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Sports agency VaynerSports has announced the launch of VaynerGaming, a new division focusing on esports athletes and gaming personalities. VaynerSports was founded in 2016 by Gary and AJ Vaynerchuk. VaynerGaming is the third division of the agency, coming just a week after the agency expanded its services into baseball. Photo credit: Epic Games RELATED: Esports agency META raises €1M for continued growth The first client of the agency is Fortnite World Cup victor Kyle “Bugha” Giersdorf, who originally signed to the agency after winning the inaugural world championship last Summer. The agency recently

Esports Insider is pleased to unveil ESI Digital Summer, a week-long series of panels, keynotes, and networking spanning a different region each day from August 17th-21st. ESI Digital Summer (#ESIDIGITAL) will be the biggest global B2B esports event to date covering North America, Europe, Latin America, Asia-Pacific, and the Middle East respectively, shining a spotlight on the business of esports on both established and emerging regions. ESI Digital Summer is the second digital event by ESI. ESI Digital Summit took place across two days in May and saw over 500

Following last week’s announcement of a reimagined Rocket League Championship Series (RLCS), DreamHack has partnered with Psyonix to produce the competition. The new, nearly year-long RLCS X format will span a series of events and lead up to an expanded World Championship, with more than $4.5 million (£3.57 million) awarded across the season. Image credit: Psyonix RELATED: Rocket League Championship Series evolves into $4.5M events circuit Marcus Lindmark, Co-CEO of DreamHack, commented in a release: “Rocket League is a hugely popular game—combined with DreamHack’s extensive experience in production, we are confident

Esports data company Bayes Esports and Shadow.gg have developed a data-driven application to enhance esports engagement for media and betting companies. The tool, “Esports Widgets,” will facilitate the curation of data through official channels, computer vision, and 24/7 manual monitoring to provide users with a “modern look and feel.” Credit: Bayes Esports RELATED: WIN.gg partners with Bayes Esports Solutions for WINNERS League The technology promises deep insights and content opportunities from every esports match across pre-game, post-game, and in-play. These features include the coverage of esports tournaments from “basic data to

As always, we’ve rounded up the biggest and best stories from the past week so you can stay abreast of the industry’s biggest happenings. This week in esports saw Envy Gaming change CEO, Hurrah establish a parent holding, The Chiefs partner with L’Oréal, and Team Heretics join forces with UNICEF. We also have a twice-weekly newsletter that informs you of every significant happening in the business and industry side of esports, feel free to subscribe here. Envy Gaming names Adam Rymer as new CEO Credit: Envy Gaming North American organisation Envy Gaming

Esports Insider is excited to announce ESI Network, a collection of podcasts encompassing the esports industry. Covering the business side of affairs, ESI Network provides a comprehensive means of staying up to date with the latest happenings and key stakeholders in esports. Launching on July 13th, ESI Network initially contains ESI Digest, ESI Focus, and ESI Insight. [embedded content] ESI Digest ESI Digest breaks down the weekly happenings in the esports industry, making sense of things so you don’t have to. A new episode will be released every Friday across YouTube,

Indian esports solutions company NODWIN Gaming has opened operations to the rest of Africa after opening its first international office in Johannesburg earlier this year. The company announced an expansion into South Africa in March. Image Credit: NODWIN Gaming RELATED: Akshat Rathee on NODWIN Gaming’s South African expansion The first international tournament operated by NODWIN Gaming was initially exclusive to South African players, but moving forward it will be opened up to players residing anywhere in Africa as part of the company’s expansion. Akshat Rathee, Managing Director and Founder of NODWIN Gaming, discussed the

North American organisation Dignitas has hired Jeremy Dempe as its Director of Content. In the role, Dempe will oversee Dignitas’ producers in the United States and Sweden and look to grow the organisation’s content team over time. Credit: Jeremy Dempe, Dignitas RELATED: Jacob Harrison joins LDN UTD as Chief Gaming Officer It’s said that over 1,000 applications was received by Dignitas for the role of Director of Content, but Dempe stood out due to both his cinematography skills and analytical know-how. Dignitas has recently launched two new content series, an LCS