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...
With the changing of the seasons, a new chapter begins for esports team GX3. As the first all-women roster for Complexity Gaming, the newly dubbed Complexity GX3 will continue its 20-year mission of inclusivity as part of a bigger esports family. Esports Insider sat down with...
Paris is eternally grateful but still moving on. The Paris Eternal made back-to-back announcements this morning. Firstly, Stefan “Onigod” Fiskerstrand, Samir “Tsuna” Ikram and Ilari “Vestola” Vestola have all been released from the player roster to free agency if they so choose. They also announced that...
The Shockwave Launcher has returned to Fortnite Battle Royale in Chapter 2 - Season 8. This season, Epic Games introduced item votes where players invest gold in bringing back one of two items. The first battle pitted the Shockwave Launcher against the Rift-To-Go. Both items were...
Like peanut butter and jelly. Poko, Carpe, Eqo. These are three names that are synonymous with the Philadelphia Fusion. It’s difficult to imagine the team without those three guys, but it’s what we’ll have to live with. Gael “Poko” Gouzerch will be moving on to hopefully...
Mano says goodbye for now to the OWL. Dong-gyu “Mano” Kim opened the very first season of the Overwatch League four years ago. Playing for the New York Excelsior, sharing his Main Tank role with Jun-hwa “Janus” Song until the 2019 season. Between his three year...
Get familiar with New Worlds’ bow, and you’ll be raining down arrows in no time. Whether it’s Robin Hood or Legolas, following in the footsteps of history and fantasies most famous bow slingers has been a dream for many. With New World, you’ll have another opportunity...
USA-based online travel company Expedia has been announced as the latest sponsor for this year’s Esports Awards, which is set to take place in November. According to the release, the company will work closely with the Esports Awards to create ‘a number of ‘epic moments’ for...
Mental health platform Healthy Gamer has joined forces with North American esports organisation Evil Geniuses to support its Dota 2 team. As a result, the platform’s Co-founder and President, Dr. Alok Kanojia, will act as the team’s Mindset and Performance coach for The International 10. (ESI Illustration) Image credit:...
Tim Reichert, formerly of Schalke 04 Esports, has officially joined UK-based organisation EXCEL ESPORTS as its Esports Director. In his new role, Reichert will focus on driving EXCEL’s strategies across all of its competitive rosters and talent. This includes focusing on players mental and physical health, education,...