German esports organisation Berlin International Gaming (BIG) has expanded its existing partnership with HP‘s gaming brand OMEN. As a result of the expansion, OMEN has been named as the main supporter of the organisation’s VALORANT team. RELATED: CORSAIR and BIG announce two-year partnership extension Alongside supporting BIG’s VALORANT roster, the entities’ joint commitment to supporting amateur esports will […]
Entain partners with EPIC Risk Management and CSPPA to educate about gaming harm – Esports Insider
London Stock Exchange-listed sports betting and gambling operator Entain has introduced a range of initiatives to help educate gaming and esports players in the UK and Europe about potential risks of harm. RELATED: CSPPA and EPIC Risk Management become Gambling Awareness Partners Through the company’s not-for-profit Entain Foundation, the operator is working with a number […]
Discord tidies up chat with new threads feature
Discord has been growing as a platform, and since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic last year, it has become an even more valuable social spot for many people. Discord’s developer is now adding a useful new feature to help your chats stay clutter-free: threads. Threads are conversations that take place under an original message, […]
Nicecactus partners with Wolfie Sports and Mpesa – Esports Insider
Gaming tournament and training platform Nicecactus has teamed up with Kenyan esports platform Wolfie Sports. The three-year deal will see both entities collaborate to launch an online tournament platform in Africa. RELATED: Origin stories: Alexandre Amoukteh on the rise of Nicecactus According to the release, Vodafone-owned mobile banking provider Mpesa will also partner with Nicecactus […]
Grid Legends coming 2022 with cars, trucks, and a ‘classic underdog tale’
Grid Legends is the next racing game from Codemasters, the Dirt and F1 studio bought by Electronic Arts at the beginning of the year. This adaptation of the developer’s long-running grand touring simulation leans heavy into cinematics and narrative, featuring a cast of three main characters vying for the title of best driver in the […]
Intuit expanded userbase with AI assistants and virtual human experts
All the sessions from Transform 2021 are available on-demand now. Watch now. When it comes to filing taxes, some people prefer to handle it all by themselves. Other people prefer to let the experts take care of everything. For the people somewhere in the middle, Intuit has a service called TurboTax Live, which utilizes AI […]
Dignitas takes flight with U.S. Air Force partnership – Esports Insider
North American esports organisation Dignitas has unveiled the U.S. Air Force as its official military service partner. As a result, the two parties will collaborate on a range of ‘unique content experiences’ alongside hosting an esports tournament set to take place in late 2021. RELATED: Dignitas names Zytara Labs official NFT and playing card partner The partnership comes after Dignitas […]
eFuse partners with College CoD for summer events – Esports Insider
Esports social media startup eFuse has announced a partnership with College CoD (CCL), a competitive organisation for collegiate Call of Duty. As a result of the partnership, eFuse and CCL will launch two summer events to help full-time college Call of Duty players get discovered and strengthen path-to-pro opportunities. Image credit: eFuseRELATED: eFuse appoints Halina Malik […]
This $1,100 Alienware PC with an RTX 3060 costs heaps less than DIY
Prices are still insane for gaming gear, but Dell is making things a little easier today with a pre-built 1080p gaming desktop. The Alienware Aurora Ryzen Edition R10 with an Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 is $1,100 (tower only). That’s $410 off the MSRP, and not much more than you’d pay for just the graphics card alone—when […]
Unlocking analytics with data lake and graph analysis
Join AI & data leaders at Transform 2021 on July 12th for the AI/ML Automation Technology Summit. Register today. This post was written by David Sullivan, a data scientist at Valkyrie. Among numerous industries and business types, modern analytics are growing increasingly personalized and dependent on the most recent, up-to-date data. It has become evident […]