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Riot is bringing in-person League of Legends and Valorant tournaments to Iceland

The Verge

Riot Games plans to host two big esports tournaments in Reykjavik, Iceland, the studio announced on Monday. One day later, on May 24th, Riot will kick off Valorant Champions Tour (VCT) Masters Reykjavik, which the studio says is the first live international tournament for the game. Image: Riot Games.

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League of Legends’ world championships will take place in Iceland

The Verge

The League of Legends World Championship, the concluding tournament that brings together the best teams from across the world, will take place in Reykjavík, Iceland at the Laugardalshöll indoor sporting arena. Photo by David Lee/Riot Games/Riot Games Inc. via Getty Images. No fans will be in attendance.

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Little Penguins, Big Drama: Lessons on How to Go Viral from the National Aquarium of New Zealand

Connection Cafe

Felicity: The penguin keepers at the National Aquarium of New Zealand heard of this idea being used internally at another facility. We received votes from all over the world including Iceland, Estonia, Israel, Germany, Poland, Chile, England, Brazil and Australia, with the most international votes coming from the United States.

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Star’s launch means lots of new content for Disney Plus — but not in the US 

The Verge

It’s a new section of Disney Plus for international audiences that will offer more mature R-rated films, TV shows from FX, and other shows and movies that Disney owns the rights to but don’t fit into Disney Plus’ family-friendly image. Star is effectively Disney’s solution to the fact that Hulu doesn’t exist in international markets.

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6 Oslo VCs discuss 2021 trends, deal flow and regional opportunities

TechCrunch

One investors we spoke to said Norway is “becoming a major hub, with scale-ups and international capital incoming much faster these days.” Norway is slowing, becoming a major hub with scale-ups and international capital incoming much faster these days (recent investments from SoftBank and Founders fund, for example).

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