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Whistle Sports Enters The eSports World

YouTube versus Twitch. After YouTube’s parent company, Google, attempted to acquire Twitch last year, it would be Amazon to end up buying the gaming livestreaming upstart for nearly $1 billion. YouTube, though, didn’t necessarily need to validate the space with such a move, they’ve had a surplus of games-related content within their platform, virtually since […]

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Real Madrid Forms Hi-Tech Partnership With EA Sports

EA Sports added another powerful soccer team to their ranks today, as they announced a partnership with Real Madrid C.F. The three-year agreement will see EA Sports become the exclusive video game provider for the club, and Real Madrid players will have more interaction than ever with the FIFA series of games. As a result, there […]

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How EA Sports Updates Madden With New NFL Draftees In Real Time

On Thursday night, NFL fans around the world were glued to the TV, hoping that their team would find the right combination of new talent to lead their franchise to success.  However, one team of Madden developers were hard at work during this time, trying to implement the new draftees into Madden Ultimate Team (MUT) […]

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NBA Live 14 Enhances Synergy Sports Technology Experience

EA Sports has revealed the first details surrounding the connected experiences fans can expect in NBA LIVE 14. By utilizing the power and connectivity of next-gen consoles, NBA LIVE 14 can provide not only player ratings and tendencies updates, but new challenges, new rewards and other new content throughout the season. CourtQ offers updates of over 70 player […]

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The War Room In Real Time: Five Ideas To Better the NFL Draft Broadcast Using Social Media

It would be nice to have more behind the scenes insight to an NFL Draft Pick’s experience on their big day like Robert Griffin III last year One round. Nineteen trades. Thirty-two selections. Zero intrigue. Only those four numbers are needed to describe the viewing experience of last year’s opening round of the NFL Draft. Chris Berman’s cheesy verbal clues and premature cuts to the green room gave way to Twitter, as NFL insiders jockeyed to be the first to report draft picks. And at the viewers’ expense, that meant spoiling the mystery of the 2012 Draft on social media. “Social media kind of took over the whole thing,” said Shawn Zobel of DraftHeadquarters.com. “Five minutes before every pick, you...

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