ESL UK has welcomed UK energy drink brand Beyond NRG as the latest sponsor of its domestic esports competition, the ESL Premiership. As a part of the deal, Beyond NRG will become an official partner of the ESL Premiership for the upcoming spring season across all titles,...
Seven straight days of CDL action kicked off with two excellent matches. Last night the Call of Duty League Super Week kicked off with two great matches. Here’s a recap of both games, including some important stats. Florida Mutineers 3-1 Los Angeles Guerrillas The Los Angeles Guerrillas started...
Esports in Canada is getting a boost after OverActive Media confirmed today that together with the design firm Populous, a near $500M entertainment performance venue is due to be completed in 2025. This project marks the first potential new sports or entertainment venue built in...
North American esports organisation FaZe Clan has partnered with sportswear brand Kappa and social media agency 433 to create real-life versions of its FIFA 21 digital football kit. Photo credit: FaZe Clan RELATED: FaZe Clan appoints Amit Bajaj as Chief Financial Officer The FaZe Clan FGS 21 Kit...
Today, FaZe Clan, the North American competitive esports and gaming lifestyle brand, has once again partnered with the Italian sportswear brand Kappa, and this time brings alongside the soccer and social media juggernaut 433 in order to bring to life the FaZe Clan FGS 21...
China’s League of Legends esports operator TJ Sports announced Monday that the company is currently investigating a “match-fixing” report from Chinese esports organization FunPlus Phoenix (FPX), targeting FPX’s League of Legends player Zhou “Bo” Yangbo. According to FPX’s official Weibo, Yangbo initiated the report to...
Donating to a good cause while playing video games? Yes. BLAST Premier, organizers of global Counter-Strike: Global Offensive events, announced on Monday that the organization would donate $12.5K USD to SpecialEffect, a U.K.-based charity that “utilizes gaming and technology to enhance and improve the lives...
Canadian multinational e-commerce company Shopify has started its own competitive esports organization calledShopify Rebellion. Shopify CEO Tobi Lutke announced on Twitter that the new organization would immediately jump into Starcraft 2 because “of course we do.” Rebellion’s launch coincides with the news that the organization...
After announcing poker and chess lineups, esports organization FURIA takes a step further and enters Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) by signing Judo and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu multi-champion and current Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) fighter Livia Renata Souza. The first fight in which Souza will be representing...
OverActive Media, the parent company of Toronto Defiant, Toronto Ultra, and MAD Lions, has announced plans to build a 7,000-seat esports and entertainment venue at Exhibition Place in Toronto, Canada. The venue, projected to be completed in 2025, is set to include a ‘theatre-style entertainment venue and hotel complex’,...