When the Turner and IMG co-produced ELEAGUE Street Fighter V Invitational 2018 begins on Friday, studio analysts will be keeping their eyes on the competitors’ eyes. A new set of eye-tracking metrics will be used to measure each gamer’s visual behavior. Using micro projectors and sensors supplied by the Tobii Group and computing power from Dell Gaming, […]
The U.S. Supreme Court Decision about sports betting was a win for Mark Cuban, and not only because he’s the owner of the NBA’s Dallas Mavericks. Traditional sports owners with a vested interest in esports, such as Cuban, stand to gain doubly from relaxed wagering rules in the U.S. Cuban believes gambling will increase interest […]
ESPN+ has inked a multi-year partnership with Riot Games to stream League of Legends competitions beginning this summer. The partnership with ESPN+ will span the League of Legends North America Championship Series. That division features Team Liquid (part of the aXiomatic Gaming investment group backed by Warriors owner Peter Gruber), Golden Guardians (Golden State’s own […]
One thing is certain after the first few weeks of the inaugural season of the NBA 2K League: for fans more used the watching esports on Twitch, the live viewing experience is something wonderful to behold. The competitors sit on large, comfy chairs in the center of the intimately small studio. Teams of five face off […]
On Monday, Epic Games announced that it would be putting up $100 million in prizes for the first year of competitive play of its game Fortnite. Besides that staggering number, Epic didn’t release any further information about the structure of that competition or how it would be scored. To put the money in perspective, in […]
