Esports company Immortals Gaming Club has secured a multi-year partnership agreement with HotelPlanner, which will serve as the company’s official hotel booking partner. The deal covers both IGC’s Counter-Strike: Global Offensive team, which competes under the MIBR brand, and the Immortals-branded LCS squad. When esports...
Not-for-profit organisation The 1,000 Dreams Fund (1DF) has launched its third annual BroadcastHER Academy, an esports and gaming fellowship programme for women interested in pursuing a career in the industry. The 2021 BroadcastHER Academy Challenge commences on February 2nd, with the initiative concluding on March 11th. Throughout the...
This is the latest addition to the 11k MMR bracket. BOOM Esports is one of the most prominent teams in SEA, which is why it doesn’t come as a surprise its players are top tier. Today, Ralfi Fathur “Mikoto” Rahman became the first-ever 11K MMR player...
Esports tournament company BLAST has announced the appointment of a new commissioner for its global tournament series, BLAST Premier. Andrew Haworth, BLAST director of operations and production, will assume the role, overseeing the series’ format, rules, competitive integrity, and various other aspects of governance such...
Zoomph has signed its latest esports partnership deal with Misfits Gaming Group, covering each of its competitive brands. The firm will provide data and analytics regarding MGG’s sponsorship assets, in order to help the organization develop more engaging partner campaigns. Zoomph has secured deals with...
In-game advertising platform Anzu has raised $9m (£6.56m) in its latest round of funding, with the likes of BITKRAFT Ventures and Sony Innovation Fund becoming investors. The capital raised will be used to expand the company’s commercial growth alongside funding sales and marketing initiatives to assist in moving it forward...
In-game advertising platform Anzu.io announced that it has raised a $9M USD financing round co-led by gaming, esports, and interactive media-focused venture capital firm BITKRAFT Ventures and HBSE Ventures, the investment arm of Dignitas backer Harris Blitzer Sports & Entertainment. Further investment participants included WPP,...
Esports tournament organiser BLAST has named Andrew Haworth, the firm’s Director of Operations and Production, as the Commissioner for its Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS:GO) esports league, BLAST Premier. As part of the role, Haworth will oversee the tournament format, rulebook, competitive integrity, and other key areas of governance...
With a new season come new Power Rankings, let's take a look at where we place each team ahead of the first event. With the 2021 Call of Duty League season starting on February 11th, we don't have long to wait. However, we’ve seen all the...
After spending some time on the best team in North America, Roman "RAMZES666" Kushnarev is no longer a part of EG. 2020 was a really strange year for Dota 2. Due to the global pandemic, every LAN tournament was canceled, which is why we got to...