News that's sure to delight Astralis fans, the org is planning to open it's first ever flag-ship store in Copenhagen. Copenhagen-based amusement park Tivoli Gardens will soon house a fun-filled facility built by Danish esports organization, Astralis. Best known competitively in CS:GO, Astralis also boast rosters...
Dan McHugh, esports product manager for Overwatch, announced via a post on Reddit that the Overwatch Contenders in South America will not be continued. The decision was made after Activision Blizzard that the competition was not performing at the expected level; to develop talent for...
You can finally rep your favorite Call of Duty League team in Black Ops Cold War. Call of Duty League Teams had their own Operator skins, camos, charms, emblems and calling cards in Modern Warfare last year. Black Ops Cold War has taken the same approach,...
The LCS is now more accessible for Spanish speakers, thanks to FlyQuest. On Wednesday, FlyQuest announced that they're starting up LCS En Vivo, an LCS co-stream featuring Spanish-speaking broadcasters. Actually, the broadcast debuts tonight, February 5, with the first match of the LCS Spring Split between...
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...