Go to Source Author: Trent Murray Tournament operator BLAST will bring together 40 Apex Legends teams from across Europe next month for its first foray into the Apex Legends esports ecosystem. BLAST Titans will award a €40K ($47.8K USD) prize pool. Apex Legends has been on the rise within esports this year. EA recently reported that the game had surpassed 100 […] The post BLAST enters Apex Legends with Europe-focused event first appeared on The Esports Observer.Go to Source Author: Trent Murray

Go to Source Author: Kevin Hitt Cavs Legion Gaming Club, the NBA 2K League affiliate of the Cleveland Cavaliers, has partnered with Cleveland Clinic Sports Medicine in order to provide players from the organization with a comprehensive care package that is specific “to the needs of an esports athlete.” No financial details of the partnership were released. For the duration of […] The post Cavs Legion partners with Cleveland Clinic Sports Medicine to provide medical care for players first appeared on The Esports Observer.Go to Source Author: Kevin Hitt

Go to Source Author: James Fudge Vindex-owned esports facilities company Belong Gaming Arenas announced Wednesday that it will open its first esports competition center in Houston, Texas, “this summer,” followed by a roll-out in key markets such as Dallas, Columbus, Chicago and Nashville.  Belong Gaming Arenas, which was bought by Vindex from games retailer GAME Digital plc in July 2020, operates […] The post Belong Gaming Arenas begin U.S. rollout with Houston location this summer first appeared on The Esports Observer.Go to Source Author: James Fudge

Go to Source Author: James Fudge Esports and gaming discoverability platform eFuse has launched a new program called Pipeline, a ranking system that showcases the top 100 college-eligible players. Pipeline currently supports League of Legends and Valorant, with an Aim Lab-specific ranking to identify crossover talent.  “We think of Pipeline as similar to an ESPN top 100 but for esports and […] The post eFuse CEO Matt Benson on deploying Pipeline, a system to facilitate a ‘path to collegiate esports’  first appeared on The Esports Observer.Go to Source Author: James Fudge

Go to Source Author: James Fudge UK-based tournament organizer BLAST, best known for its BLAST Premier series of Counter-Strike: Global Offensive tournaments, surprised the esports community when it announced that it had partnered with Epic Games for Fortnite. Besides being a milestone for BLAST, it was also surprising because Epic doesn’t typically announce publicly that it uses third-party tournament organizers to […] The post BLAST’s Nicolas Estrup on partnering with Epic for the Fortnite All-Star Showdown  first appeared on The Esports Observer.Go to Source Author: James Fudge

Go to Source Author: Trent Murray Esports organization Dignitas has secured a partnership with NYX Professional Makeup to serve as the team’s official beauty partner. The deal marks the first official esports partnership for NYX, which will focus on Dignitas’ women’s esports teams and streamers as well as its women’s gaming initiative Radiant.  Product placement integrations will be incorporated into Dignitas’ […] The post NYX Professional Makeup signs on as official beauty partner of Dignitas first appeared on The Esports Observer.Go to Source Author: Trent Murray

Go to Source Author: Hongyu Chen Cao Xi, venture partner of Sequoia Capital China, shared his insights on investing in the esports industry by means of his firm’s portfolio, including short-film company Kuaishou, live streaming company DouYu, and esports solutions provider VSPN, during the recent Tencent Esports Global Summit. Founded in 2005, Beijing-headquartered Sequoia Capital China is one of China’s most […] The post Sequoia Capital China venture partner Cao Xi on seizing new investment opportunities in esports first appeared on The Esports Observer.Go to Source Author: Hongyu Chen

Go to Source Author: Trent Murray Pizza Hut will return to Amazon’s streaming platform as an official partner of Twitch Rivals North America. The brand will be the official pizza of Twitch’s competition property and will bring back last year’s limited run program Friday Night Bites as a monthly content series. The show will feature gaming and celebrity guests playing games […] The post Pizza Hut returns to streaming as Twitch Rivals partner first appeared on The Esports Observer.Go to Source Author: Trent Murray

Go to Source Author: Trent Murray Former Team Liquid staffer Ryan Nejmanowski has joined Australian esports organization ORDER as its new Chief Development Officer. Nejmanowski will oversee the company’s media and content vertical, driving creative direction for the team’s videos and other media. Nejmanowski joined Team Liquid in 2016, serving as Special Projects Lead and taking on the role of Head […] The post Australian Esports Organization ORDER Appoints New Chief Development Officer first appeared on The Esports Observer.Go to Source Author: Trent Murray

Go to Source Author: Tobias Seck Danish educational esports platform GamerzClass raised a $2.5 million USD seed financing round led by a group of angel investors, including Copenhagen-based ByFounders, former Index Ventures general partner Ben Holmes, and GameAnalytics founder Morten Wulf. Further investors that participated in the round include existing investors Bumble Ventures and TrueSight Ventures. Its latest financing round brings GamerzClass’ total investments raised to […] The post GamerzClass raises $2.5 million seed financing round  first appeared on The Esports Observer.Go to Source Author: Tobias Seck