The Thieves surprise many with a quick 3-0 sweep in their first match. Ahead of the Stage 2 Major, the LA Thieves announced a roster change. In their second roster change of the season, Austin “Slasher” Liddicoat was moved to the bench, while Zack “Drazah” Jordan...
Vindex-owned esports operations company Esports Engine announced Wednesday that it has hired Paul Kent as its new head of UK production operations. Kent will “oversee the production operations and delivery of Esports Engine’s European expansion rollout,” according to a release. Kent left London-based esports company...
With the COVID-19 pandemic still limiting the viability of live esports competition, CSL Esports has announced LSU as the virtual host of its Grand Finals event. The online tournament brings together the top collegiate teams across Counter-Strike, Dota 2, Valorant, League of Legends, Rocket League,...
Alongside the MDI and AWC, Blizzard has announced a new one-off event, The Great Push. The event, which takes place between May 28-30, adds a new event to the WoW Esports echo system. While WoW’s other dungeon-based event, the Mythic Dungeon International (MDI), has teams focus...
California-based sports marketing agency Pivot has hired esports salesperson John Younger as it looks to build out a more full-time presence in gaming. The agency has been working in the esports space for a handful of years ago with clients including NRG Esports, but it...
After two major announcements in recent months, OverActive Media CEO Chris Overholt says the vision to turn the company into the next Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment or Madison Square Garden Co. is turning to reality, SBJ’s Adam Stern reports. OAM owns several teams in...
Weeks of regular-season action and playoffs are behind us. Ten teams entered, but only three remain. Here we sit, just days away from an LEC Grand Final that could be without Fnatic or G2 Esports for the first time in the league’s history. While the League...
Mental health non-profit Rise Above the Disorder will announce this week that it has partnered with esports talent agency Evolved to offer mental health services to the company’s signed esports players and content creators. Similar to the partnership it signed with North American esports organization...
Chair maker Herman Miller has announced its first global ambassador in popular Twitch streamer Tim “TimtheTatman” Betar. Betar will continue to use a Herman Miller chair during his livestream. The streamer has amassed an audience on Twitch of more than 6M followers. Last year, Herman...
Popular Twitch content creator Turner “Tfue” Tenney on Wednesday launched his own limited edition NFT (non-fungible tokens) collection through a collaboration with agency Medium Rare. Tenney is the first content creator to launch his own NFT collection, though esports organizations such as NAVI and Team...