NRG Esports announced earlier this week the first in a series of activations related to its naming rights deal with insurance company The General, its Rocket League team, and The General’s popular spokesperson, NBA Hall of Famer, and NRG investor Shaquille O’Neal. The first activation...
When Kale Sligh, now Vice President of Marketing, first joined insurance company The General’s marketing team, they sought to get a better understanding of their customer base. “We spent a good part of the first part of my tenure here…really just getting out and talking...
HBSE-owned esports organization Dignitas has signed a multiyear partnership deal with Zytara Labs to develop a series of NFT (non-fungible token) collections and digital player cards. The companies have also planned multiple multiple social media activations throughout the partnership. Zytara has been responsible for a...
Veteran Fortnite Battle Royale player Trevor “Funk” Siegler is no longer a member of FaZe Clan. The player confirmed today that his contract with the organization has expired. He initially signed in December of 2018 when Fortnite was the hottest game on the scene. Funk spent...
ESTNN spoke to Blazt about his Call of Duty career so far. Recently, we got to speak with Minnesota ROKKR’s Rasim “Blazt” Ogresevic about his Call of Duty career, joining Minnesota ROKKR, his favorite Warzone meta and much more. You can watch the full video interview...
TeeP is back with another Warzone tournament. Tonight the Warzone tournament action continues with TeeP hosting yet another $25K TeeP’s Trails event, here’s everything you need to know. Format TeeP’s Trails will be run in a Private Match Mini Royale format. This means that the teams will be...
Riot Games’ plans for the Brazilian official Wild Rift circuit were disclosed by the company during an online press conference on Wednesday attended by The Esports Observer. The conference featured Carlos Antunes, Head of Esports at Riot Games Brazil, and Raphael Negrão, Marketing Manager of...
North American esports organisation Dignitas has named Zytara Labs as its official partner for digital playing cards and NFTs. The multi-year partnership will see Zytara Labs create a series of Dignitas NFT collections and playing cards on the DigitalBits protocol. Zytara will launch its NFT platform in...
UK-based esports organisation Guild Esports has announced a loss of £4.3m over a six month period, ending 31st March 2021. The figure was revealed following the release of Guild’s unaudited financial results earlier today. The organisation has cited its investment in esports teams, the Guild Academy,...
Canadian Securities Exchange-listed GameSquare Esports – which owns Code Red Esports, Gaming Community Network, and minority ownership stakes in League of Legends team Rainbow7 and Crossfire team LGD.REC – announced that it has acquired 100% of the issued and outstanding shares of Frisco, Texas-based Complexity Gaming’s business entity NextGen Tech from its former owners the...