel company Schott to create two limited edition bomber jackets. The collection features two items: the “Bomber Airforce 1 Schott x Vitality Classic” and “Bomber Airforce 1 Schott x Vitality Black Bee.” The “Black Bee” jacket...
Learn the ultimate trick to resume a Fortnite match after the application crashes. Nothing is more annoying than when you’re in the middle of an intense match of Fortnite only to see the game freeze and then crash. It happens regularly for some players, and there’s...
Last night Tommey won his first Warzone tournament under 100 Thieves, here’s how it went down. The London Royal Ravens hosted their Ravenstorm Warzone tournament last night. This saw some of the best Warzone players in the world competing alongside celebrities for their share of $25K....
Winstrike just added two new players to their roster; Vladislav “Krad” Kravchenko and Igor “Forester” Bezotecheskiy, as well as announcing a partnership with Chupa Chups. With Krad and Forester, both ex-Hard Legion players, joining the team, Winstrike now have a full line-up. Previously, Vlаdуslаv “bondik” Nеchуроrchuk...
Guilherme Barbosa, a former head executive for the Brazilian esports development companies Bad Boy Leeroy (BBL) and nøline, has left his role as Regional Business Developer for LATAM in PUBG Corp to join TikTok. He will be responsible for developing the gaming vertical on the...
Capcom has announced the cancellation of its Street Fighter championship competition, the Capcom Cup, citing “rising cases of COVID-19 worldwide.” The event was planned to take place in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic, on Feb. 19-21 with players traveling in person to compete. Instead, the company...
On Thursday, a panel of Appeals Court judges cast doubt on the government’s attempt to reinstate a ban on Tencent Holding’s multi-purpose mobile chat app, WeChat. A District Court Judge rejected a ban on the app at the end of 2020 that was set in...
The LEC has rolled out its list of official broadcast partners which will stream the league in localized languages for various regions. This list includes the first-ever official LEC broadcast in Russian which, according to a release, has been a highly requested addition by fans....