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This Week in Esports with Mark Cai : September 28th-October 4th


๐Ÿ”ฅ๐“๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐–๐ž๐ž๐ค ๐ˆ๐ง ๐„๐ฌ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ฌ (๐“๐–๐ˆ๐„)๐Ÿ”ฅ

๐’๐ž๐ฉ๐ญ๐ž๐ฆ๐›๐ž๐ซ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ–๐ญ๐ก – ๐Ž๐œ๐ญ๐จ๐›๐ž๐ซ ๐Ÿ’๐ญ๐ก ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ

๐Ÿค๐—ฃ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฝ๐˜€๐Ÿค

– Jing Ji Bao partners with Team Secretโ€™s Dota 2 roster.

– CORSAIR Gaming Zone created with Amuka Esports partnership

– Team Queso initiates mobile partnership with Samsung

– Global Esports Federation joins forces with Nielsen

– Fnatic enters multi-year partnership with Hisense

– International Esports Federation taps Major Events International for partnerships

๐Ÿ’ธ๐—œ๐—ป๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐˜€๐Ÿ’ธ

– Hector Rodriquez to acquire OpTic Gaming

– DreamHack and ESL merge under ESL Gaming

– Guild Esports complete $53M Stock Market Listing

– Nations Ventures invests in social platform Smerf

๐Ÿข๐—ช๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ธ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐Ÿข

– Ninjas in Pyjamas bring on Vincent Lutz and Anton Fagerhem.

– David Levy joins Andbox as investor and chairman of advisory board

– Chris Mann joins REV/XP to head its gaming + esports division.

– Riot Games Brazil promotes Diego Martinez to GM.

– Johanna Faries to lead both the Call of Duty League and Overwatch League from Activision Blizzard.

๐Ÿ†•๐—ก๐—ฒ๐˜„ ๐—ฆ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ณ๐—ณ๐Ÿ†•

– Riot Games announces teams for CBLoL

– ESIC investigation update uncovers 37 cases of misconduct

– ESIC investigation update uncovers 37 cases of misconduct