Red Bull has announced the 2022 edition of real-time strategy game Age of Empires’ esports tournament Red Bull Wololo, called Red Bull Wololo: Legacy. The tournament will be played in three Age of Empires (AoE) games that have been updated for modern devices; AoE I: Definitive Edition, AoE II: Definitive Edition, and AoE IV. AMD, […]
Wanyoo UK, an esports studio and gaming café chain, has undergone a complete rebranding to align further with the company’s mission to provide high-quality services to the gaming and esports community. From now on Wanyoo UK will be known as SideQuest. Image credit: SideQuest The overall rebranding looks to establish Sidequest as a universal brand. […]
North American esports tournament and production service company Unified has renewed its agreement with Riot Games for the LCS Proving Grounds. As a result of the partnership, the company will once again host circuit qualifiers for Proving Grounds, a North American academy and amateur League of Legends tournament. Image credit: Unified RELATED: LCS teams up […]
Multinational esports organisation Team Liquid has launched The Next Wave, a scouting combine focused on finding talented FPS players in North America. The combine will be accompanied by a five episode series, with the finale broadcast live on Twitch. The project will focus on amateur and professional FPS players and content creators, with the winner […]
Indian esports platform GoodGameNation (GG Nation) has entered a partnership with Indian youth community platform Viral Fission. As a result, the multi-year deal will see the two parties collaborate to create what they are calling the largest collegiate esports competition in the region. (ESI illustration) Image credit: GoodGameNation / Viral Fission RELATED: Indian streaming platform Loco retains NBA […]
Global esports tournament organiser BLAST Premier has announced a partnership with Danish shipping and logistics company A.P. Moller-Maersk (Maersk). Maersk will become a sponsor of BLAST CS:GO events for the remainder of the 2022 season, and Maersk branding will be featured on BLAST Premier’s digital and physical assets. Image credit: BLAST Premier RELATED: Charlotte Kenny […]
The Collegiate Esports Commissioner’s Cup (CECC) has announced a number of sponsors ahead of its live event at the Gateway Center in Atlanta, Georgia next month. CECC’s new partners for the event include hygiene brand Barbasol, Neustreet, the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society, meal replacement brand CTRL, Reveal Suits, education company Futures First Gaming, as well as […]
The League of Legends European Championship (LEC) will be played in front of a live audience for the first time in two years. The LEC Spring Finals 2022 is still scheduled to take place at the LEC studio in Berlin, with a limited amount of tickets being made available for fans. Image credit: Riot Games RELATED: […]
North American esports organisation FaZe Clan has announced it will host a pop-up event alongside English football club Manchester City. The latest collaboration will see both parties open a pop-up merchandise store ahead of the club’s upcoming match against Liverpool FC, which is scheduled to take place the day after on April 10th. Image credit: FaZe Clan, […]
Ignite Tournaments, a play-to-earn esports tournament organiser, announced it has secured $10m (~£ 7.5m) in funding from investors which will be used to improve the company’s infrastructure and operations. Ignite Tournaments said it will “build the world’s first mobile play-to-earn esports tournament and streaming platform”. The complete investment consists of a $3m (~£2.3m) seed round […]