British esports organisation Method has announced Joel Holmes-Darby, the co-founder of EXCEL Esports, as its new General Manager. According to the organisation’s website, Holmes-Darby will be working with Method’s World of Warcraft guild and any future Method operations to “help enable the organisation to achieve its rebuild...
Riot Games has announced several key changes to the League of Legends Champions Korea (LCK) as part of its new franchise model for 2021. The LCK 2021 season will commence on January 13th with a revamped LCK Challengers League (LCK CL), higher salaries and prize pools, new sponsors, and significant...
As 2020 came to a close, stakeholders and organisations in Southeast Asia began to prepare for the future, announcing partnerships and plans for 2021. Here are the major esports business stories coming out out of SEA in the month of December, in collaboration with AFK Gaming. ESL...
Publicly traded Danish esports organization Astralis Group announced Tuesday the appointment of Kasper Sindt to the role of commercial director. Sindt will officially take on the role March 1. Sindt is leaving the National Danish Football Association (DBU A/S), where he served for more than...
CSL Esports Chief Commercial Officer Neil Duffy announced Wednesday that he is leaving the collegiate esports organizer to pursue new opportunities. His departure from the company follows former chairman Wim Stocks’ departure in December after 11 years to join Vindex-owned Belong Gaming Arenas. Duffy joined...
Chief Commercial Officer Neil Duffy has announced that he is leaving collegiate esports firm CSL Esports (formally known as the Collegiate StarLeague) and WorldGaming. According to Duffy, the reasoning for his departure is to “pursue some other opportunities in esports”. The news follows on Wim Stocks, CSL...
GameSquare Esports, the Canadian Securities Exchange-listed parent company of esports agency Code Red Esports, announced that it has signed an agreement to fully acquire Canadian esports organization Reciprocity. According to the agreement, GameSquare will issue $14.44M CAD ($11.41M USD) worth of shares to certain Reciprocity...
iGaming company ClassyBeef has announced the addition of former Counter-Strike player and manager Emil ‘HeatoN’ Christensen as its latest brand ambassador. Described by the firm as the ‘first true esports superstar’, HeatoN was a part of the original NiP line-up which won the CPL World Championship in 2001. He also represented...
Find out the highest earning Fortnite players of 2020. Competitive Fortnite: Battle Royale in 2020 was another milestone year in the growing legacy of one of the most popular games of all time. In some senses, it seems that the competitive scene has usurped casuals with...
Mobile Legends: Bang Bang developer MOONTON announced Tuesday the partners that will support the M2 World Championship (M2), a competition to be held in Singapore from Jan. 18 – 24. The competition is being run in association with Singapore’s Cybersports and Online Gaming Association (SCOGA),...