PlayVS is expanding to B2C tournaments beyond scholastics.
PlayVS is expanding to B2C tournaments beyond scholastics.
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PlayVS introduces Stadium digital-first esports competition platform

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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PlayVS, which pioneered esports at high schools and middle schools in North America, announced its Stadium product, a digital-first esports competition platform.

Stadium is designed to cater to a wide audience including community groups, organizations, and informal teams, said Jon Chapman, CEO of PlayVS, in an interview with GamesBeat.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.