And Blizzard Entertainment has active
eSports leagues around StarCraft 2, Hearthstone, Heroes of the Storm, and a growing World of Warcraft audience.
This week Fortune caught up with Jarred Kennedy, the co-head of esports at Riot Games, to discuss the world championship (the finals will take place Nov. 4 at the Bird's Nest National Stadium in Beijing) as well as the overall growth of the esports industry and Riot's plans, much like rival Activision Blizzard, to remodel its own
esports league after major professional sports leagues like the NFL and NBA.
Blizzard Entertainment, one half of giant gaming company Activision Blizzard, is creating an ambitious new
eSports league for its «Overwatch» shooter game, The Verge reports.
Goetgeluk says Virtuix will explore how it can work with established
eSports leagues like ESL, Major League Gaming, and ESWC.
Velloso says his team is working with the top Twitter gaming accounts, which includes publishers and game developers such as Electronic Arts (ea) and Activision (atvi), platforms such as Twitch and YouTube, game media such as IGN and GameSpot, event producers such as E3 and PAX, content companies like Rooster Teeth and Machinima, gaming personalities such as PewDiePie and TotalBiscuit, and
eSports leagues, teams, players, and commentators.
The company has a lot on its plate right now, including an aggressive push into casual gaming, the buildup of
its esports league, and the rollout of a major new advertising platform.
The Serie A is following the example of the Dutch football League who already have their own
eSports League — the E-Divisie.
The NBA has started its own
esports league for NBA 2K that will begin play next year.
For the uninitiated, the NBA 2KLeague is
an esports league sponsored by the NBA, featuring the top 102 NBA 2K players in the world.
That was one of many eye - opening statements made by commissioner Adam Silver on Wednesday, as the NBA held the draft for the inaugural season of its 2K League, the first of
esports league of its kind for a professional sport.
The National Federation of State High School Associations and PlayVS will start to sponsor
esports leagues in October.
January 15 — Major League Soccer is entering the esports market via a partnership with EA Sports to launch
an esports league based on FIFA 18.
Many team owners are investing in eSports along with the NBA looking to launch their own
eSports league.
eSports leagues continue to grow.
Not content with massive sales on other platforms and burgeoning
esports leagues, this Switch port from Panic Button (the studio also behind DOOM on Switch) retains its excellent balance and tight controls in both handheld and docked mode.
Soon though, the movement will further evolve as developer Slightly Mad Studios (SMS) has continued its collaboration with
the eSports League (ESL) to create the Multi-Class European PS4 Championship for Project CARS.
This weekend marks the kick off of the very first professional battle royale
esports league with the H1Z1 Pro League Tournament in Las Vegas.
The National Basketball Association (NBA) and 2K parent company Take - Two today detailed plans to launch the NBA 2K League, a new professional
Esports league...
And thanks to the Forza Racing Championship
esports league, enhanced spectating modes and Mixer integration, everyone can compete.
Chad Sapieha: Blizzard's competition has set a lofty goal to become the world's «premier
eSports league,» but it faces a few hurdles
If you are comparing it against other
esport league successes as he does, League of Legend — F2P, Dota 2 - F2P and Counter Strike: Global Offensive — over half the price of Overwatch then I can kind of see his point but I still think he is overstating the impact of that.
Other highlights picked out by Baird analyst Colin Sebastian are the recent launch of the 2K
eSports league and meaningful contributions from the Social Point acquistion, both of which present as significant new growth drivers.
It seems that one of the country's most prestigious universities is being booted out of Blizzard's Heroes of the Storm college
eSports league.
This past weekend, several journalists and I were flown out to Las Vegas to cover the inaugural H1Z1 Pro League, the first Battle Royale
eSports league (stay tuned for my editorial on the event for my...
MLG operates MLG.tv, the # 1 online broadcast network for professional level competitive gaming; the MLG Pro Circuit, the longest - running
esports league in North America; and GameBattles, the largest cross platform online gaming tournament system.
After the wild success of
eSports leagues last year, the great company, Amazon, is sponsoring an all - new event for their mobile titles.
The NBA 2K League, a joint venture between the NBA and Take - Two Interactive, is a professional
esports league featuring the best NBA 2K players in the world.
Wizards District GamingWizards District Gaming is part of the NBA 2K League, a professional
esports league co-founded by the NBA and Take - Two Interactive Software, Inc..
Game developer, Blizzard Games, has come up with a brand new competitive
eSport League called the Overwatch League.
Capcom and Twitch have joined together to present a Street Fighter
eSports league called Capcom Pro Tour.
The Tarlac
Esports League 2 held at Citywalk Mall in Tarlac was an enjoyable experience after Tekken Players from as far as Pangasinan, Manila, Cabanatuan and Tarlac gathered to participate...
The CS: GO televised
eSports league from Turner and WME IMG has been announced and will run on TBS next year.
featuring the Forza Racing Championship
esports league, enhanced spectating modes, and amazing split - screen play.
Everyone can compete: featuring the Forza Racing Championship
Esports league, enhanced spectating modes, and amazing split - screen play.
Starting this summer,
esports leagues will be added as well so fans can compete using players from their favorite esports teams.
In January we launched the Call of Duty World League, presented by PlayStation 4 — a new global
esports league operated by Activision that takes competitive Call of Duty to a whole new level with regional LAN events, live - streamed competitions throughout the year, and a combined $ 3 million prize pool.
As expected, the first season of the new
eSports league will kick off in September to coincide with the launch of the new F1 2017 game, and there'll be a test to select the 40 quickest drivers.
Earlier this year, GT Sport announced its own FIA - approved racing league, and now F1 2017 — the official game of Formula 1 — will have
an eSports league, too.
Week 1 of the H1Z1 Pro League was an exciting affair, as 15 of the best H1Z1 teams in the world battled it out in two matches to determine who would stand at the top of the leaderboard to begin the inaugural season of the first battle royale
esports league.
It's well - suited for competitive gaming in VR arcades and gaming centers, and many of our location - based entertainment customers plan to organize Omni Arena tournaments and VR
eSports leagues featuring the game.
And while
an eSports league for F1 is amazing, one that works in parallel with real - life races would be even better.
Helping to usher in the beginning of the revolutionary
esports league was actress Michelle Rodriguez, as she brought the same passion and intensity that her characters in the Fast and and the Furious and Doom film franchises possess to help kick off the intense action that was at the center of the 75 world class battle royale players competing all at the same time.
Another esports - focused company, Yingxiong, has released several key titles in different genres including FPS, action, competitive casual, and strategy and announced its professional mobile
esport league: Hero Pro League.
Mortal Kombat X has got a huge following, and
the eSports league for this year is starting up, which means it's time
Following the commencement of the first round of the H1Z1 Pro League, the first
esports league of its kind, Daybreak Games announced that H1Z1, one of the original games in the Battle Royale genre, will be making its console debut on PlayStation 4.
The NBA is creating their own professional
eSports league.
And speaking of multiplayer, Sony also announced this week the start of its own
eSports league, the PlayStation Plus League.
The Rainbow Six Siege ESL Premiership is the first time that ESL UK and Ubisoft have partnered on
an esports league, and the first time that the ESL Premiership has run a season on console.
After an incredible rise of professional
eSports leagues forming all around the globe over the past year; EA Sports and...
We're also fortunate that various
eSports leagues have experimented with Splatoon and that looks promising.