Tag: esports

Activision Blizzard Media created a two-story arcade for attendees of SXSW in Austin this year, activating March 8-11 at its first-ever appearance at the festival. The publisher is best known for intense, immersive games like Call of Duty and World of Warcraft, but with the recent acquisition of mobile game publisher King (Candy Crush, Farm […]

As the 2019 Experiential Marketing Summit is on the horizon, we’re taking time to highlight some of the sessions and speakers in store at the show this year, May 14-16, at Caesars Palace Las Vegas. First on our list: “AT&T + Esports: Building Human Connections Through Non-Traditional Sports.” Here’s what you need to know: Esports […]

News of non-endemic brands entering the esports space is no longer surprising. From Nike to State Farm to Coca-Cola, companies have been making waves with major deals in the esports space—and rest assured, they will keep coming. Here’s a look at five new brand partnerships of 2019, hot off the presses. Most are still being […]

Since the Overwatch League’s inaugural season wrapped in July, New York City’s professional esports team the NY Excelsior (NYXL) wanted to create something special for its fanbase at the end of the year, ahead of the league’s second season kickoff Feb. 14. Building off of a successful pop-up shop it created in July in Brooklyn, […]

Gamers and esports fans may seem like their own breed, but according to new data in Simmons Research’s 2018 Sports Fan and Engagement Study, there are many parallels between traditional sports fans and esports fans. Which means plenty of opportunity for non-endemic brands to comfortably cross into the space. In fact, gamers welcome it. According […]