HypSports bridges traditional sports and esports with League of Legends app
HypSports, a Florida startup that aims to bridge esports and traditional sports, is launching a League of Legends app today that enables esports fans...
Traditional sports have an esports problem
Professional sports leagues like the NFL and the NBA are about to face a major challenge called “the march of time.” Young Americans, or...
Turtle Rock’s Steve Goldstein believes the console game industry lacks risk takers
I’ve formed a lot of opinions about the game industry over the years. And I recently got the chance to spout them in a...
League of Legends gets its first million-dollar pro: Faker
Arguably the best player in one of the world’s most popular games has just surpassed a huge benchmark in tournament earnings. Lee “Faker” Sang-hyeok...
Heroes of the Storm’s 2.0 update is about rewards, not changing the game
Blizzard has rebooted Heroes of the Storm without actually rebooting it. The developer has made a big to-do about Heroes of the Storm 2.0, effectively relaunching...
League of Legends superstar Faker breaks Twitch record with his first livestream
Forget about the Super Bowl (as exciting as it was). Twitch announced today that Lee “Faker” Sang-hyeok, a member of the professional League of Legends...
Digital game sales grew 10% in December while retail sales crashed
Worldwide digital game games sales in December 2016 grew to $7.6 billion, up 10 percent from December 2015, according to market researcher SuperData Research....
Boom.tv raises $3.5 million for esports 3D livestreaming platform
Boom.tv is announcing today that it has raised $3.5 million to build its 3D livestreaming platform for esports. The platform is intended to make...
How to design for esports in titles like Counter-Strike and Project Cars
One thing that some of the biggest games in esports share in common is that they don’t change that much. Sure, they have updates...
How the Philadelphia 76ers plan to grow esports with Team Dignitas
A few weeks ago, the Philadelphia 76ers became the first NBA franchise to acquire two esports teams, as it bought the United Kingdom-based Team Dignitas and...