How Esports Became One of the Fastest Growing Industries
While the gaming industry has been around since Pong, the term esports wasn’t introduced until the 1990s and didn’t start gaining traction until the early 2000s. Despite being a niche subculture, it is one of the fastest-growing industries in the world. Estimated to reach $1.62 billion by 2024, the esports industry has a long history, […]
RLCS X Games: North American Regional with Rocket League
Rocket League developer Psyonix has partnered with ESPN to celebrate the upcoming X Games in Aspen. According to the announcement, this will introduce a new Rocket League Championship Series (RLCS) X Games: North American Regional esports event. The competition will start on January 23 to 24 and then on January 30 to 31 for the final […]
NBA 2K esports tournament features NBA players
The Coronavirus pandemic is critically impacting all areas of regular sports entertainment. As social distancing is now more important than ever, the NBA decided that something had to be done. Fans knew that some brainstorming need to be done in order for the NBA to keep close relations with its community. After all, players competing […]
LoL Worlds 2020 Announcement
During the 2019 LoL World Championship Finals in Paris, Riot Games announced plans for the 2020 Championship. In a video announcement, Riot Games revealed the city and stadium where next year’s event will take place. As the video below shows, the 10th anniversary LoL World Championships will be taking place in Shanghai, China. The video […]
Esports has a new state-of-the-art broadcast home… The Esportz Network
Esportz Entertainment Corp., the Largest Esports News Network, to Open New Southern California Esports Broadcast Center. The company’s planned state-of-the-art Orange County studio will deliver high-quality professional productions while offering flexibility and support to other key elements of its esports business including media training and apparel/merchandise design. Esportz Entertainment Corp., founded by Chairman and CEO […]
Apex Legends tournament pulled from ESPN in wake of mass shootings
According to Rod “Slasher” Breslau, ESPN pulls X Games Apex Legends Invitational off ESPN2 after recent mass shootings in El Paso, TX and Dayton, OH. ESPN and ABC has made the decision not to air the TV broadcast of the XGames Apex Legends EXP Invitational that was scheduled for this weekend, in response to the […]
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