Ninjas in Pajamas will join Razer’s stable of esports teams in a new multiyear partnership deal. Razer will become the organization’s peripheral provider and will produce custom gaming peripherals with NIP designs and branding. Earlier this year, shortly after unveiling its updated branding and colors, NIP signed a three-year sponsorship deal with Samsung. The organization […]
After unveiling its plans for the competitive Wild Rift scene in Brazil, Riot Games announced Thursday that the first tournament, Wild Tour, will be an in-person event to be held on Oct. 8 – 10, in the Riot Games studios in São Paulo. The event will not be open to the public due to COVID-19 […]
New York-based esports organization Andbox has secured a deal that will make USAA the official insurance and military appreciation partner of its Call of Duty League team New York Subliners. The multiyear partnership will make USAA the first partner to be featured on NYSL jerseys both inside the game and out. Financial terms were not […]
Cinema brand Pathé and Amsterdam-based H20 Esports Campus announced that they established a new joint venture, Go!Gaming, to bring a new gaming concept to cinemas. According to a release, Go!Gaming will open its first venues at the 30 locations Pathé operates in the Netherlands in the fall. Go!Gaming’s leadership was formed by its participants by appointing Pathé […]
Valve Corporation announced Wednesday that The International 10 – Dota 2 Championships will be held this October in Bucharest, Romania. T10 was set to take place in Sweden in August, but Valve announced last month that it would not be hosting the event in the country because the Swedish Sports Federation voted not to accept […]
Brazilian esports organization LOUD announced Submarino, one of the biggest and most traditional companies in Brazilian e-commerce, as its newest sponsor. Besides brand exposure on LOUD’s team jerseys and social media, Submarino will also count on five LOUD influencers to be brand ambassadors, an advertising campaign, and a partnered store on the Submarino marketplace to […]
Chinese esports solution provider VSPN and Tencent jointly announced that the 2021 Peacekeeper Elite World Championship (PEC) would be postponed due to the current global pandemic. The original PEC event will be replaced by Peace Elite Super Cup 2021, a new domestic event that features a ￥2 million ($310,000) and will be sponsored by OPPO. […]
It was a big weekend for global Counter-Strike: Global Offensive action, with channels topping the charts across multiple tournaments. Also of note, Korea’s League of Legends pro league continues to lead the way in the game’s weekly viewership. Twitch’s Top Channel – Gaules It was a big week for CS:GO (and NBA) streamer Gaules, but […]
As FaZe Clan members and influencers such as Youtuber Bryan Quang “RiceGum” Le and Sommer Ray, who were involved in promoting the fake crypto token charity Save The Kids, deal with the fallout from their involvement (Frazier “FaZe Kay” Khattri was removed from the organization on July 1, while three others were suspended), the community […]
Playfly Sports-owned CSL Esports has partnered together with non-profit National Association of Collegiate Esports, esports infrastructure company Nerd Street Gamers, and software company Mainline to launch the largest collegiate esports league in North America: the NACE Starleague. The new entity will feature many participating schools from the established leagues operated by CSL and NACE including […]
