MLG cofounder Mike Sepso joins New York Excelsior Overwatch League team
Mike Sepso is an esports pioneer and a cofounder of Major League Gaming (MLG). And now he’s become an executive at the New York Excelsior...
Overwatch League’s success could remake esports
For years, esports has developed and grown organically and without much structure, a real Wild West of teams and leagues and sponsors. Game publishers were...
Turner’s ELeague takes esports to the mainstream
Craig Barry is one of the esports true believers at Turner Sports. The executive vice president and chief content officer at Turner is one...
Call of Duty World League gains momentum as an official esport
Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare wasn’t the most popular in the long-running first-person shooter combat series. But you wouldn’t know that from the growing...
Activision Blizzard names ex Fox Sports exec as CEO of esports division
Activision Blizzard has named former Fox Sports executive Pete Vlastelica as president and CEO of its Major League Gaming esports division. The move is aimed...
How EA is moving to turn all players into competitive gamers
Peter Moore is a former pro soccer athlete, and so he knows the mixed emotions people feel when they describe professional video game players...
How Activision will make Call of Duty into a bigger esports draw
Call of Duty is already one of the most popular game franchises on Earth, with more than $15 billion in sales over the past...
Activision Blizzard’s Mike Sepso will speak on esports going mainstream at GamesBeat 2016
Our next speaker for our GamesBeat 2016 event is Mike Sepso, senior vice president for Activision Blizzard. Sepso was the cofounder of MLG, which Activision Blizzard...
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive takes out another esports viewership record
Activision’s newly acquired Major League Gaming division is pulling in huge audiences even when it broadcasts games that don’t belong to the giant publisher....
Activision Blizzard buys MLG for estimated $46M to build ‘ESPN of esports’
Just weeks after announcing its esports division, Activision Blizzard has acquired the assets of live esports event organizer Major League Gaming for an estimated...