League of Legends developer Riot Games has announced that VALORANT, the company’s first-person shooter, will be coming to mobile devices in the near future. VALORANT Mobile has been revealed exactly one year after the title officially launched on PC. Information regarding the release date of VALORANT Mobile...
Charity esports event Gamers Without Borders returns in 2021 with a charity prize pool of $10M USD. The nine-week online global competition will begin June 5 and feature competitions in Rainbow Six Siege, Fortnite, Rocket League, PUBG Mobile, and Counter-Strike: Global Offensive. This year’s theme...
With the 2021 Mid-Season Invitational all wrapped up, ESTNN is proud to present the best player per role. Who made it into the all-star team? The 2021 Mid-Season Invitational was a major success with Riot’s second-biggest tournament crowning RNG as the champions. MSI gives new players...
North American organisation Tribe Gaming has partnered with video game developer SMG Studio. As a result, the mobile-focused esports organisation will be integrated into RISK: Global Domination. Image credit: Tribe Gaming RELATED: Key esports sponsorships and partnerships, May 2021 RISK: Global Domination is an online version of Hasbro’s...
Riot Games today is reporting viewership numbers from the first Valorant international tournament as well as revealing that it is taking the first-person shooter game to mobile. The Sentinels-Fnatic grand finals of the recently concluded Valorant Champions Tour major in Iceland earned an average viewership...
SteelSeries has partnered with the Mercedes-AMG Petronas Esports Team, the competitive gaming arm of the Mercedes-AMG Petronas Formula 1 Team. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Under the terms of the deal, SteelSeries becomes the exclusive peripherals supplier of the team. SteelSeries and...
Chinese esports solutions provider Versus Programming Network (VSPN) has announced a ‘multi-million’ Series B2 funding round from an investment fund managed by Morgan Stanley Private Equity Asia (MSPEA). According to the release, the investment will aid the expansion of VSPN’s overseas business and the development of...
Spanish esports organisation Team Queso has announced a new partnership with gaming lifestyle brand Razer. As a result of the agreement, Razer will become the official gaming chair partner of Team Queso. The organisation’s players will be provided with Razer Iskur chairs. Image credit: Team Queso...
Sony announced via its PlayStation blog the Evo Community Series, three Evo-branded community tournaments played exclusively on PlayStation 4. The annual fighting game tournament brand was acquired by Sony Interactive Entertainment and RTS through a joint venture partnership in March. The three competitions will run...
As usual there were a ton of esports sponsorships and partnerships announced last month. OverActive Media and Red Bull; NRG Esports and CMG.ASIA; KitKat and most of the top regional LoL tournaments in the world, to name a few. Each month, ESI — in collaboration with YouGov,...