Just weeks ahead of the official draft for the NBA 2K League’s inaugural season, the NBA is already setting its sights on global expansion. NBA deputy commissioner Mark Tatum said the basketball league is looking to turn its new esports league into a “truly global sport” that can coexist alongside the physical game just as […]
AUSTIN, TEXAS – Traditional sports franchises that ignore esports are failing to see the bigger picture and risk being left behind, a consultant for esports’ Team Liquid, partially owned by Peter Gruber and Ted Leonsis, warned last week at South by Southwest. Nicola Piggott, cofounder of esports communication and consultant agency The Story Mob, said […]
In the last year, esports have taken off in North America. But when compared with Asia, the Western world still trails behind. The best players and teams in many esports come from South Korea and China, and the Asian Games have announced that esports will be a medal event in 2022. Hong Kong is not […]
When adding a new friend online to play games together, one of the first questions asked is usually “Got Discord?” That’s because Discord, the free voice and text chat service, has become the international standard for gaming communication. While the platform was always designed with the gamer in mind, Discord recently announced its first official […]
Team Liquid needed a home. A real home. Thanks to the technology and support of Alienware, it’s finally getting one. That much was announced Tuesday at Dell’s launch event at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. Alienware co-founder Frank Azor, who runs Alienware, gaming, and XPS at Dell, unveiled the gaming company’s pact with […]
