AUSTIN, Texas — Last December, gaming publisher Riot Games and BAMTech signed a landmark $300 million exclusive streaming rights deal. Major League Baseball’s technology services company would create the technical infrastructure to stream the League of Legends title through 2023. On a recent South by Southwest Conference panel, Jarred Kennedy — who is the Co-Head of […]
AUSTIN, Texas — It has been nearly 18 months since Sacramento Kings co-owner Andy Miller co-founded NRG eSports, an organization which currently fields players and teams across seven titles, including Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, Rocket League and Overwatch. Miller was joined by co-founder and Sacramento Kings co-owner Mark Mastrov along with notable athletes Alex Rodriguez, Shaquille […]
For KORE Software, which provides business management solutions for sports and entrainment organizations, one of its ongoing goals is to share its success by helping other promising companies develop ideas and initiatives. With that in mind, KORE has announced the creation of its venture capital entity, KORE Software Capital, LLC, which will target investments of up to […]
BOSTON — With all of the traditional sports investments in eSports over the past 18 months, whether it’s been from current or former players, teams or new ownership groups, some eSports players are asking for arguably smarter investments. From the eSports Emergence panel at the MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference this past weekend, Christina Alejandre, General […]
RSC Anderlecht has announced it will become the first Belgian club to sign an eSports team, including a professional eSporter to represent the club in competitions worldwide. Get The Latest eSports Tech News In Your Inbox! To find the right gamer, RSCA will start its own e-division in a series of competitions that will kick off by […]