Esports Insider Podcast

Welcome to the ESI Digest for Monday, 21st February! In today's episode we cover: NC State University receiving $16m in state funding for esports facilities on campus, Virtus Pro extending its partnership with automobile manufacturer HAVAL, and Moonton partnering with Esports Middle East for a Mobile Legends Bang Bang tournament series in the MENA region. Plus, get a quick overview of three new Th...

Welcome to the ESI Digest for Friday, 18th February! In today's episode we cover: BLAST partnering with Fortnite to produce ALL Fortnite Championship Series events in 2022, cryptocurrency exchange FTX partnering with Nerd Street Gamers, ESL announcing details around its women’s CS:GO circuit, ESL Impact, and more! Hosted by Jake Nordland (@callmeprivate)

Welcome to the ESI Digest for Wednesday, February 16th! In today’s episode we cover: Jackie Felling being appointed the LCS’ new Commissioner, NASCAR launching the eNASCAR College iRacing Series with NACE Starleague, ONE Esports securing a major partnership with HSBC, Kairos Group acquiring gaming and esports organisation Horizon Union, plus more! Hosted by Tom Daniels (@TheTomDaniels)

Welcome to the ESI Digest for Monday, February 14th. In today’s episode we cover Brandon Snow reportedly departing Activision Blizzard, India seemingly banning mobile esports title Free Fire, League of Legends’ LLA partnering with brewing company AB InBev. Hosted by Tom Daniels (@TheTomDaniels)

Welcome to the ESI Digest for Wednesday, February 9th! In today’s episode we cover Misfits Gaming Group partnering with Sportfive, Astralis acquiring a majority stake in PIXEL.TV, Evil Geniuses' appointment of Leonard Edwards as VP and Head of Global Partnerships, the 2022 Pokemon Unite Championship Series, plus more! Hosted by Tom Daniels (@TheTomDaniels)

Welcome to the ESI Digest for Wednesday, February 9th! In today’s episode we cover: FaZe Clan collaborating with the NFL ahead of the Super Bowl, the 2022 Commonwealth Games hosting a pilot esports championship, BLAST entering FIFA esports to produce the 2021/22 ePremier League, Immortals securing a cryptocurrency deal with Bitstamp, plus more! Hosted by Tom Daniels (@TheTomDaniels)

Welcome to the ESI Digest for Monday, February 7th! In today’s episode we cover: In today’s ESI Digest, we cover ESL Australia securing a major deal with Circles. Life, Swift Media Entertainment bolstering its operations with multiple personnel appointments, MSM merging with Galaxy Racer’s sister company RTE and more! Presented by Tom Daniels (@TheTomDaniels)

Welcome to the ESI Digest for Friday, February 4th! In today’s episode we cover: REWE Group joining SK Gaming’s ownership group, Cloud9 securing a multi-year deal cryptocurrency company Blockchain.com, PGL renews partnership with agency IMG, Dignitas signing NFL player Boston Scott to its Rocket League team, and more!

Welcome to the ESI Digest for Wednesday, February 2nd! In today’s episode we cover: LDN UTD naming the Vamps’ Connor Ball as its Co-owner, PGL hosting the first CS:GO Major of 2022 in Belgium, Midnite securing $16m in funding, EXCEL Esports’ Co-Founder Kieran Holmes-Darby joining Formula E, and more! Hosted by Tom Daniels (@TheTomDaniels).

Welcome to the ESI Digest for Monday, January 31st! In today’s episode we cover: Guild Esports’ 2021 Financial Results , Talon Esports renewed partnership with KFC , Splitgate's 2022 Pro Series and Challengers Series announcement and more!

Welcome to the ESI Digest for Friday, January 28th! In today’s episode we cover: Nielsen and Fnatic publishing ‘The Return on Investment of Esports’ whitepaper , Gen. G and Team Spirit securing cryptocurrency partnerships, CSMG officially launches its collegiate esports brand ESPORTSU , Complexity signs an NFT partnership with ARterra and more!

Welcome to the pilot episode of The Industry, a new podcast by Esports Insider! The team is still working out the finer details and getting all the pieces put in place, but we wanted share this interview since its contents are timely.  In this episode, Kerry interviews Twitter Gaming Partnerships Manager, Zach Mazzotta , about Twitter's role in esports discussions, Twitter Gaming's 2021 Year...

