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Skillz CEO Andrew Paradise On Mobile eSports, Investment From Sports Figures Like LA Lakers’ Luol Deng

The following interview is part of our ongoing Expert Series that asks C-level professionals, team presidents, league executives, athletic directors and other sports influencers about their latest thoughts and insights on new technologies impacting the sports industry. Name: Andrew Paradise  Company: Skillz  Position: Chief Executive Officer/Founder Andrew Paradise is the Chief Executive Officer and founder of Skillz, a […]

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Microsoft Bringing Player-Created eSports Tournaments To Xbox Live

About a month after launching its new Arena platform in Preview, Microsoft is expanding its offering by allowing players to create their own competitive tournaments via Xbox Live. Prior to the announcement, game developers, eSports organizations and Microsoft were the only ones who could organize Arena tournaments, but with the recent news, players will able […]

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The First Cross­-Platform eSports Multiplayer System Launched To Manage Over 2 Billion Global Gamers

Competitive mobile gaming leaders, Skillz, launched a cross-platform multiplayer system earlier this month which will allow players from iOS and Android devices to compete against each other in over 150,000 of the company’s daily eSports competitions. By merging the player pools of the world’s leading mobile operating systems, the Skillz Tournament Management System will look […]

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