The Big East Conference has partnered with ESL to bring esports to select schools in the conference at the Big East Esports Invitational that starts on March 19th. There has been a lot of institutional support for collegiate esports recently but this pilot program, backed by industry leaders ESL, will help push participating colleges to […]
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 […]
As esports grows exponentially, we’re learning more and more about the athletes. Primarily, we’ve learned that in terms of preparation, they aren’t that much different than baseball, basketball or hockey players. And now, BARWIS Methods and KidKesty Productions have partnered to help esports athletes in ways never before seen. The human performance training organization, BARWIS, […]
Valencia CF is the first soccer club in La Liga to sign its own eSports team. The club believes that the eSports team will give more visibility to the overall organization. With other eSports leagues making millions across Europe, and with more growth expected, it is no surprise that Valencia is getting a head start in the […]
