Chinese media, gaming and entertainment conglomerate Tencent has recently announced a five-year plan to fund nearly $15 billion (100 billion yuan) into its esports venture, which includes building esports theme parks, investing into the futures of individual esports talent and franchising leagues, associations and tournaments for competition. Tencent owns Riot Games, the developer of League […]
For the past few weeks, American fans of the Manchester City Football Club have been vigorously pressing buttons, moving joysticks and vying to defeat their opponents in FIFA 17. Four gamers in the Man City FIFA 17 Cup—two each who played on Playstation 4 or Xbox One — will travel to Houston, where Manchester City […]
The popularity of esports is prevalent not only at the collegiate and professional levels, but also within high schools — so much so that the High School eSports League and Dreamfuel have partnered to create an eSports scholarship. Dreamfuel, a platform for athletes and teams to raise money for their pursuits from supporters around the […]
NEW YORK — Zach Leonsis, vice president and general manager of Monumental Sports Network, recently traveled to attend E3 and went around asking the sports fans there if they were watching the NBA Finals or Stanley Cup Finals. If he was looking to find many mainstream sports fans, he had walked into the wrong place […]
NEW YORK — If Shaquille O’Neal isn’t getting in at least his 5,000 steps a day, the four-time NBA champion admittedly feels a little lazy. According to O’Neal — who has been a regular Garmin smartwatch wearer — he wishes he had access to wearable devices now on the market during his 19-year career, maybe similar […]
