Thursday August 25, 2022 Good morning! It’s Thursday and this is your early morning Esports brief. Electronic Arts and Major League Soccer kicked off an extension of their long-term partnership that designates EA SPORTS as an Official Partner of MLS and eMLS, designed to “deepen the league’s integration within EA SPORTS’ global football franchise, […]
Thursday April 21, 2022 Good morning! It’s Thursday and this is your early morning Esports brief. Microsoft and CDW are stepping up as the presenting partners of The Collegiate Esports Commissioner’s Cup, the largest collegiate esports festival running on May 7-8 out of Gateway Center Arena in Atlanta. In addition, CECC also announced that […]
Thursday April 14, 2022 Good morning! It’s Thursday and this is your early morning Esports brief. Infinite Realty is going Rogue, announcing that the company has entered into a definitive merger agreement to acquire esports and entertainment conglomerate ReKTGlobal, Inc. in a $470 million all-stock deal. As part of the deal, Infinite Reality will […]
Thursday November 11, 2021 Good morning! It’s Thursday and this is your weekly Esports Brief. Overwatch League is getting a shakeup at the top as Activision Blizzard announced that senior business operations manager Sean Miller will take on oversight of the league, which will play next year on an early build of Overwatch 2. […]
Thursday April 22, 2021 Good morning! This is your weekly Esports Brief. The International Olympic Committee is launching the Olympic Virtual Series (OVS), the first-ever, Olympic-licensed event for physical and non-physical virtual sports, partnering with five International Sports Federations and game publishers. The org also tapped the talents of DreamHack Sports Games for the […]
Thursday April 15, 2021 Good morning! This is your weekly Esports Brief. Overwatch League returns to action this week, boasting new faces, new toys and a confirmed return to live competition this season. With play set to kick off tomorrow, the league confirmed the return to LAN events, lining up three that will take […]
Thursday January 21, 2021 Good morning! This is your weekly Esports Brief. With the LEC set to return for its 2021 season, Riot Games announced that KitKat renewed its partnership with the league for another year, and will serve as a Main Partner for the upcoming 2021 championship and will once again invite […]
Thursday May 28, 2020 Good morning! This is your weekly Esports Brief. Brand Ninja continues to explore new boundaries with the news that Tyler “Ninja” Blevins will host Ninja Battles Featuring Fortnite, serving as a live competitive series featuring 60 of the world’s top Fortnite players and gaming personalities competing for a share of […]
Thursday May 21, 2020 Good morning! This is your weekly Esports Brief. Riot Games is turning on the Friday night lights for LCS, shifting its third day of weekly competition from Monday to Fridays with the goal of reeling in more viewers across more time zones. The Friday Night League will look to be […]
Thursday May 14, 2020 Good morning! This is your weekly Esports Brief. ESL and DreamHack are giving an overhaul to the ESL Pro Tour Starcraft II and WarCraft III: Reforged. Instead of four live tournaments, The ESL Pro Tour will now be held online across three seasons for the remainder of the year. A […]
