The League of Legends esports season kicked off over the weekend with the world’s top region also leading in viewership. Influencers are continuing to change the shape of Twitch through collaboration and event-based streaming. Twitch’s Top Channel – TheGrefg Spanish YouTuber and streamer David “TheGrefg” Cánovas Martínez has become the latest streamer to shatter the […]
Luminosity Upsets Sentinels at Nerd St. Gamer's Valorant Winter Championship
Nerd St. Gamers’ Valorant Winter Championship ended with an upset from Luminosity Gaming over the fan-favorite Sentinels. The Winter Championship began with 16 teams and four Groups with everyone from Sentinels to XSET. Only eight teams, ANDBOX, Cloud9 Blue, Envy, Sentinels, NRG, Luminosity, Equinox, and Built By Gamers made it through to the playoffs. Luminosity, […]
LEC Continues Partner Renewal Streak With Logitech G
The latest brand to renew its partnership agreement with the LEC is Logitech gaming peripherals brand Logitech G. This will be the third year of Logitech G’s partnership with the European esports league. Additionally, the renewed deal will last for the next two years. Logitech G will remain the LEC’s official peripherals partner, providing its […]
2021 North America VALORANT Champions Tour Begins January 27
The 2021 Valorant Champions Tour will kick off on January 27th in North America, hosted by Nerd St. Gamers. There is no doubt that Valorant is one of the fastest-growing esports in the history of video games. The growing support from the community is amplified by Riot’s efforts to take Valorant to the next level. […]
Natus Vincere Partners With Plarium Games to Promote Raid: Shadow Legends
Israeli game developer Plarium Games announced that it has partnered with Ukrainian esports organization Natus Vincere (NAVI) to promote its PC and freemium mobile game, RAID: Shadow Legends. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. The partnership was brokered by EsportQuake, a division of sports partnership agency SportQuake. Through this new partnership, Plarium Games […]
PlayVS acquires GameSeta, partners with British Columbia School Sports – Esports Insider
US-based high school esports platform PlayVS has expanded its footprint in North America following the acquisition of Vancouver-based esports infrastructure company GameSeta. According to the release, the acquisition will provide greater access to infrastructure and opportunities for competition in Canada through the PlayVS platform using GameSeta as a local resource to provide guidance. Additionally, GameSeta […]
VBET Becomes Title Sponsor of Team Alliance
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 team jerseys, VBET and Alliance will also host charity poker […]
Day one victories for both EHOME and Vici Gaming in the China DPC League
While the Dota Pro Circuit League Season 1 officially kicked off yesterday, for the Chinese region, the upper bracket begun today, with two series which had the potential for some big early upsets. Yesterday we saw the lower division of the DPC League Season kick off in China with some rather interesting early results, including […]
HelloFresh founding member appointed Skrmiish CEO – Esports Insider
Luke Grob, a founding member and former VP of Operations & Product at HelloFresh, has been appointed CEO of Skrmiish — an app-driven gaming platform. RELATED: Astralis Group hires Samantha Yu as Chief Marketing Officer In 2017, Grob’s former company HelloFresh — now a public entity valued at more than $11bln (~£8.02bln) — was named Europe’s […]
FIFA – Das Wochenende der Rages und Fails – Lehren der Weekend League #14 – FIFA
Die 14. Weekend League stand definitiv für das Wochenende der Fails. Von Disconnects bis hin zu Brain-AFKs war alles dabei. Bevor wir mit den Fails der Weekend League beginnen: Auch diese Woche konnte Anders Vejrgang seine 30 Spiele gewinnen und steht somit auf 420-0. Mehr dazu: 420:0 in der FIFA 21 Weekend League – Wer […]