The top professional League of Legends competition in South Korea is inviting teams to apply for a new partnership model, launching in the 2021 season. Promotion and relegation will be removed, teams will share in league revenue, and players will be paid a minimum of ₩60M KRW annually. Unlike the North American and […]
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Timo “Taimou” Kettunen, former Dallas Fuel member and three-times participant in the Overwatch World Cup, announced leaving Overwatch for Valorant. As Valorant begins its private beta tomorrow, professional players are already planning for a career on Riot Games’ new FPS. After Fortnite World Cup runner-up Harrison “psalm” Chang, today it is Overwatch player Timo “Taimou” […]
Read moreA partnership with Kia Motors for the Club in European League of Legends was created by North American company Rogue. The LEC team will use Kia’s cars to fly on a one-year relationship. For the development of video content for the relationship, Rogue should make use of celebrities who have invested in its parent ReKTGlobal. […]
Read moreThe MAD Lions made a statement by defeating G2 Esports today. Today was the first day of the LEC Spring Split playoffs. To the surprise of many, MAD Lions, a team of rookies, took down the reigning Kings of Europe, G2 Esports. They did so in 3-2 fashion, going the distance against the European super […]
Read moreSouth Korean automotive brand KIA will collaborate with Rogue’s League of Legends European Championship team in a one year deal that includes team transportation, branded content and events, and collaboration with music acts Imagine Dragons as well as Steve Aoki, Nicky Romero—members of which have all invested in Rogue’s parent company ReKT Global. Financial […]
Read moreWith the arrival of Winners.bet this year, there’s even more cause to be enthusiastic about esports. The new Winners.bet titles include CSGO, Dota 2, League of Legends, Overwatch, StarCraft 2. Esports lovers can gamble on all these titles in live matches, and their favourite teams are also playing in big tournaments worldwide. The platform is […]
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After nine weeks of competition, the regular season of LCS’ Spring Split has come to a close. Six teams have advanced to the playoffs, where they will fight to win it all. So far, Cloud9 has dominated, but there are worthy competitors vying for their #1 spot. The six teams competing in the post-season are […]
Read moreSpanish lollipop and confectionery brand Chupa Chups announced a sponsorship deal with Vodafone Giants, the Spanish esports organization that fields teams in six games including League of Legends and FIFA. This is the first entry for the company in the esports sponsorship space. Financial details of the agreement were not disclosed. According to the announcement, […]
Read moreESL’s Counter-Strike: Global Offensive league continues to lead all channels, esports or otherwise, with its online competition. League of Legends Champions Korea led a packed week of LoL competition. Nick “NICKMERCS” Kolcheff took over as the top Call of Duty: Warzone streamer as the battle royal remains popular. The following content is ranked according […]
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Liquid Poach says goodbye to competitive Fortnite. Last week, we covered a developing trend in competitive Fortnite where gobs of players are moving on from the game. Dylan “Dmo” Moore was one player of note who involved himself in Fortnite at the very beginning and recently announced his retirement. After an unprecedented three years of […]
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