Author: Jake Nordland
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BLAST to produce season-ending Fortnite FNCS event
[ad_1] Esports tournament organiser BLAST has announced that it has partnered with Epic Games’ Fortnite to produce and deliver this month’s FNCS Grand Royale, the final competition of 2021 and this year’s largest prized Fortnite event. The tournament will feature a global combined prize pool of just over $5 million (£3.7m), and will introduce a…
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Demystifying cryptocurrency in esports: the background | Part 1
[ad_1] ‘Demystifying cryptocurrency in esports’ is a new five-part series created in collaboration with Bitcashier, a corporate-focused cryptocurrency trading platform, to unravel the nascent relationship between cryptocurrency and esports. Part 1 sets up the background behind the increasingly fruitful marriage between the two sectors. (ESI Illustration) Image credit: Bitcashier Hard-fought, dynamic, and veritably unstoppable: the…
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University of Warwick fills two new esports positions
[ad_1] The University of Warwick has appointed Jack Fenton as its inaugural Head of Esports and Elenore Li as the educational establishment’s Esports Centre Coordinator. The two new roles are part of the university’s ambitions to further develop its presence and reach within the esports industry. Image credit: University of Warwick University RELATED: University of Warwick…
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Nerding out on purposeful design
[ad_1] ‘Web and mobile solutions tailor-made for esports business’ might sound like a broad remit, and that’s because it is — but a broad remit is exactly what’s needed for purposeful design. Purposeful design, a design discipline that blends form and function to offer meaning, is transcending into the esports space. You’ll find the above…