Welcome to the ESI Digest for Wednesday, January 26th! In today’s episode we cover: A rundown of ESL and FACEIT’s $1.5bn merger and acquisition, Morgan Sports Law launching a talent management esports agency called DotX Talent, Astralis extending its partnership with matchmaking platform Esportal, Version1 signing a multi-year deal with esports platform eFuse, Plus much more! Links to stories: ESL...

Welcome to the ESI Digest for Monday, January 24th! In today’s episode we cover:  Team Singularity relaunching its academy project Team Liquid acquiring Limit Guild BLAST Premier renewing its partnership with cryptocurrency platform Coinbase Plus much more! Links to stories: Team Singularity - https://esportsinsider.com/2022/01/team-singularity-academy-relaunch/ Team Liquid - https://esportsi...

On the final ESI Digest of the year, we cover the six biggest esports stories of 2021 as selected by ESI Editorial Staff. Host Tom Daniels is joined by ESI Head of Multimedia Content Kerry Waananen and Trending News Writer & Features Editor Jake Nordland . Happy holidays everyone and see you in 2022! Read these stories and more at EsportsInsider.com .

On this week’s ESI Digest, we cover; Oxygen Esports acquiring a CoD League slot, Riot Games' VALORANT esports announcements, Gen. G's new CEO, Quadrant's entrance into Halo esports, and MOONTON x ONE Esports's Mobile Legends: Bang Bang Women’s Invitational announcement. Read these stories and more at EsportsInsider.com .

On this week’s ESI Digest, we cover; FaZe Clan's cryptocurrency and NFT partner, ESL and DreamHack named RLCS esports partner, Immortals secures crypto partnership, Team Pacquiao GG esports & gaming brand's launch, and Global Esports Games' partners for inaugural event. Read these stories and more at EsportsInsider.com .

On this week’s ESI Digest, we cover; 100 Thieves securing $60m funding round, NAVI’s S1mple's likeness becoming integrated into RAID: Shadow Legends, Former NFL player Kenny Vaccaro co-founds a new esports org,  David de Gea also launching an organisation, and VALORANT Champions Tour expanding their Aim Lab partnership. Read these stories and more at EsportsInsider.com .

On this week’s ESI Digest, we cover North Carolina’s $5m Esports Industry Grant Fund, Enthusiast Gaming acquiring U.GG, BLAST Rising’s LATAM expansion, Weibo joining the LPL, plus Talon’s $5m funding round. Read these stories and more at EsportsInsider.com .

On this week’s ESI Digest, in partnership with Mbuzz Esports and BK ROG , we cover; Dubit's massive raise to launch the first metaverse esports league, ESL's rights agreement with Huya, Riot Games's newly appointed President of Esports, FaZe Clan's betting platform partnership, Nintendo's Super Smash Bros esports partnership. Read these stories and more at EsportsInsider.com .

On this week’s ESI Digest, in partnership with Mbuzz Esports and BK ROG , we cover; FC Barcelona entering League of Legends, OpTic Gaming and Envy Gaming announcing a merger, OverActive Media trading on the OTCQB Venture Market, Team Liquid and Coinbase's partnership, and Jackson Dahl departing 100 Thieves. Read these stories and more at EsportsInsider.com .

On this week’s ESI Digest, in partnership with Mbuzz Esports and BK ROG , we cover; BMW 's Rocket League partnership, Immortals relocating to the Great Lakes, Tomas Lyckedal and Nicklas Andersson joining Black Molly Entertainment , Freaks 4U Gaming collaborating with Diversity in Esports , plus Riot Games extending its Bayes Esports deal. Read these stories and more at EsportsInsider.com .

On this week’s ESI Digest, in partnership with Mbuzz Esports and BK ROG , we cover; Pokimane co-founding RTS , ESL 's partnership with Immutable X , Team Vitality 's Duy Nguyen appointment, BLAST Premier 's latest partners and FaZe Clan entering NASDAQ , Read these stories and more at EsportsInsider.com .

On this week’s ESI Digest we cover; Furia , BIG and Heroic being announced as the latest ESL Pro League member teams, Ninjas in Pyjamas launching Shinobi Sports and partnering with Zilliqa , Riot Games unveiling its 2021 World Championship rings, Fnatic hiring an Esports Operations Lead , plus SPORT1 extending its RLCS broadcast deal. Read these stories and more at EsportsInsider.com .

In this week's ESI Digest we cover, 100 Thieves 's acquisition of Higround , FACEIT partnering with Gucci , Endpoint CeX launching a fan token, Team Liquid 's Hercules Tires partnership, plus Wisdom Gaming launching an esports broadcast studio at Mall of America . Read these stories and more at EsportsInsider.com .