North American esports organisation CLG has named Jonathon McDaniel as the General Manager for its League of Legends team. Prior to joining CLG, McDaniel served as the Assistant General Manager of Golden Guardians. Image credit: CLG RELATED: CLG partners with Advocate for marketing tools Greg Kim, Head of CLG,...
Pittsburgh-based esports organisation Knights has promoted Garett ‘Grt’ Bambrough to the role of General Manager. The former Splyce, CLG, and Rogue CS:GO coach has been with Knights as an esports consultant since 2018. As the organisation’s consultant, Bambrough played a role in Knights’ team building and...
Fortnite introduces the in-game Shortnitemares Film Festival! Fortnite Battle Royale is back during the spooky season for the third-ever Shortnite Film Festival. To celebrate Fortnitemares, Epic Games hosts Shortnitemares—a series of seven animated short horror films available to watch only in Fortnite. The event will occur...
It's Twilight in Toronto. Joo-Seok “Twilight” Lee is now heading to his third Overwatch League team. As he joins the Toronto Defiant as their Flex Support, he becomes the first player to represent both Canadian teams in the league. Although Twilight is a fantastic player, it’s...
Linear esports channel ESTV has joined forces with North American amateur esports training club Esports Tower. The exclusive partnership will see both parties showcase the Esports Tower Rumble series to a global audience. Image credit: ESTV RELATED: ESTV inks partnership with Betegy David Adams, CEO and founder of Esports Tower,...
Esports tournament organiser ESL has announced the promotion of Andreas Jernberg to Managing Director of ESL Nordics. Through his new role, Jernberg will take on responsibility for ESL’s products in the Nordic market, including the two original DreamHack festivals Summer and Winter. Image credit: ESL RELATED: ESL Pro League...
Esports tournament organiser PGL has named analysis and visualisation company Skybox Technologies as an official partner for the PGL Major Stockholm 2021 CS:GO championship. As a part of the agreement, PGL will use Skybox Technologies’ 3D match visualisation and analysis software. This will power both real-time...
Find out how you can unlock The Cube Queen in Fortnite Season 8! The Cube Queen has officially awoken in Fortnite Chapter 2 - Season 8. This mysterious character has been under wraps since the beginning of Season 8 but finally appeared in patch v18.21 over...
The University of York and esports production company Promod Esports have teamed up to launch a new esports production studio. According to the release, the project is the UK’s first university-led esports production studio. The university’s ‘3Sixty’ room has been transformed into a research and development...
Peripherals brand HyperX has been named as a partner for VCT Game Changers, Riot Games’ VALORANT programme that provides opportunities for women in the scene. According to the release, the partnership will focus on VCT Game Changers EMEA and is expected to last for the remainder...