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NEOM aftermath, LCS makes interesting moves | ESI Digest #5 (14/08/20)

Each week, ESI Digest breaks down the weekly happenings in the esports industry, making sense of things so you don’t have to. As well as being housed on YouTube, ESI Digest is available on all major podcast platforms and is also available in written form below.

This week on ESI Digest, we cover the aftermath of the NEOM controversy, LCS’ sizable developments, Activision Blizzard’s MLB hire, and B Site’s expansion into VALORANT.

Riot Games to reportedly establish ethics committee after NEOM backlash

Riot Games plans to establish an ethics committee and global deals council after the company’s short-lived partnership with NEOM, a Saudi Arabian city development project.