Esports

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. 

May 07, 2020 11:05
MUMBAI: NODWIN Gaming has appointed Lalita Narayan Nayak as its new Head, Sales & Marketing. In her new role, Nayak will be in charge of implementing and managing sales and marketing activities. She will identify new market opportunities and define actions required to bring a new dynamic to the company and help the NODWIN Gaming arena grow further.
May 06, 2020 19:05
CHENNAI: The FIA Asia Pacific Rally Championship will go digital this weekend (May 8-10) with the online running of the International Rally of Whangarei that can be contested by any gamer of the DiRT Rally 2.0 platform.  Supporting the initiative, world motorsport governing body FIA is working towards greater awareness starting with the #RaceAtHome social media tag.
May 05, 2020 19:05
MUMBAI: Sports fan engagement platform Rooter has raised $1.7 million in a pre-series A funding round led by Paytm, Adidas family-backed leAD Sports, Rockstud Capital, and Founder Bank Capital - the early-stage arm of RB Investments. Anthill Ventures, Venture Catalysts, and a few more current angel investors also participated in the round.
May 05, 2020 18:05
MUMBAI: Indian sports technology company Dream Sports, parent company of Dream11, FanCode and DreamX, has appointed Devneet (Dev) Bajaj as chief corporate development officer. 
Apr 30, 2020 20:04
IMG THURSDAY ANNOUNCED that eight of its top tennis clients, including Serena and Venus Williams, Naomi Osaka, Kei Nishikori and Maria Sharapova, will enter the world of the Mario Tennis Aces game exclusively for Nintendo Switch to participate alongside other celebrities in a live virtual tennis tournament titled the “Stay at Home Slam” on Sunday, May 3 at 4:00 pm ET / 1:00 pm PT.
Apr 29, 2020 16:04
REDWOOD CITY, Calif.: Electronic Arts Inc. and Google Tuesday announced a partnership to launch five EA games on Stadia - Google’s cloud-based gaming platform. 
Apr 29, 2020 16:04
JAIPUR: Indian fantasy sports platform MyTeam11 Wednesday announced the launch of MyteamRummy. MyTeam11, which already has fantasy sports offerings like Cricket, Hockey, Volleyball, Basketball, Kabaddi, Football, Handball and Baseball, also launched MyTeam11Quiz earlier this month, giving the users a new dimension on their platform. 
Apr 28, 2020 18:04
NEW YORK: The NBA 2K League announced Monday that the start of its 2020 regular season will begin Tuesday, May 5 with at least six weeks of remote gameplay.  
Apr 24, 2020 17:04
NEW YORK: LaLiga North America, Uninterrupted and the Women’s International Champions Cup are bringing together world class athletes from the NBA, NFL, LaLiga, and NWSL to compete in the Kick Covid FIFA20 tournament.  The event will take place April 25-26 and will raise funds for Feeding America during the coronavirus pandemic.  
Apr 23, 2020 18:04
MUMBAI: One of India's top professional esports athletes playing FIFA, Siddh 'M10Jenasid' Chandarana, will captain a 6-member team that will participate in the inaugural IsoNations Cup tournament which will kick off online from April 30.