Sneakers squeaking on the hardwood and the “string music” made by a basketball going through the net were the defining sounds in the first half of a unique NBA game played in New York on Sunday between the Knicks and the Golden State Warriors. The game was unique for 2017, that is, because as sports fans, we’ve become accustomed to the audio and visual assault that accompanies most sporting events. In basketball, and most sports, every score and every break in the action brings with it an organist or high-tech video screen trying to keep the crowd engaged or sell… Read More
Virtual football collided with real football at a first-of-its-kind event on Thursday evening in Seattle. The Museum of Pop Culture (MoPOP) transformed into a video game party of sorts as the Seattle Seahawks hosted their inaugural Madden 17 Championship Tournament, where eight of the nation’s top Madden gamers duked it out on the giant Sky Church screen for a chance to win part of a $15,000 prize pool and a spot in the Madden 17 Club Series Championship this April. Madden, the popular football video game made by Electronic Arts, partnered with the NFL this year and for the first time enabled eight… Read More
How do I get around a new city without Uber or Lyft? Where is the best mouth-watering BBQ? And how does Austin stack up to other tech hubs across the U.S.? For the first time ever, GeekWire is headed to SXSW next week, where we’ll be spending time at the popular festival in Austin, Texas, that combines tech, music, film, gaming, and much more into ten action-packed days. My main focus at SXSW — outside of finding the best BBQ and navigating around an Uber/Lyft-less city — will be sports technology. Much like the big Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, sports tech… Read More
Twitter is teaming up with some of the world’s top eSports companies as it continues to ink more and more live-streaming deals. The company today announced a global partnership with three leading eSports event operators — ESL, DreamHack, and Intel Extreme Masters — to livestream more than 15 eSports events and 1,500 hours of programming, including a weekly 30-minute show exclusive to Twitter. The partnership will kick off Saturday with Intel’s Katowice tournament streamed on Twitter for free. “Esports is growing at a rapid pace and we see this collaboration as a way to tap into the engaged audience of gamers that are… Read More
After stints with Electronic Arts, Microsoft and SEGA, Peter Moore has landed his “dream” job — but not at a company you might expect. Moore, who spent nearly a decade at EA leading its sports unit and most recently its competitive gaming division, will become CEO of Liverpool Football Club this June. The 61-year-old is well known in the gaming industry, having helped lead Microsoft’s Xbox team during the Xbox 360 launch and famously inking Xbox-related tattoos on himself. He left the Redmond tech giant in 2007 for EA Sports and held positions as chief operating officer and chief competition officer. But now he’s headed… Read More
