Major League Baseball’s technology services company BAMTech signed an exclusive streaming rights deal with gaming publisher Riot Games for a minimum of $300 million, according to the Wall Street Journal. The deal to stream eSports title League of Legends, which was confirmed by Riot Games on Friday, runs through 2023. “This is a game changer […]
Two weeks after announcing a partnership with French online media company Webedia, France’s largest soccer club Paris Saint-Germain is diving further into eSports with the creation of PSG eSports. Led by Bora “YellowStar” Kim, the newly-appointed Head of eSports, PSG will enter teams in League of Legends, the world’s most popular eSports video game, along with soccer franchise […]
A week after announcing its plans with Yahoo eSports to create a University League of Legends Rivalry Series, Riot Games continues to double down on its efforts to grow the game as a whole. Riot Games and the Collegiate StarLeague featured 32 League of Legends teams across North America in its 2016 ULoL Campus Series. […]
On Monday, Yahoo announced a partnership with Riot Games, a developer and publisher of video games including League of Legends, to give fans uLoL Rivalries by Yahoo eSports. The 10-team inaugural tournament, which kicks off November 4, will bring together some of the biggest rivalries in collegiate sports over a five-week span. University League of Legends is a […]
2015 could be considered the year eSports went mainstream. If the 1st Quarter of 2016 is any indication, the attention, interest, and investment being made is even more astonishing. One of the more interesting trends occurring this year is traditional sports trying to get a piece of the eSports pie. Utah Jazz forward Gordon Hayward […]
