Esports organization Panda Global continues its streak of noteworthy hires by bringing two industry leaders to its social media team – Chris Okamura and Tina Sang. Okamura is a nine year industry veteran who has previously worked at CSL Esports, Activision Blizzard, Riot Games, and...
Alban Dechelotte, Riot Games’ Head of Partnerships in EMEA (Europe, the Middle East and Africa), has announced his departure from the company. Dechelotte is credited for overseeing a multitude of non-endemic brand agreements for the League of Legends European Championships (LEC). Photo credit: Esports Insider / Jak...
We continue our article series with London-based agency Turquoise Branding centred around branding in esports. Turquoise has helped with the branding of projects such as UEFA’s Europa League, game developer MY.GAMES’s consolidatory rebrand, and Channel 4’s reality-show hit The Circle. Collectively, the agency has over...
In a bid to help those interested in learning more about the gaming and esports space, Misfits Gaming Group (MGG) has partnered with Intel to create a new grassroots esports program called the Misfits Academy. The Misfits Academy will be a competitive series of recurring...
Brazilian Justice accepted an inquiry by the National Association of Child and Adolescent Defense Centers (ANCED, from the acronym in Portuguese) to ban the commerce of loot boxes in the country. The main argument used by ANCED is that the boxes are a harmful form...
Dota 2 organization Team Nigma will relocate its headquarters to Abu Dhabi. The move comes as part of the city’s initiative to drive gaming and esports industry growth – AD Gaming. Through this relationship, Team Nigma will establish its headquarters and training facility on Yas...
Esports organization Virtus.Pro has renewed its partnership with betting platform Parimatch for 2021. The company will continue to receive logo placement across the jerseys of VP’s Dota 2 and Counter-Strike Global Offensive rosters as well as its website and social media platforms. The announcement marks...
The Lower Bracket games are underway. Giving teams an opportunity to get back in a sound position in the major. ESTNN looks at the matches in round 1 of the series. After a dramatic day of Upper Bracket games, the losing teams in the Lower Bracket...
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS:GO) esports league BLAST Premier has announced cryptocurrency exchange platform Coinbase as its latest sponsor for the competition’s upcoming Spring Season. According to the release, Coinbase will use the partnership to bring the world of esports closer to cryptocurrency through activations and player-led content. Image...
Ready to start its sixth year, The Esports Awards has started its 2021 campaign with a new sponsor, a brand logo redesign (pictured above) and some new categories. For this year’s campaign, The Esports Awards adds Secretlab as a partner. Secretlab joins Koyo Store, Sizzle...