This Week in Esports w/ Mark Cai 6.14-6.20, 2021
ESPORTS GOING BACK TO NORMAL?
This Week in Esports/Gaming
6.14-6.20, 2021
Top Three
– X7 Esports x Digital Isle of Man
– Team Liquid x Verizon
– Esports Events in Person: BLAST, Call of Duty League
Partnerships
– Esports.gg x Midnite
– LCO x Warner Music Australia
– Team Vitality x Socios.com
– Rumble Gaming x Renegades
– Luminosity Gaming x Keemoji
– CSL Esports x WIAA
– Aim Lab x Ubisoft’s Rainbow Six Siege
– ORDER x Zoomph
– Nerd Street Gamers x Mavix, Razer
Finance + M&A
– Krafton filed for tentative $5B IPO
Workforce
– WME sign Cloakzy, Gina Darling, Luvanthony, Clayster, and more
– Erik Marino (VP, Apparel) → TSM FTX
– Martin Kim, Clarissa Avendano, Gina Chung Lee promoted at Gen.G
– Gary McKay named permanent GM of BioWare
New Stuff
– Giants Gaming revealed new HQ in Spain
– Nintendo and Xbox led E3 2021 in peak viewership
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Best,
Mark
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Mark Cai
