5 Crossbody Phone Cases to Go with Your Favorite Esports Franchise
The video games industry has transformed entertainment for many in the "next generation." While not everyone would consider themselves hardcore gamers or gaming enthusiasts, gaming has undoubtedly made its way into different industries.
Based on insights from Adweek, the "next gen" demographic is approaching content in a different way. Gen Alpha and Gen Z are native to gaming and watch game-focused content as entertainment. Additionally, digital gaming platforms have also become a way for them to communicate with each other.
Additionally, 55% of consumers in the "next gen" are more likely to buy a brand they see in a game. Livewire surveyed more than 1,800 Gen Alpha, Gen Z, and millennial gamers across the UK, US, and Australia and found that gaming is not just a lifestyle for these demographics but also the best way for brands and companies to reach and engage with them.
At the same time, this works both ways. Some consumers choose to buy items and accessories according to their favorite games. Nowadays, esports has become a crucial part of the growing video game industry, and the variety of esports titles available makes shopping for items based on games a flexible pursuit. In this post, we'll take a look at five popular esports video game titles and the crossbody phone cases that will best match their vibe:
Call of Duty
First-person shooter Call of Duty (CoD) is over a decade old by now, but its thriving esports scene has kept the franchise from Activision Blizzard alive and well. The game's in-depth gun system and military aesthetic has become a staple for shooter fans. The latest Call of Duty League viewership numbers, for example, reached record-breaking peaks, signifying continuous fanbase growth for the game. An average of 123,000 viewers followed the Call of Duty League Stage 1 Major, and the tournament gathered just under four million hours watched across its 32 hours of air time, making it the most-watched Stage 1 Major tournament throughout the Call of Duty League history.
Meanwhile, the high viewership numbers for Call of Duty esports also align with the growth of the game's other communities. Fans who bet on Call of Duty can do so through reliable online sportsbooks, such as reputable crypto betting platform Thunderpick. Currently, the platform offers coverage and betting odds for the ongoing Stage 1 Major Qualifiers for the 2025 Call of Duty League season, but fans can also keep up with offseason CoD esports events when available. Due to the game's military inspirations, your best bet for a crossbody phone case is our Abbot Kinney (Camo Green) phone necklace case to keep your phone safe at all times — whether you're out attending a CoD esports event or hanging out with friends.
Valorant
Compared to Call of Duty, Valorant's colors and aesthetics are brighter and more playful. Still, the first-person shooter genre the game belongs to makes it just as competitive and high-stakes as Call of Duty. Today, the Valorant esports community is one of the biggest and most popular in the industry. Developers at Riot Games have successfully held various esports tournaments in major cities around the world since 2021, drawing in a large crowd of avid Valorant gamers and esports fans looking to support their favorite teams and players.
For your Valorant-inspired crossbody phone case, the game's lively color palette allows for a more diverse range of choices. You can get our phone cases with gold chain straps to match the rumored new Valorant bundle, Araxys 2.0, which puts in-game guns in a sleek gold colorway. This is one of a few other colorways in the Araxys line, including a simple black and red shade, a silver colorway, and a vibrant purple one — so you have many phone case color options to choose from. Alternatively, you can also try our pink iPhone necklace case if you want to match your phone accessory with the newly released Arcane skin bundle.
Counter-Strike
Another first-person esports shooter, Counter-Strike's popularity is largely due to the game's intense esports community. Being almost a decade older than newcomers like Valorant, Counter-Strike's esports scene has had a major headstart, garnering online viewership and live attendees for events in major cities like Berlin, Stockholm, Paris, and Katowice. While a similarly military-based shooter like Call of Duty, Counter-Strike takes a more tactical approach to first-person shooter and isn't as fast-paced or vibrant.
As such, when choosing your crossbody phone case to match with Counter-Strike, you may want to opt for simpler colors like our bestselling Sunset (Black) crossbody phone case to keep it simple, or the opt for the military-like Voyage detachable straps for a thicker and strappier look. Of course, like most games, Counter-Strike has in-game gun skins that may be more colorful than the game's muted palette, so you can also go beyond our suggested colors to match with specific skins if you like.
Fortnite
Moving away from the first-person shooter genre, Fortnite is a third-person battle royale game that relies on players building structures and obstacles under high pressure while trying to survive other opponents in the lobby. Like the games listed above, Fortnite's esports scene has had a loyal following since the game's rise in 2017. Nowadays, the brightly colored battle royale is known for a variety of brand and celebrity collaborations, from musicians like Marshmello, Snoop Dogg, and Ariana Grande to brands like Tesla, DC, Marvel, and Ferrari.
The latest rumored collaboration for the game is an alleged Fortnite x Godzilla crossover, which would see players getting Godzilla-themed in-game accessories and skins. While the collaboration isn't officially confirmed yet, the update is rumored to go live in December 2024 as part of an in-game update. As with Counter-Strike, you can opt for a simple black crossbody phone case to match Godzilla's darker themes or go with our Navy Blue or Desert Yellow strap options to match Fortnite's default colorful logo instead.
League of Legends
Finally, another non-first-person shooter in the list is world-famous MOBA esports title, League of Legends (LoL). Initially Riot Games' only esports title (prior to Valorant's birth), the game remains one of the biggest esports titles and communities in the world today. Fans around the world attend LoL esports events to show support for popular teams like the UK's Fnatic or South Korea's reigning champions, T1, sporting the teams' respective colors to boast dominance.
Aside from matching your crossbody phone case colors to LoL esports teams, you can also opt for our pink colorway to match with the recently ended Arcane animated series. According to Arcane showrunner Christian Linke, Riot Games are also already planning at least three spinoff series in the future, set in different League of Legends locations like Noxus, Ionia, and Demacia, so you can opt for straps that match those worlds' colors, like our Royal gold chains for Ionia.
As you can see, there are many ways to match your crossbody phone case with your interests in esports and gaming. Whether simple colors to match with muted shooter games like Counter-Strike, or vibrant pinks for titles like Valorant or League of Legends, there are a lot of ways let your esports colors shine through Keebos' crossbody phone cases. You can check out our previous post on the best crossbody phone cases for iPhone 16 Pro Max for more specific suggestions and styling recommendations.