French esports organization Team Vitality has hired former adidas Managing Director Guillaume de Monplanet as its new managing director and co-CEO. Team Vitality aims to leverage his experience in the sports and lifestyle industries as it pursues its goals of global expansion. In his eight-year...
On Monday, Indian esports and gaming company Nodwin Gaming announced that PUBG Mobile and PUBG owner Krafton, Inc. had invested $22.5M USD into the company. Prior to the official announcement, Nowdwin Gaming Managing Director and co-founder Akshat Rathee and CEO Sidarth Kedia spoke to The...
Team Ninja brand manager Jessica Blevins has signed with Creative Artists Agency (CAA) for representation. Blevins, who also streams regularly, represents her husband Tyler “Ninja” Blevins, who is the most followed streamer on Twitch with 16.M followers. The announcement about Blevins’ signing was revealed in...
North America Valorant is heating up to boil with the first Masters event kicking off this week. The first set of Challengers events have concluded and eight teams have emerged as the best in North America. Team Envy, Gen.G, XSET, FaZe Clan, Sentinels, Luminosity, Immortals, and...
Find out controller settings for some of the world’s best Fortnite players. Controllers in Fortnite Battle Royale have become a much more viable option since the game came out in 2018. Back in those days, most elite players used a keyboard and mouse to execute flashy...
Gaming and esports analytics firm Newzoo (a part of Leaders Group, the portfolio of which includes The Esports Observer) published its 2021 Global Esports and Live-Streaming Market Report outlining that esports viewership and live-streaming audiences are on a growth trajectory for 2021. Despite challenging circumstances...
Let’s take a look at some of the best support heroes in Dota 2. Dota 2 is one of the games that receive regular updates, which usually bring along a lot of changes to some heroes. Even though most of them are aimed at carries and...
Toronto Ultra could be moving to an all European lineup Stage 1 of the 2021 Call of Duty League season concluded last week. Toronto Ultra didn't have the best start to the season, but the team looked good and they challenged the top teams. However, it...
Chinese esports organization LGD Gaming announced that the company has signed a sponsorship deal with electronic brand LG Display for its League of Legends Pro League (LPL) team. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Trinity Wu, head of overseas marketing of LGD Gaming...
Like four players before him, Hustla played as a stand-in for the European team. Now, he will permanently for the position. No Bounty Hunter seemed to be performing decently with Eugeniy "Fervian" Aksenov, Jonas "Snorpie" Johansson, Razvan "iLLusionisT" Borceanu and dEsire, whom Ravdan "Hustla" Narmandakh replaced,...