After seven months of build-up, Norwich City rose to the occasion and won FIFA’s ePremier League for the first time in the football club’s history. However, Norwich’s real story began 18 months ago with the founding of 1J Esports, as it attempts to tap into the elusive 14+ market. In a closely fought tournament, Norwich City’s Damien ‘Damie’ Augustyniak and […]

North American esports organisation 100 Thieves has appointed Tim Sevenhuysen, formerly of Esports One, as its Director of Esports Analytics. In his new role, Sevenhuysen will help prepare all of 100 Thieves’ teams for competitions, with an emphasis on player development and scouting. RELATED: JBL x 100 Thieves Headset collaboration Prior to joining 100 Thieves, Sevenhuysen held the position of […]

North American esports organisation 100 Thieves has announced that it will produce its own video game. To achieve this feat, the organisation has hired former Telltale Games CEO Pete Hawley as its Chief Product Officer. Hawley will aim to set up a development studio and handle the project. RELATED: Interview: JBL x 100 Thieves Headset collaboration According to a LinkedIn post […]

Esports Around The World is a series of profiles outlining the esports ecosystem in various countries globally. The series ties into our ESI Washington DC event, which took place from 16-18th May 2022 and focused on esports’ growth around the world. RELATED: Esports Around The World: China Introduction Iceland is a small, remote island in the Atlantic ocean, but its […]

Esports Around The World is a series of profiles outlining the esports ecosystem in various countries globally. The series ties into our ESI Washington DC event, which took place from 16-18th May 2022 and focused on esports’ growth around the world. RELATED: Esports Around The World: China Introduction Iceland is a small, remote island in the Atlantic ocean, but its […]

North American esports organisation Version1 has announced dairy industry initiative Undeniably Dairy as the Official Nutrition Partner of its Rocket League team. The deal covers the Rocket League Championship Series (RLCS) Spring Split, which ends on July 3rd with the Spring Major to be held in London. RELATED: Version1 promotes Annie Scott Riley and Jake Trobaugh Undeniably Dairy is an […]

Game developer and esports company Riot Games has announced the broadening of its partnership with Statespace, the developer of aim training tool Aim Lab. As a part of the expansion, Riot Games will become a minority shareholder in Statespace. Aim Lab will also become the official training platform for RIot’s FPS title VALORANT. RELATED: Aim Lab signs three-year deal with […]

The Saudi Arabian government’s Public Investment Fund (PIF) has reportedly acquired a five percent stake in game developer and publisher Nintendo. The $500bn (~£403bn) fund said it purchased the stake for ‘investment purposes’, according to a filing to Japan’s Finance Ministry reported by Bloomberg. The PIF is Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund. It has purchased similar stakes in Japanese game […]

Canadian esports holding company OverActive Media, owners of MAD Lions, Toronto Ultra, and Toronto Defiant, has revealed its financial results for the first quarter of 2022. The company recorded CAD $2.1m (~£1.3m) in revenue and a net loss of CAD $4.6m (~£2.88m). Both figures are higher than those recorded for the same time period last year.  RELATED: OverActive Media releases […]

Warner Bros. Games’ fighting title MultiVersus announced on its official Twitter account that it will be a part of the Evolution Championship Series (EVO) 2022, set to be held in Las Vegas on August 5-7th.   The title will hold a 2V2 format tournament featuring a $100,000 (~£82,000) prize pool. RELATED: Can fighting games become a mainstream esport without abandoning grassroots? […]