Why would the 2017 NBA champions be spending millions of dollars to start a League of Legends team? To learn more about streaming, of course. According to Golden State Warriors assistant general manager Kirk Lacob, the team’s acceptance into the North America League of Legends Championship Series through its new Golden Guardians team, signals an […]
The NA LCS — the Los Angeles-based professional league for League of Legends esports in North America — is moving to a permanent partnership structure and has unveiled the participating teams, including newcomers that are backed by the Golden State Warriors and Cleveland Cavaliers. As a league that’s becoming modeled after professional sports leagues, it’s […]
Australia’s first Esports High Performance Centre will open this month at the famous Sydney Cricket Ground, providing a place for esports development alongside traditional sports teams in cricket, Australian rules football, rugby league and soccer. This facility will house the League of Legends Oceania champion LG Dire Wolves and mixed gender Counter-Strike team Supa-Stellar and […]
Varsity esports programs have been appearing across the nation. The University of Utah recently became the first Power Five school with a varsity program following early adopters like University of California Irvine (UCI) and Robert Morris University Illinois (RMU) in that space. Riot Games is the studio behind wildly successful esport League of Legends, and […]
To a high degree, eSports have become akin to the sports we’re accustomed to watching. Whether on the field or on the sticks, similar factors impact level of success. A major factor, and one that many have taken stock in, is analytics. With this being the case, DOJO Madness has announced the launch of Shadow.LoL, […]
