Former ESL Global Brand Partnerships Director Charlie Allen has launched Road House, a new commercial esports and gaming agency. According to the release, the company will focus on working with clients to help them understand ‘the mass potential of brand partnerships’ in the industry. The agency...
Esports venues will continue to be built after the pandemic, but with a new or growing emphasis on features that improve safety and flexibility. Over the last couple of years, Esports Insider has received and covered countless reports regarding new esports buildings and training centres. Whilst...
Let’s take a look at some of the most interesting things that happened in the CIS region. The CIS Dota 2 region has always been really interesting to watch because the teams here have a unique playstyle. Unfortunately, 2020 was not the best year for Dota...
With plenty of fresh blood and re-worked rosters, the North American region is looking stronger than ever. Despite sporting plenty of talent, NA teams have always played under the shadow of the EU goliaths, but that’s all changed with the new DPC format. Lower Division Newcomers SimplyTooBased had...
There was plenty of action during the first week of games in South America, we break it all down here. Ever since Beastcoast made history in 2019 as the first South American team to place in the top 8 at a TI the region has been...
Tournament organiser ESL Gaming has partnered with Blizzard Entertainment to create and operate Hearthstone’s esports ecosystem for the next two years. Photo Credit: ESL Gaming RELATED: ESL renews Mastercard NLC partnership The deal will see all of Hearthstone’s major tournaments be affected, such as Grandmasters and the Hearthstone Masters Tours....
Tournament organiser Revolution Esports & Gaming has announced a multi-year partnership with FIFA community SAF Global Gaming to help develop FIFA esports talent. The exclusive three-year deal will have Revolution Esports share its facilities, equipment, education, and brand partnerships to support the partnership. Meanwhile, SAF will offer guidance,...
Clix and Deyy slay their way to victory. Seven months ago, DreamHack committed over $1M USD to the competitive Fortnite scene with its Online Open tournament series announcement. Three of the game’s top regions - NA East, NA West and Europe - hosted monthly tournaments with...
Week One of the DPC is a wrap for China, we take a look at how the games went down. As the only region with the ability to host LAN events, Perfect World have really gone all out with their production for this first season of...
Tencent Games mobile gaming development subsidiary TiMi Studios announced Saturday that the company will invest ￥1B RMB ($154M USD) in the Honor of Kings esports ecosystem, aiming to build the esports title for “All People,” according to the announcement. The new investment will also increase...