On Friday, Chinese esports solutions provider VSPN CEO Dino Ying gave a speech on the main stage of the Tencent Esports Global Summit, and revealed that the company has a plan to build an offline zone “Hero INS” for Generation Z gamers and esports enthusiasts...
The competitive community for Magic: The Gathering has taken to social media to express frustration over a significant reduction in the prize pool for the game’s upcoming World Championship. The event will have a total prize pool of $250K USD, down from the previous championship’s...
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...
Esports bookmaker Pinnacle has announced that its second CS:GO Pinnacle Cup will commence on June 28th. Dubbed the Pinnacle Cup II, the tournament will once again feature a $100,000 (~£72,020) prize pool and will use the same format as its first edition, which occurred in March...
On June 16, Bobby Jin, the Co-CEO of TJ Sports and assistant general manager of Tencent Games K6 Cooperation, unveiled the current esports plan for League of Legends Wild Rift in mainland China at the Tencent Esports Global Summit. There are three key developments that...
ESTNN breaks down the upcoming Thanos Cup. Thanos will return to Fortnite Battle Royale in a significant way. Old school fans might remember the Infinity Gauntlet LTM from 2018, where players could control the ultra-powerful Marvel supervillain. It was an iconic crossover for Epic Games and...
Paris-based esports organization Team Vitality announced Friday that it will soon launch its own fan token on fan engagement and rewards app Socios.com. The fan token was developed in partnership with Chiliz, a blockchain provider that services esports, traditional sports, and other entertainment industries. Financial...
French esports organisation Team Vitality has announced plans to launch fan tokens on blockchain-based fan engagement and rewards application Socios.com. The deal, in partnership with blockchain provider Chiliz, will see holders of the $VIT Fan Token obtain access to exclusive Team Vitality content, activations and shop...
Borders Blurred, a UK-based agency that aims to remove the borders between the music industry and gaming, has officially launched. The agency is the creation of seasoned music journalist John Robb, video gaming and esports consultant John Armstrong, Decibel Studio co-founder David Elkabas, and former...
For years, most traditional sponsorship deals have been fairly simple. Brands have tended to pay organisations for promotion, with team jerseys being the hottest spot for logo placement, usually taken by the biggest fish. Compared to advertisements, there’s barely any difference. In the esports industry, sponsorship...