SPORTFIVE has established an international esports operation, naming Eike Gyllensvärd as its Executive Vice-President of Global Esports Partnerships. Gyllensvärd, who has been with the company for 18 years, will take the reins…
Riot Games plans to establish an ethics committee and global deals council after the company’s short-lived partnership with NEOM, a Saudi Arabian city development project. The global deals council will…
The Counter-Strike Professional Players’ Association (CSPPA) has partnered with the University of Chichester and the University of Winchester to conduct a survey of CS:GO players’ mental health. The survey, led…
North American organisation Cloud9 has partnered with sponsorship marketplace Uconnect Esports to support collegiate esports through 2020. Cloud9 will run multiple campaigns throughout the Fall semester, including online community events for collegiate organisations.…
Red Bull and Riot Games’ League of Legends Championship Series (LCS) have partnered to launch this year’s rendition of Red Bull Solo Q, the “ultimate 1v1 experience for amateur League of Legends…
Entertainment and the military have always existed hand-in-hand. The “heroics” of war have been highlighted in film, both as fictional, glorified images of battle, and as prominent recruiting tools in…
