Tag Archives: esports

N.Y. Islanders There have been lots of questions, including a recent New York Times article, about how the business of esports, and traditional sports teams and leagues fit together. During and around the Pandemic we saw meteoric growth with NBA 2K and Iracing, saw the NHL get into the gaming ...

The New York Islanders and FaZe Clan, the lifestyle and media platform rooted in gaming and youth culture, today announced a new immersive and innovative collaboration bridging the fandom between sports and gaming as part of Islanders Esports Night at UBS Arena on Dec. 6. The evening will feature the ...

Electronic Gaming Federation The Electronic Gaming Federation, the national governing body for formalized collegiate D-I esports and high school level leagues, today announced their latest partnership, this one with all 11 schools in the Big Sky Conference, which will begin to roll out in the spring of 2022. EGF now ...

Mobile Premier League (MPL), Asia’s largest mobile esports platform, announced today that Matt McCloskey, a former Twitch and Xbox executive with over 20 years’ experience in video games and entertainment, has joined the company as its VP and General Manager for the US market. McCloskey will build a US-based team ...

The Electronic Gaming Federation (EGF), the national governing body for formalized varsity-level collegiate D-I esports and high school level leagues, has wrapped its 2020-21 intercollegiate season and championships with record engagement across a growing number of games, setting the stage for what will be even further expansion on the college ...

EGF The Electronic Gaming Federation (EGF), the national governing body for formalized collegiate D-I esports and high school level leagues, today announced a new, first-ever expansive partnership with Special Olympics New Jersey (SONJ) to create EGFH Unified. Unified Sports® joins people with and without disabilities (known as Unified partners) on ...

Demonstrating its worldwide appeal, global esports festival World Cyber Games (WCG) overcame the on-site restrictions due to the Covid-19 virus and successfully hosted the WCG 2020 CONNECTED. Despite having to adjust the tournament to a virtual experience, the transition to a hybrid model was positively embraced and brought together esports fans from ...

Today, the BIG EAST Conference and the Electronic Gaming Federation (EGF) announced a three-year agreement that will enable all 11 member schools to compete in a year-long multigame season for the first time as official EGF Collegiate (EGFC) league members. EGFC is the national Division I Varsity Esports League with ...

Alongside the EGF Collegiate Power Series, EGF (Electronic Gaming Federation), Microsoft and Syracuse University have formed a strategic partnership to create the Virtual Esports Industry Pro Summit April 27-May 8. Along with the summit, EGF has also created experiential learning opportunities for students from Syracuse University’s Newhouse School. Within the ...

Torque Esports‘ virtual esports racing series was shown live on TV for the first time in a new broadcast partnership with the Disney-owned, ESPN. Starting last Saturday (April 11), The Race All-Star Series – Fully Charged by ROKiT Phones reached millions of homes via the new airtime-for-content partnership with ESPN. ...