ESTNN lists the five sweatiest Fortnite skins in history. Fortnite Battle Royale has evolved significantly since its release in 2017. At launch, players had a limited selection of character outfits, commonly referred to as skins, before Epic Games cashed in massively. The current state of Fortnite...
FaZe pulled off a monster comeback. FaZe Clan beat Gambit Esports 2-1 in the Quarterfinals of the IEM Cologne to advance to the Semis. The American team pulled themselves from the depths of a first match loss to win the series. faze cLAN pic.twitter.com/Goq8wc6zBm — FaZe Clan (@FaZeClan)...
Twitch effectively categorised esports in April 2020 when the livestreaming platform introduced an ‘Esports’ specific tab onto its homepage. On today’s UI, the category rests alongside Gaming, IRL and Music with the subtext: “Live tournaments, match highlights, and your favourite pro players all in one place.” Gaming...
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...
PUBG Mobile and Gamers without Borders have announced the PUBG MOBILE World Invitational (PMWI), a $3m (~£2.17m) online charity tournament featuring western and eastern teams. The event will be split into two tournaments – PMWI East and PMWI West – with the winner of each receiving...
Seung-hyun "Ivy" Lee, flex DPS player for New York Excelsior, retires from the Overwatch League. As the Summer Showdown is ending, New York Excelsior is bidding farewell to one of their latest picks. Seung-hyun "Ivy" Lee decided to step back from the team and retire from...
A long-awaited feature in Fortnite Battle Royale will finally become available to players on July 20. The “Preferred Item Slot” concept has remained a wish of most dedicated Fortnite fans since 2017. It seemed simple enough—a system where players could automatically assign specific items to their...
Mini Royale is back in tonight's Warzone tournament. Call of Duty Warzone tournaments have been coming in full force this past week, with almost one every single night. Today, we have yet another, however, this one features the Mini Royal Game mode, giving us a slight...
ONE Esports, the esports venture of sports media company ONE Championship, has announced two partnerships with Activision Blizzard and grocery delivery platform foodpanda Thailand. According to Mark Aubrey, Activision Blizzard’s Vice President & Head of Asia Pacific, the deal will continue to ‘build and scale’ Call...
Multinational esports organisation Gen.G has announced a partnership with Eastern Michigan University that will see both entities collaborate on esports projects during the summer. The deal will is expected to encompass a number of activations and tournaments, as well as series of talks and an esports-focused...