Gaming

COLOGNE: The Central European division of Universal Music Group (UMG) have announced a multi-year partnership with ESL Gaming, the world’s biggest eSports company that will be managed out of UMG’s Berlin headquarters.

The aim of the agreement is to exclusively help Universal discover and promote new artists through ESL’s global tournaments and channels. In an industry first, UMG will partner with ESL to create the ultimate destination for gaming and music fans alike to experience the official soundtrack of the world’s esports leagues and tournaments. 

Oct 03, 2018 12:10
MUMBAI: Bollywood actress Shilpa Shetty and her industrialist husband, Raj Kundra will be back with the third season of the Match Indian Poker League (Match IPL). The former owners of Indian Premier League side, Rajasthan Royals had launched the tournament under their umbrella corporation Viaan Industries Ltd. which is a gaming, entertainment and licensing company.
Sep 19, 2018 12:09
MUMBAI: Next Wave Multimedia, the gaming technology subsidiary of Nazara Technologies has inked a 3-year licensing deal with Cricket Australia (CA) to launch the official game on mobiles and smartphones of the KFC Big Bash League (BBL) and the Rebel Women’s Big Bash League (WBBL), two of the world’s premier domestic T20 competitions.  
Sep 18, 2018 17:09
LONDON: Formula 1 Tuesday day announces a ground-breaking sponsorship and data rights commercial partnership with Interregional Sports Group (ISG) to produce an F1 betting offering and give fans new ways to get closer to the world’s most prestigious motor racing competition.
Sep 11, 2018 17:09
LAS VEGAS: The Alliance of American Football, the upcoming professional football league, which, alongside the revived XFL is being positioned as an alternative to the ubiquitous NFL when it comes to Americans’ attention, has set in place a revenue stream gambling five months ahead of launch. 
Sep 08, 2018 14:09
LONDON: Indians, among six nations that use more sports and racing game smartphone applications, a study has showed. The study, led by researchers from University College Cork in Ireland, found that English-speaking countries, including the US, the UK, Australia, Canada and New Zealand, along with Japan and South Korea had the highest app usage across the board.
Sep 07, 2018 16:09
NEW YORK: 21st Century Fox has led a round of funding in social broadcasting platform Caffeine, which also included participation from existing investors Andreessen Horowitz and Greylock Partners, and other undisclosed partners.  Caffeine also announced a content agreement with Live Nation to bring live music concerts to the social broadcast platform in Q4 2018.  
Sep 07, 2018 15:09
NEW DELHI: Tencent Games, the world’s largest gaming company by revenues, Friday announced the launch of India’s biggest eSports Championship, ‘PUBG MOBILE Campus Championship 2018’.  Tencent Games will partner together with OPPO India and run the mega eSports tournament for a month from 26th September to 21st October, culminating in the grand finals to be held in Bangalore.
Aug 29, 2018 14:08
LONDON: Formula 1 has launched ‘F1 2018’, its official video game across the world. The game can now be purchased by PlayStation 4, Xbox and Windows PC users and has been developed and published by the Reliance ADAG-owned firm, Codemasters in the United Kingdom. 
Aug 24, 2018 18:08
LOS ANGELES: Twitter, the global social media platform has won the digital rights for presenting all content of the Overwatch League, the first major global professional eSports league with city-based teams across Asia, Europe, and North America. The collaboration is expected to break new ground in creative programming and video-on-demand content.
Aug 21, 2018 13:08
MILAN: Serie A announced on Monday that Electronic Arts (EA) Sports, the creators of the popular FIFA video game series, have acquired the licensing rights for the league for the upcoming FIFA 19 game.