Former Microsoft executive Carlos Sanchez formally announced that he has joined League of Legends and Valorant maker Riot Games as its senior director of game operations for Riot Go, the company’s platform for developing games. Sanchez joined the company last month. Prior to joining Riot,...
Team Secret announces its new Rainbow Six Siege roster for the 2021 season. The addition of two new members was confirmed on Twitter by the organization earlier today, March 8. Now, Alex “SlebbeN” Nordlund and Santino “Gomfi” De Meulenaere are members of the Team Secret Rainbow...
Sea Limited, a New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) listed Singapore-based company and parent company of the Free Fire publisher Garena, reported its financial results for the fourth quarter and the full year of 2020. The company generated net revenues of $1.57B USD during the three...
Los Angeles-based DMarket, a non-fungible token (NFT) and in-game items marketplace brokering assets from game developers, players, and esports organizations (among others), announced Monday that it completed what it calls “the biggest sale in the history of esports memorabilia” related to esports organization NAVI’s (Natus...
Learn how you can win the Trinity Trooper skin for free! Epic Games has teamed up with Europe-based mobile carrier Three/WINDTRE to give Fortnite players another opportunity to win free in-game character cosmetics. This time, the Trinity Trooper skin is up for grabs only to the...
Two special tournaments focused on promoting female esports players are taking place in Brazil as part of the celebration of International Women’s Day. One is organized by the esports organization Vivo Keyd, is a Valorant tournament named “Vivo Keyd Girls Championship,” with a $10K BRL...
Texas-based esports education company Esposure announced that it has signed a strategic partnership with gaming peripherals brand HyperX. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Under the terms of this new deal, HyperX will provide Esposure with equipment and other resources to its competitive...
The University of Kentucky (UK) has joined forces with multinational esports organisation Gen.G to host an invitational competition involving other universities. The University of Kentucky Esports Invitational will see a total of nine universities compete in League of Legends, Rocket League, and VALORANT tournaments. Credit: University of Kentucky RELATED: University of Kentucky and...
This is Part One of an annual series on women in the esports industry. March 8 is International Women’s Day and to celebrate, The Esports Observer highlights some of the talented women working and serving in prominent leadership roles within the esports industry. Esports offers...
Josh “oSee” Ohm scored 74-44 to help Extra Salt bag the closed qualifier to the DreamHack Masters Spring. Extra Salt came out victorious in the North American Division Closed Qualifier of DreamHack Masters Spring 2021. VOYVODA, Complexity Gaming and Heroic had earlier won spots through the...