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Luke Grob, a founding member and former VP of Operations & Product at HelloFresh, has been appointed CEO of Skrmiish — an app-driven gaming platform. In-app Skrmiish demo. Credit: Skrmiish RELATED: Astralis Group hires Samantha Yu as Chief Marketing Officer In 2017, Grob’s former company HelloFresh — now a...

Chilean technology company Barracks has announced a partnership with Riot Games in Brazil to expand its services to Brazil’s premier League of Legends competition CBLOL. Photo credit: Barracks RELATED: Riot Games strikes global partnership with Barracks The new partnership expands on Barracks’ current partnership with the video game publisher. In...

Malta-based sports betting operator VBET has been named as the title sponsor of Swedish esports organisation Alliance. VBET, which currently operates in the United Kingdom, France, and Germany, will take its first steps into esports as a result of its partnership with Alliance. Image credit: VBET RELATED: LOOT.BET reveals statistics...

International esports company GameSquare Esports has announced former FaZe Clan Senior Vice President Jan Neumeister as its new Head of European Operations. Tasked with driving organic revenue growth in Europe, Neumeister will also be identifying cross-selling opportunities within the company’s North American operations. Credit: Jan Neumeister / LinkedIn Profile RELATED: Code...

Woxic is moving on from C9, leaving the roster down two members. Özgür “woxic” Eker has departed Cloud9 after playing four events under their banner. The Turkish sniper was released from his contract by mutual agreement with Cloud9 three months after his transfer from mousesports. In his...

Swedish esports organization Team Alliance announced a partnership Monday with sports betting and gaming operator VBET to become its title sponsor. This is the first esports-related sponsorship for the bookmaker.  Financial terms of the partnership were not disclosed. In addition to key logo placement on...

South Korean esports organization T1 Entertainment & Sports (T1) announced Monday on its official Weibo that the organization has signed a partnership deal with South Korean confectionery company Orion Corporation (Orion). Orion will provide branded snacks to T1 players, according to the announcement. Financial terms...