This Week in Esports w/ Mark Cai Aug. 30-Sept. 5
HALO ESPORTS REBOOTED
This Week in Esports/Gaming
8.30-9.5, 2021
Top Three
– Halo Championship Series rebooted
– South Korea forced Apple + Google to allow third-party payments
– Astralis acquired Disrupt Gaming
Partnerships
– FaZe Clan x OpTic Gaming
– XSET x Roland
– Cloud9 x Kingston
– Esports Entertainment Group x Tampa Bay Buccaneers
– XTRA Gaming x Razer
– BLAST x Magnum
– XSET x Drai’s
– Coca-Cola, Subway, Trident x Ultimate Legends Training
– Bacon Time x Doritos
Finance + M&A
– Infusion Games: $2.5M investment
– Nifty Games: $38M Series B
– SuperGaming: $5.5M Series A
– Gigantic Duck: $1.1M raise
– Playtika acquired Reworks for $400M+
Workforce
– John Carle (VP, Creator Relations) → Supercell
– Victor Camarasa (Investor) → QLASH
– Eric Duncan, Erin Schendle (Marketing) → Envy Gaming
– Julie Klausner (Director, Partnership Marketing) → Pittsburgh Knights
– Brian Wright (Chief Content Officer) → Riot Games
New Stuff
– Wolves Esports entered KPL
– Kosmos, Piqué, and Ibai purchased Astralis Superliga slot
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Mark
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Mark Cai
