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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
The Big Ten Network and Riot Games announced Thursday the launch of the BTN League of Legends season, a pilot program in which 12 clubs from Big Ten schools compete. It marks the first time Riot Games has partnered with a national collegiate network for an official season-long competition, as the eSports trend on the college level […]
Major League Baseball’s technology services company BAMTech signed an exclusive streaming rights deal with gaming publisher Riot Games for a minimum of $300 million, according to the Wall Street Journal. The deal to stream eSports title League of Legends, which was confirmed by Riot Games on Friday, runs through 2023. “This is a game changer […]
