The Week in Esports
01/21/21: LEC gets another dose of KitKat; Fortnite ups the ante; Duffy sparks eFuse expansion
- Fortnite is increasing the stakes in 2021
- Fortnite also revealed its largest sports partnership to-date
- While we are upping the tally, the Call of Duty League will serve up $5 million in prize money
- Riot Games announced that the 2021 VALORANT Champions Tour will launch in North America on Jan. 27
- Fnatic locked in a multi-year partnership with snack brand Jack Link’s
- Twitch Rivals is teaming up with Sams
- Grubhub signed on as the official food delivery partner of the LCS
- ESL Gaming and Mastercard renewed their partnership
- G2 named adidas as the team’s newest partner and official sports apparel provider
- CLG is teaming with Playfull
- Detailing the Fortnite news above, FaZe Clan and Manchester City laid out a collaboration
- The MAD Lions inked a new exclusive partnership with ESPAT
- Game sales in the US shattered records in 2020
- Allied Esports Entertainment announced the sale of World Poker Tour
- PGL announced plans to host the next CSGO Major
- Psyonix and ESPN’s X Games teamed up to celebrate the upcoming X Games