Philippines–headquartered esports and gaming talent agency Tier One Entertainment announced that it has secured a Pre-Series A financing round led by venture capital firm Gobi Partners through its Gobi-Core Philippine Fund, a joint-venture fund with Core Capital. In addition, entertainment and record label Warner Music Group joined...
Virtus.pro has announced through Twitter that its Fortnite roster has been disbanded. Dmitriy “Hurmaxx” Geynts, Kirill “kiryacheFN” Griyshin, Jamal “jvmsidxx” Saydaev and Dmitry “Siberiajkee” Voronin have been holding up Virtus.pro’s Fortnite battles since April 2020, when kiryacheFN joined the esports organization to complete the lineup. Virtus.pro...
Chinese live streaming platform Huya announced Wednesday that the company has signed a sponsorship deal with Wuhan-based League of Legends Pro League (LPL) team Rare Atom (RA). Huya’s logo will be placed at the right shoulder of RA’s team jerseys. Financial terms of the deal...
PUBG and PUBG Mobile publisher Krafton, Inc. has donated Rs 1.5 Crores (roughly $202.4K USD) to the PM CARES Fund via its Indian subsidiary to help combat the COVID-19 pandemic in the country. Changhan Kim, CEO of the South Korea-based game developer and publisher, wrote...
Editor’s note: The following opinion piece from Dr. Tobias M. Scholz was written prior to the announcement that the ECI would halt its esports certificate plans based on negative feedback from the community. The night of April 27, was restless for me due to the...
The Warzone competition continues with the return of TeeP’s Trails Since the release of Season 3, there seems to be a new Warzone tournament every single day, but we’re not complaining! Tonight, TeeP’s Trials returns, the 2v2 Warzone tournament hosted by COD legend Tyler “TeePee” Polchow....
Digital marketplace platform Kinguin has re-entered the Counter-Strike: Global Offensive scene through a new sponsorship deal with Polish esports organization Anonymo. The Kinguin logo will be displayed on Anonymo jerseys. The deal will also provide the team with access to the Kinguin Esports Performance Center...
PSV Esports, the competitive gaming division of Dutch football club PSV, has announced a partnership with electronics manufacturer Philips Monitors to support its FIFA esports and League of Legends roster. According to a translation of the Dutch press release, Phillips Monitors will supply PSV’s esports athletes...
Just days after formally announcing the launch of the company and a $400 USD esports certification program, the Esports Certification Institute (ECI) announced Wednesday evening that it was halting its plans and refunding money to anyone who had already paid for the program. The change...
EA Sports and the NFL will announce Thursday that they have partnered with ESPN to bring the semifinals and finals of the first Madden NFL 21 Bowl: Draft Edition to ESPN.com and its app. Financial terms were not disclosed. Under the terms of the deal,...