Published Friday, 13 August 2021.
The International Esports Federation (IESF) and Esports BAR are pleased to announce a partnership that will help accelerate the development of professional Esports around the world.
The International Esports Federation (IESF) and Major Events International (MEI) are delighted to announce the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to further the development of professional Esports in China.
At a time where the Esports industry is growing exponentially year on year, the MoU aims to support IESF’s strategy to expand responsible gaming in China. China has been a member of IESF since 2016. This involves promoting wider participation, hosting more competitions and creating a stronger brand presence. IESF will have access to MEI’s strong local presence in China and work together with MEI’s Chinese regional office to achieve these objectives.
Mongolian Esports Association (MESA) has formalised membership with ESIC, marking an important step in MESA’s mission to develop the esports environment in Mongolia by adapting ESIC’s international standards and regulations. MESA will adopt and implement the current ESIC Codes in their operations to uphold and protect the integrity of esports competition.
EPIC’s CIS RMR event has been the subject of public controversy for various reasons. As EPIC is not a member of ESIC, ESIC has not taken steps to investigate the extent of integrity threats in the event. However, on 9 June 2021, ESIC has made a referral to Valve including substantial evidence indicating the existence of potential betting fraud perpetrated by individuals participating or associated with those who were participating in the CIS RMR event run by EPIC.
ESIC has received evidence via its global Suspicious Betting Alert Network (SBAN) that the CEO of Project X, the team from which the Akuma roster emerged, Oleksandr Shyshko, has an active CSGO betting account and has placed numerous bets on highly suspicious Project X matches (when most of the current Akuma roster were playing as Project X) and, crucially, made accurate pre-match bets on the outcome of the Virtus Pro v Akuma match in the CIS RMR, the conduct of which match is subject to the current public cheating allegations against Akuma.
Published Monday, 07 September 2020.
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Published Wednesday, 12 August 2020.
ESIC is delighted to announce the appointment of our first Board Chair, Magnus Hollo, for an initial two-year term, joining to head the existing non-executive directors, Geoff Davies (Finance), Michele Verroken (Anti-Doping) and Ben Bradtke (Betting) alongside Commissioner, Ian Smith.
Published Thursday, 21 May 2020.
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Published Wednesday, 08 April 2020.
Published Monday, 30 December 2019.
Published Saturday, 21 December 2019.
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