Esports sportsbook Rivalry has launched a new game called Thunderdome where users are tasked with predicting winners of esports competitions for the chance to win weekly cash prizes. If a...
A new analysis by Deloitte estimates that the burgeoning esports industry will reach global revenues of $1.5 billion and a fanbase of 600 million people by 2020. That financial haul...
This is Part Two of a multi-part series about the infrastructure of esports leagues. Part One focused on the differences between the franchise model chosen by Blizzard and Riot and the hands-off approach used by Valve. This part concerns the minor league ecosystem and both the League Championship Series and Overwatch League’s “Path to Pro” […]
This is Part One of a multi-part series about the infrastructure of esports leagues. Part two will focus on the differences between the Overwatch and League Of Legends academies, the role collegiate esports could play in this system, and both leagues’ “Path to Pro” initiatives. For traditional sports leagues, stability has come over time. The […]
Collegiate esports are growing rapidly, especially on the West Coast. Last month, eleven Pac-12 schools got together to form the Pacific Alliance of Collegiate Gamers (PACG). While not sponsored by the conference officially, every Pac-12 school besides the University of Washington is represented in the PACG. 11 student driven orgs from campuses across the @pac12 conference […]
