Intel announced on Friday it will bring esports to PyeongChang ahead of the Winter Olympic Games in February. As part of Intel’s technology partnership with the International Olympic Committee, Intel will deliver two gaming experiences to South Korea: the Intel Extreme Masters PyeongChang esports tournament featuring StarCraft II and a separate exhibition featuring Ubisoft’s action-sports title Steep Road […]
It’s November, and the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, are only three months away. Athletes are training vigorously, the host city is planning, and broadcasters like NBC are preparing to cover the 16-day event. In the meantime, another broadcaster, Eurosport, is creating strategic partnerships to reach the millennial audience in the Olympic Games’ […]
Andrea Eskau, a German Paralympic athlete, is the best in the world at what she does. Road cycling gold in Beijing, London and Rio de Janeiro along with biathlon and cross-country skiing gold in Sochi proves it. Over the last five years, Toyota Motorsport GmbH has played a crucial role in Eskau’s success. It designed the […]
Representatives of the Olympic Movement met last week in Lausanne, Switzerland at the Olympic Summit to discuss the future. Among areas of discussion was the development of esports and where it might fit into the Olympic picture. There were four main takeaways from the summit, the first being recognition of the strength of esports within […]
As anticipation builds for the 2020 Summer Olympic Games in Tokyo, the Japanese are also looking at their past when the Olympics were last held in the capital city in 1964. They’ll look at the city back then using virtual reality — with the help of old photographs. 1964 Tokyo VR is seeking photos of […]
