Each month, Esports Insider curates a list of the industry’s key personnel changes. Here we have compiled February’s most notable movers and shakers. To read more about a story, click the corresponding link in the title. February highlight Professional gamers are more than just athletes, and through...
Brazilian organisation Fluxo Esports has announced two partners for its 2021 LBFF (Liga Brasileira de Free Fire) season. The organisation has revealed that peripherals brand Razer and energy drink firm TNT have been added to Fluxo Esports’ commercial portfolio as sponsors. Credit: Fluxo Esports and Razer Gold RELATED: FURIA...
Australian esports business knowledge platform GGWP Academy announced that it has raised a 350K AUD ($270K USD) pre-seed financing round from an all-woman lineup of investors, including Eleanor Ventures, Working Theory Capital, and Scale Investors. Additionally, GGWP entered the Startmate accelerator, a 12-week program supporting...
Australia-based esports, gaming, and technology consulting firm BIG Esports announced that it has been appointed by Singapore-based PC and console gaming peripherals maker Razer to represent the company in Australia and New Zealand. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. The partnership will see...
Toronto Ultra are back with yet another $100K Warzone Tournament, here’s everything you need to know. Toronto Ultra have returned with yet another $100K Warzone Tournament. This is great for the community, and comes at a time with minimal tournaments, giving viewers that competitive Warzone action...
Dmitry “sh1ro” Sokolov became the Most Valuable Player of the entire IEM Katowice 2021 tournament. Following the success of Gambit Esports after defeating Virtus.pro in the IEM Katowice grand finals, their 19-year-old awper sh1ro got his career’s first MVP award. Gambit’s run in the tournament has been...
On Feb. 28, former NFL and MLS executive Matt Hill joined esports-focused digital media licensing platform ESPAT AI as its new chief executive officer. Prior to Monday’s announcement, Hill spoke with The Esports Observer about his journey back into the esports industry, the potential of...
Media holding company and esports tournament organiser WePlay Esports has entered into a partnership with the fighting-game website DashFight. The deal will see both parties collaboratively host the Ultimate Weekend Brawl (UWB), a new recurring Mortal Kombat 11 event that pits players against one another for a...
Esports investment in February 2021 dropped significantly year-over-year (YoY) but still proves that the industry, despite recent hardships, inspires confidence in the future. According to Esports Insider’s calculations, around $28.8m (~£20.6m) of disclosed esports investment was committed in February 2021. Nearly half of that money —...
Find out who qualified in the last round of FNCS Chapter 2 - Season 5. It all comes down to this as trio teams across Fortnite’s seven competitive regions scrambled in the final Fortnite Champion Series (FNCS) Qualifier looked to further their case for the semi-finals....