YouTube versus Twitch. After YouTube’s parent company, Google, attempted to acquire Twitch last year, it would be Amazon to end up buying the gaming livestreaming upstart for nearly $1 billion. YouTube, though, didn’t necessarily need to validate the space with such a move, they’ve had a surplus of games-related content within their platform, virtually since […]
Red Bull is bullish–pun intended–about several emerging sports, especially this one: eSports. Envisioning the brand as a strong supporter for this sector isn’t surprising. They’re at the pulse of what’s next, even before the mainstream embraces it. Their exploration and investment in eSports shouldn’t go unnoticed; rather, it should be examined further insofar as the […]
A week ago, news broke that performance-enhancing drugs (PEDs) were being widely used in the burgeoning world of eSports. In a video interview with Mohan Govindasamy, “Counter-Strike: Global Offensive” player Kory “Semphis” Friesen proclaimed that he used Adderall at a recent tournament, along with many other players. “I don’t even care—we were all on Adderall,” […]
Remember the player your favorite team couldn’t purchase and ended up paying for it? That is what happened to Google when Amazon snatched Twitch from underneath them. Twitch is the world’s most popular video platform for gamers. That title put their 2014 purchase price just short of one billion dollars. The four year old company […]
Skillz, known for their role in the world of mobile eSports broadcasting, unveiled its new real-time encoding and streaming technology late last week. This will allow players to broadcast games from any Skillz-enabled game to a content-sharing website of the player’s choice, giving game developers a chance to acquire new players while reaching out to […]
