The U.S. Navy paid the “full-service marketing agency” Young & Rubicam $2 million to help it with its disastrous foray into esports, according to documents obtained by Motherboard. According to the documents, obtained by Motherboard via a Freedom of Information Act request, the Navy contracted with Young & Rubicam as […]
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Many kids play video games “no matter what,” said Mark Ghiloni, director of the Dover Recreation Department. “So we looked at it as … let’s see how we can be a value.” Esports refers to the competitive playing of online games from the omnipresent battle royale Fortnite to the perennially […]
CLOSE Esports has become big business. Now, a video game app wants to make esports a “do-it-yourself” enterprise, allowing you to host your own online tournaments. A new tournament mode arrives today on Play One Up, an app launched a year ago to connect players in online matches on Xbox or PlayStation game systems, and […]
Share Tweet Share Share Share Print Email If venture capitalists got word of a business that had been operating for 30 years, had customers in 118 countries and had a flagship annual event that attracted nearly 200,000 fans, they’d likely be lining up to throw money at the product. And […]
© LUCAS BARIOULET Team Europe (right) and Chinese team FPX (left) compete in the 2019 League of Legends world final in Paris. This year’s event will be held later this month in Shanghai, bucking a grim trend of cancellations because of the coronavirus pandemic ESports has bucked a grim trend […]