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Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ: EA) pays homage to Wayne Gretzky with the announce and launch of the EA SPORTS™ NHL® 19 ‘99 Edition’, available worldwide today for a limited time as a digital download on the PlayStation®4 and Xbox One. The 99 Edition features new cover art of The Great One himself and added benefits in ...
Read More »‘Bet-Cast’ To Air In Las Vegas Saturday
ESPN’s experiment last week with “Statcast” for the NL Wild Card Game, an alternative broadcast shown on ESPN2 with analytics-themed commentary, drew mostly praise. With the recent court decision opening the door for states to legalize betting across the country, could the “Bet-Cast” be far behind? The Las Vegas and ...
Read More »EA Launches Origin Access Premier PC Subscription Service
Today, Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ: EA) announced that players can sign up for Origin Access Premier*, a new subscription tier for PC that offers full access to EA’s latest releases for the first time ever. Members will play the full game days before launch featuring valuable extra content including in-game ...
Read More »NBA 2K League Partners with HyperX for Its Inaugural Season
The NBA 2K League and HyperX today announced a new partnership that will make HyperX the Official Gaming Headset of the NBA 2K League. The NBA 2K League, the professional esports league co-founded by the NBA and Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc., is set to debut May 1 with 17 teams ...
Read More »Turtle Beach Extends Partnership With Esports Powerhouse Splyce
Leading gaming headset and audio accessory brand Turtle Beach have announced the company has extended its partnership with powerhouse esports organization Splyce as their official audio partner for their console-based teams. Splyce currently fields successful teams across a variety of competitive console games, including Call of Duty, Halo, and Rocket League. Splyce’s Halo team was recently crowned 2018 World Champions ...
Read More »Overwatch League™ Opening Week Draws More Than 10 Million Viewers
The Overwatch League roared to life last week at the Blizzard Arena Los Angeles, with four days of intense competition between all 12 teams of the world’s first major global city-based professional esports league. Buoyed by a newly announced two-year deal with Twitch, the Overwatch League’s exclusive worldwide[1] third-party digital broadcast ...
Read More »Overwatch League™ and Twitch Sign Landmark Multi-Year Media Rights Deal
Today the Overwatch League™ and social video service Twitch announced a historic esports media-rights partnership, ensuring that every match of the world’s first major global city-based esports league will be readily available to fans across the globe. The first match of the Overwatch League’s inaugural season goes live on Twitch this Wednesday, ...
Read More »PGA TOUR Bets On New Data Integrity Deal
The growing opportunity of legalized sports betting seems to become more and more real every day, and leagues are steadily lining up to make sure when that day comes that all is on the up and up before the first dollar is thrown down. Many of the major sports organizations, ...
Read More »Nickelodeon, Tampa Bay Lightning Owner Vinik Dive Into eSports
Super League Gaming, the global community platform that offers accessible eSports competitions, content and social interactions for amateur gamers, today announced that it has received $15 million in Series C funding from Nickelodeon, a division of Viacom, DMG Entertainment, a SoftBank-managed fund, Toba Capital, and multiple traditional professional sports team ...
Read More »Unikrn and Betgenius Partner to Create Immersive Live Esports Betting Platform
Betgenius, the global leader in providing sportsbook technology to regulated bookmakers and lotteries, today announced a landmark agreement with Unikrn, the world’s leading esports bookmaker. Betgenius will provide Unikrn with a captivating in-play betting product, featuring fully automated prices for thousands of live events, including all major League of Legends, ...
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