Recreational esports league startup Mission Control has announced a strategic partnership with the University of Kentucky. As part of the agreement, Mission Control will provide the University of Kentucky with a strategy and help execute a community esports program for students to get involved in campus activities....
The Thieves complete their Vanguard CDL roster following the addition of Envoy. Yesterday, the LA Thieves announced the signing of Sam “Octane” Larew, filling three of the four spots for their 2022 roster. Today, they completed their starting roster with the signing of Dylan “Envoy” Hannon...
Fortnite developer Epic Games has lost its antitrust court case against Apple. However, the courts ruled Apple must allow third-party in-app payment options. Epic Games has lost its year-long antitrust lawsuit against Apple Inc., The Verge reports. The North Carolina-based video game developer attacked Apple in 2020...
Sports Psychologist Fabian Broich, formerly of EXCEL ESPORTS, has announced the launch of his own esports performance consultancy agency, Achieveminds. The agency’s main goal is to nurture young talent and encourage more esports organisations to implement health and well-being focused performance strategies. Image credit: Fabian Broich RELATED: Esports Player...
Epic bans Fortnite leaker HYPEX for an account transfer from three years ago. The Fortnite Battle Royale leaker known as HYPEX has received a permanent ban from the game based on an account sharing incident from 2018. HYPEX realized the ban late last month, and he...
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...
North American esports organisation Cloud9 has contracted Icelandic esports organisation Dusty as its exclusive partner for the 2021 League of Legends World Championship. As a result, Dusty will provide facilities, logistics and promotional activity to Cloud9 for the World Championship, which is being held in Reykjavik,...
Last month saw a multitude of esports mergers and acquisitions, both from endemic and non-endemic entities. In addition, esports entities such as Freaks 4U Gaming, FaZe Clan and Edge Gaming were strengthened through investments. Esports Insider has compiled a list of August 2021’s key investment stories....
SG have made a historical achievement in the SA scene, making it to the biggest stage in Dota 2. SG esports might not have created the headlines in Dota 2, but they sure have what it takes to outweigh others in the South American region and...
Esports, and especially online racing, is a booming global phenomenon that witnessed rapid growth during the past year. As such, motorsports event and consultancy agency Pole Position is on the move to expand its operations to usher in a new era of sim racing into the...