In a recent interview with NFL Vice President of Business Operations & Strategy Natara Holloway to discuss the NFL’s commitment to historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) and the upcoming Feb. 6 inaugural Madden NFL 21 x HBCU Tournament Finals, The Esports Observer threw a...
First of all, the fact that the sentence in that headline is even possible to type is fairly remarkable. A professional League of Legends league has more than one music video — insane. But it’s true, the LEC’s newest video, “Reckless With My Heart,” which...
Two of the gaming world’s most impactful games of the last few years will team up for a skin collaboration. Fortnite Battle Royale and Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout are two titles that earned their stripes during their respective release time. Although the global popularity has slowed...
Video game holding company Activision Blizzard published its financial earnings for the fourth quarter and full-year 2020. The company generated quarterly net revenues of $2.41B USD, up 21.5% compared to $1.99B during the same period of 2019. For the full-year 2020, Activision Blizzard recorded net...
Call of Duty League team Minnesota RØKKR has hired Jenna Johnson as its new director of partnership strategy & activation. Prior to joining RØKKR, Johnson worked for NYC-based TLC Marketing Worldwide as its director of operation for a year. Before that, she spent more than...
Each week, ESI Digest breaks down the weekly happenings in the esports industry, making sense of things so you don’t have to. As well as being housed on YouTube, ESI Digest is available on all major podcast platforms and is also available in written form...
ONE Championship subsidiary ONE Esports has partnered with tournament operator PGL and the Singapore Tourism Board to bring a Dota 2 Major to Singapore at the end of March. The ONE Esports Dota 2 Singapore Major Presented by PGL will take March 27 – April...
The U.S. esports organization FlyQuest has secured the rights to broadcast the Spring 2021 season of the League of Legends Championship Series (LCS) in Spanish from Riot Games. Through the deal, FlyQuest will not only stream its own matches, but all the matches of the...
Swedish esports tournament platform Epulze has announced a partnership with VPgame, a multi-purpose esports service platform, to organise a range of professional and grassroots competitions. According to the release, the aim of the partnership is to grow grassroots level esports in Asia by combining the functionality...
Riot Games has hired Ryan Crosby as its new head of marketing and consumer products. Prior to joining Riot, Crosby worked in various marketing and public relations roles at Netflix, Hulu, Activision, Microsoft’s Xbox division, and En Masse Entertainment. Crosby joins Shauna Spenley, another former...