Thursday November 19, 2020 Good morning! This is your weekly Esports Brief. Nerd Street Gamers is launching a new monthly subscription service titled Nerd Street+, designed to give gamers “a gateway to a curated library of competitive opportunities and access to the equipment needed to compete at the highest level.” Subscribers will gain unlimited […]
Wednesday November 18, 2020 The Pro Bowl is going virtual as the National Football League and Electronic Arts announced plans to present the 2021 NFL Pro Bowl presented by Verizon via Madden NFL 21. After the announcement that the Pro Bowl game will not be played in Allegiant Stadium in 2021, the NFL will […]
Monday November 16, 2020 The uncertainty brought about by the pandemic clearly demonstrated the old adage, “Necessity is the Mother of Invention”, as broadcasters and leagues scrambled to find new, engaging ways to deliver competition to fans. Blazing its own trail, of course, has been WWE, which initially had to deliver a WrestleMania […]
Friday November 13, 2020 Pepsi, the NFL and Roc Nation announced The Weeknd will perform during the Pepsi Super Bowl LV Halftime Show on CBS at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa Bay on Feb. 7. The Pepsi Super Bowl LV Halftime Show telecast will be produced by DPS with Roc Nation and Jesse Collins […]
Thursday November 12, 2020 Good morning! This is your weekly Esports Brief. Big news in the Call of Duty League, where the Chicago Huntsman, which is owned and run by NRG Esports, revealed that the team would be rebranded under the iconic OpTic moniker for the 2021 season after Hector ‘H3CZ’ Rodriguez regained rights […]
Wednesday November 11, 2020 The NBA and the National Basketball Players Association reached an agreement in principle on the start of the 2020-21 season and yesterday saw the Board of Governors approve the plan, which includes adjustments to certain provisions of the current collective bargaining agreement impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. The agreement will […]
Monday November 9, 2020 A tight ACC battle between Notre Dame and Clemson propelled NBC to its most-watched Notre Dame on NBC game in 15 years, according to Fast National Data from Nielsen, and digital data from Adobe Analytics. Coverage averaged a preliminary Total Audience Delivery of 9.44 million viewers across NBC TV and […]
Friday November 6, 2020 Electronic Arts, the National Hockey League and the NHL Players’ Association announced a multi-year partnership renewal. The new agreement allows EA SPORTS to accelerate authentic and innovative hockey simulation experiences for millions of players worldwide for years to come. “We are thrilled to accelerate fun hockey experiences for years to […]
Thursday November 5, 2020 Good morning! It’s Thursday, November 5 and this is your weekly Esports Brief. COMPETITION Finalists for the international World Cyber Games 2020 Connected were announced, and they’re heading to the Grand Final to compete for the nearly $300,000 cash prize. Streamed from November 5 through November 8, the Grand […]
Wednesday November 4, 2020 DraftKings will make its debut at the 2020 Masters with Bryson DeChambeau in an exclusive multi-year deal. DeChambeau will become the first active professional golfer to represent the digital sports entertainment and gaming company via an integrated brand, content, marketing and VIP centric collaboration that features him as the face […]
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