Esports News

Talon eSports & KFC Thailand join hands for upcoming Arena of Valor team

Arena of Valor, formerly known as Strike of Kings, a 5v5 MOBA game developed by a Hong Kong based esports organization, Talon, have announced partnership with KFC Thailand & dtac, a Thailand based telecommunication company. Commercial terms were not disclosed to the public. However, as a part of this partnership, KFC Thailand will be featured on the front of the dtac Talon players’ jerseys. We can expect some co-branded marketing content and activations through this deal. Following this partnership, Talon’s RoV team will be rebranded as dtac Talon in all their upcoming tournaments of 2021. The interesting bit here is that Talon earlier this month had also signed a partnership with ESPAT, a digital media licensing platform, and in October 2020 Talon completed a USD 2 million funding round by Hana Digital transformation Fund. Considering these developments, one can assume that Talon esports–has a larger vision which will be clearer to all the gamers soon.

Evil Geniuses step in the Valorant Arena!

With the rising fever of Riot Games’ Valorant, one of the top esports teams, EG (Evil Geniuses), has entered the fray announcing that it will compete professionally in Valorant’s upcoming tournaments. They have also ensured gender diversity when it comes to the team formation as the team will consist of two female and three male players. The leader of the clan will be Christine Chi (Potter) along with Ronan Javelona (Osias), Nolan Pepper (Temperature), Claudia Che (Clawdia) & Aleksandar Hinojosa (Aleksandar). Leader Chi is a known player in the world of esports after being 7 times global CS GO world champion while playing with team CLG & Res Gaming. Christine Chi will be marking this as her return to the world of esports professionally after she took a break for a year in 2020. EG will also be joining Dignitas who field a team entirely of women for all the open events with women in leading roles.

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