Auto racing might have the closest crossover from traditional sports to esports. The gaming realm already mirrors that of real racing, although without the extreme acceleration and deceleration drivers face in real-world cars. To take advantage of that natural link, NASCAR is launching a competitive youth esports series on the online driving portal iRacing. Open worldwide […]
Soccer powerhouse Real Madrid may not be forming an esports team, despite reports from multiple outlets. According to rumors, the club was looking to form a team to compete in FIFA Online 4, a Tencent-published game that targets the Asian market. The rumor mill seems to have begun early this month with the first tweet […]
The Big 12 Conference’s seventh forum on the state of college athletics later this month is set to address the growth of esports on campuses. The meeting will be at The Statler Hotel in Dallas on May 23, and, of course, will be streamed live on Twitch. “When we began our Forum series, it was the […]
The Overwatch League players and fans are going from the two-dimensional to the three-dimensional. On Wednesday, Sansar, a free social virtual reality platform, announced it had been collaborating with the league to enable gamers to more intimately interact with fans in virtual spaces. Sansar says it has been working with multiple professional teams from the […]
This is the final part of a three-part series examining the structure of esports leagues. Part One focused the choice developers of the biggest esports have made between a franchise model or third-party tournaments. Part Two focused on the minor leagues developed by Riot and Blizzard to support their franchises. This part looks at the […]
