Riot Games has reported viewership metrics for its LCS spring split, including a 281K average-minute-audience for the Mid Season Showdown Finals match. The match peaked at 416K concurrent viewers, up 7% year-over-year. The LCS saw a 30% increase in hours watched for the full season...
Global esports organization Gen.G Esports announced Monday that it has opened applications for the second annual Gen.G Foundation scholarships. Gen.G announced its foundation in August of 2020 and pledged to invest $1M USD over 10 years to support women, people of color, and low-income students...
The Sentinels walked away from VCT Challengers 2 victorious after grinding through the Lower Bracket. Challengers 1 had its fair share of upsets with teams like TSM and Sentinels being knocked out of the tournament before the Main Event. The Open Bracket was fairly insignificant, but...
North American esports organisation FaZe Clan has welcomed professional American football player Kyler Murray to its roster of influencers. According to the release, the Arizona Cardinal quarterback is also currently in the process of investing in the organisation. The terms of the investment weren’t disclosed. Credit: FaZe...
FaZe Clan, the North American gaming content and competitive esports organization, announced that Arizona Cardinals quarterback Kyler Murray as its newest member. The announcement was made via video showing Richard “Ricky” Bengston, known as FaZe Banks, interrupting the NFL Draft to make the announcement. Murray,...
In China’s long history in esports, the lack of top-level performance by Chinese teams in Counter-Strike 1.6 (CS 1.6) and Counter-Strike Global Offensive (CS:GO) is a source of distress for many Chinese players and people who care about the professional title in the country. Unlike...
Monica Dinsmore formally announced on social media that she joined Electronic Arts to take on the new role of senior director of business operations and special projects for FIFA esports. Dinsmore, who quietly left Riot Games in January to join EA in the new role,...
Finnish tournament operator Elisa Esports has joined forces with Relog Media, Funspark and esports data platform GRID to create a $2.7m (~£2.24m) international CS:GO series with a shared tournament structure. According to the release, the competition will include the Elisa Invitational, Home Sweet Home, and Funspark tournament series. The...
Each quarter when The Esports Observer releases its PC Games Impact Index, there is a type of comment you can expect to see every time without fail. A fan of some popular game that has been highly rated will reply or quote tweet the graphic,...
China’s League of Legends esports operator TJ Sports announced the results and punishments from its two-month investigation into match-fixing accusations and reports in the League of Legends Development League (LDL). All players, coaches and management staff from 17 League of Legends Pro League (LPL) teams...