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Google To Compete With Amazon And Stream eSports Via YouTube

Last year Google attempted to purchase Twitch, the most popular live streaming video platform for gamers. They were denied because of antitrust laws. Amazon would go on to acquire the less than 5 year old company a few months later, leaving Google without a platform to harness the massive growth of eSports. But Google took […]

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Is There A Spot For eSports In The Olympics?

As video games rise in popularity and thousands flock to watch championship matches of some of today’s most popular games, there is increasing debate over whether or not video games are considered sports. Because of their competitive nature, gaming has adopted “eSports” as a moniker. Although this tag doesn’t go to the extent of classifying […]

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theScore Is Ahead of the Curve with eSports Coverage

theScore has made its name as a source for global up-to-the-minute sports news and coverage. With the recent addition of eSports to its app and website though, the Canadian-based sports media company will venture into unchartered waters. eSports is the relatively new sector of entertainment that lends to professional video gaming. theScore’s video game app […]

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Microsoft Adding Wearable to Xbox One in 2015

The Xbox One already has a significant amount of health and fitness related features thanks to the optimal Kinect motion tracker. But could Microsoft be planning to release new fitness tech? Apparently so, in the form of a wearables. According to Gizmodo, the new wearable fitness tracker is designed to sync with an Xbox One […]

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