The NA LCS — the Los Angeles-based professional league for League of Legends esports in North America — is moving to a permanent partnership structure and has unveiled the participating teams, including newcomers that are backed by the Golden State Warriors and Cleveland Cavaliers. As a league that’s becoming modeled after professional sports leagues, it’s […]
Riot Games is holding its second annual scouting combine for League of Legends Championship Series later this month in Los Angeles followed by its first player draft. That process will include training and practice before a round-robin tournament, but a startup vision technology company is hoping to introduce new objective measures into the realm of esports […]
Australia’s first Esports High Performance Centre will open this month at the famous Sydney Cricket Ground, providing a place for esports development alongside traditional sports teams in cricket, Australian rules football, rugby league and soccer. This facility will house the League of Legends Oceania champion LG Dire Wolves and mixed gender Counter-Strike team Supa-Stellar and […]
Varsity esports programs have been appearing across the nation. The University of Utah recently became the first Power Five school with a varsity program following early adopters like University of California Irvine (UCI) and Robert Morris University Illinois (RMU) in that space. Riot Games is the studio behind wildly successful esport League of Legends, and […]
World Sailing, the governing body of the sport, is diving into esports with the launch of the virtual World Sailing Championships. Through a partnership with digital sailing platform Virtual Regatta, the eSailing World Championship with be held annually starting in 2018. The Virtual Regatta already has established Inshore Regatta games, and World Sailing regulations can be […]
