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This Week in Esports with Mark Cai 1/25-1/31

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๐Ÿ”ฅ ๐“๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐–๐ž๐ž๐ค ๐ˆ๐ง ๐„๐ฌ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ฌ/๐†๐š๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐Ÿ”ฅ
๐Ÿ.๐Ÿ๐Ÿ“-๐Ÿ.๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ, ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ†๐—ง๐—ผ๐—ฝ ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐Ÿ†
– Team Liquid x Alienware: 10 year partnership extension
– Tencent dedicated $150M+ to Honor of Kings Esports, $7M+ prize pool
– Amazon, Gen.G, Riot Games, and more partnered to support Gamers for CHOC

๐Ÿค๐—ฃ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฝ๐˜€๐Ÿค
– LEC x Trovo
– Talon Esports x KFC Thailand
– RLCS X Winter Split x Ford
– HyperX x Guild Esports
– Immortals Gaming Club x Progressive
– Team Vitality FIFA x Philips Monitors
– Esports Charts x ESIC
– PUMA x King Pro League
– 100 Thieves x OMEN by HP
– Babbel x BIG Esports
– EXCEL Esports x Eleiko

๐Ÿ’ธ๐…๐ข๐ง๐š๐ง๐œ๐ž + ๐— &๐—”๐Ÿ’ธ
– Subnation acquired equity in XTRA Gaming
– Mobile Premier League raised $500K via employee investments
– GameSeta acquired by PlayVS

๐Ÿข๐—ช๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ธ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐Ÿข
– Bruno Martini joined Team Vitality as Esports General Manager

๐Ÿ†•๐—ก๐—ฒ๐˜„ ๐—ฆ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ณ๐—ณ๐Ÿ†•
– Ninjas in Pyjamas showcased rebranding
– Evil Geniuses entered Valorant with mixed roster
– Austin Ekeler of the Los Angeles Chargers launched Gridiron Gaming
– beastcoast acquired Tempo Stormsโ€™ R6 Pro League slot
– BIG announced as 12th BLAST Premier Member Team

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