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Here's a quick look at what happened this past week in the world of esports.
Razer sponsors some of the best esports organizations in the esports scene and the company is looking forward to more success before the end of 2019.
This week saw the start of the Farming Simulator League with a live tournament held at FarmCon19 while Epic Games held a massive event for Fortnite.
This week saw 100 Thieves purchase a new HQ after raising $35 million in funding, a new Gears Pro League announced, and some interesting developments from the Age of Empires II camp.
The Esports Awards has found a new home, moving across the pond from the UK to the U.S.
It's a sad day for British esports as Michael 'ODEE' O'Dell leaves Dignitas after 16 years of running the esports organization.
Ninja was unable to qualify for the Fortnite World Cup, but Team Liquid plans to save the world by teaming up with the Avengers and Marvel.
Kim Phan, Blizzard's esports director, resigned this week.
Apex Legends, MotoGP, and even Farming Simulator are planning big hit shows this year to entice viewers and welcome organizations.
Here's everything that happened this week in the world of esports.
This week in esports saw numerous employees of Riot Games walk out in protest over a recent arbitration motion for ongoing gender discrimination lawsuits and London hosts the first non-U.S. Call of Duty World League.
Denmark's government is looking to invest and support grassroots development of esport talent, integrating the scene with more traditional sports.
Rick Fox threatens to leave Echo Fox after racism surfaces from shareholder towards former CEO Jace Hall.
Will Smith puts his name down for organization Gen. G and invests in esports.
Esports continues to grow worldwide, and it's set to triple its worth in China by 2020.
SK Telecom is teaming up with Comcast Spectacor to launch an esports team for Apex Legends.
Blizzard announced the Hearthstone Grandmasters with $500,000 available for participating players.
This week saw The Simpsons cover esports by having Bart become a competing professional athlete.
Blizzard effectively canned the esports program for Heroes of the Storm, but that hasn't halted parts of the company and ESPN from including the game at an upcoming college tournament.