Profitability Pressure: B. Riley on going public and the financial future of esports
Esports companies are approaching the end of their financial runway. The industry was fueled by…
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Interview: Santander signs multi-year deal with LEC and LLA
International bank Santander has unveiled a multi-year deal with Riot Games’ League of Legends European…
Esports Movers and Shakers: May 2022
Each month, ESI compiles the period’s most significant esports movers and shakers. May’s round-up features…
Key esports sponsorships and partnerships, May 2022
May 2022 saw a familiar blend of esports partnership stories — peripheral sponsorships, cryptocurrency partnerships,…
Esports investment report, May 2022: Galaxy Racer, eFuse, Generation Esports
In May, a lot of unusual investment-related news came in. This month was not as…
Interview: Riot Games and Bayes Esports expand League of Legends data portal
Game developer and publisher Riot Games and data company Bayes Esports have expanded their data…
Toornament: Addressing the growing need for professional services in esports
Esports tournaments continue to tell stories of hardworking individuals rising up and facing challenges, with…
Esports Gambling Report, May 2022: GRID, React Gaming Group, Jing Ji Bao
The esports betting scene in May was largely dominated by financial results, with the likes…
Interview: In a growing market, Pixel Bar is going big on grassroots esports
UK-based esports and video game bar Pixel Bar has announced three new sponsorships this month for its recently-launched esports initiative, Pixel Esports. Internet service provider TalkTalk, IT technology brands Cisco…
Garena’s Justin Lye: Expanding on Free Fire’s foundations
Esports fandom is global. As such, the popularity of a title differs from region to region. League of Legends dominates Korea, mobile titles continue to develop within Asian nations and…
X7 Esports: The method behind its success in the European leagues
The European esports scene, across a variety of titles, has undergone some major developments over the last few years. In particular, League of Legends in Europe has blossomed since the…
The economic spillover of the esports industry
A lot is said about the money generated in the esports sector. It seems simple enough: gaming tournaments are organised, teams and players contest the tournaments, and media companies and…
NIP’s Jonas Gundersen: The COO waking up a ‘sleeping giant’
Sometimes it feels like Ninjas in Pyjamas (NIP), the eminent Swedish esports organisation founded in 2000, has spent the last few years in its own metaphorical pyjamas. The organisation’s flagship…
How Mindfuture Gaming is connecting brands to gamers
There is no denying that gaming is everywhere and brands across the world want to tap into the market. We’ve seen non-endemic brands partner with content creators and businesses across…
