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In December last year, gaming platform Nicecactus partnered with the Monaco Esports Federation for the inaugural Monaco Gaming Show. To sum up last year’s edition — and to look ahead to future, offline iterations — Nicecactus wrote this piece in collaboration with Esports Insider. In mid-2020, the Monaco Esports...

Australian payment processor SQID Technologies Limited has acquired $2.15m AUD (~£1.2m) worth of shares in esports organisation The Chiefs Esports Club, operated by ICON Esports.  The capital raised will be used to expand ICON Esports’ commercial and business activities in 2021, which includes The Chiefs Esports Club. Credit:...

Minnesota Røkkr’s parent company WISE Ventures Esports has rebranded to Version1, with the firm also announcing the signing of a VALORANT roster. The rebrand comes as the organisation looks to execute plans for continued growth and to diversify its content offerings. Credit: Version1 RELATED: WISE Ventures Esports launches Version1 brand, enters Rocket...

New York-based esports organisation Andbox has entered into a partnership with audio peripherals manufacturer ASTRO Gaming. The multi-year deal will see the manufacturer become the official audio partner of Andbox’s Call of Duty League (CDL) franchise New York Subliners, Overwatch League (OWL) franchise New York Excelsior and the organisation’s VALORANT roster. Credit: Andbox RELATED:...

North American esports organisation XSET has named gaming peripherals brand HyperX as its official peripheral and memory partner. The new partnership will see HyperX exclusively outfit XSET’s esports roster and content creators with a range of products, such as headsets, keyboards and mice, microphones and memory. Photo credit: HyperX/ XSET RELATED: BMX athlete...