Yearly Archives: 2018

‘Fortnite’ Has An Esports Problem That’s Going To Be Tough To Solve
Epic stunned observers when they announced that they were moving into esports in a big way, offering $100 million in Fortnite esports prize pools this year alone, including $8 million dedicated to the next few weeks of a “Summer Skirmish” series, which pits streamers and top players against each other. But last week, the first Summer Skirmish Fortnite event was a disaster....
eSports Scoring Gets Scientific to Engage Millions of Players The thrill of competition. You feel it in your veins. The pulse of adrenaline, the yearning for glory, the desire to best all comers, the need to push your limits, the agony of defeat and the thrill of victory. eSports limits these emotions to a few...
Big Data is the Future of eSports
For much of the 20th century, simple counting stats dominated our understanding of a baseball player’s value. For hitters, it was runs batted in. For pitchers, it was wins. If you’ve seen the film Moneyball, you know what happened next: Starting in the middle of the 20th century, “sabermetrics”—derived from the acronym SABR, or Society for...
What worked (and what didn’t) about Overwatch League’s inaugural season?
Reaper’s shotguns have been swept away, the spawn rooms have been cleaned of every spray, and the last payloads have been pushed. Overwatch League’s inaugural season has nearly come to a close, with only the season playoffs remaining. With a bit of a break before that starts, this seems like the perfect time to dig...
Activision Blizzard: An Amazing Company Disrupting Entertainment And Shaping Its Future For Decades To Come
Activision Blizzard could be the best-positioned entertainment company to generate enormous returns for their shareholders consistently over the foreseeable future. Robert Kraft and Jeff Wilpon own Overwatch teams, which shows that the owners of the New England Patriots and the New York Mets are betting on the success of Esports. On December 3rd, 2014, ESPN...
Esports Is Already Nearing $1 Billion in Revenue for Activision Blizzard
The esports hype is at a fever pitch after Activision Blizzard (NASDAQ:ATVI) launched its much anticipated Overwatch League in January. Management has said that Overwatch League will turn a modest profit in 2018. It’s still uncertain exactly how big esports will become for the gamemaker, but in his 2017 annual letter to shareholders, CEO Bobby Kotick gave investors some clues. Let’s review what he...
He’s the CEO of One of the Hottest Companies in the $700 Million E-Sports Industry
Koski anticipates that between 18 and 20 states will hold an eSports state championship this January, with the other states soon to follow. Koski says the organization conservatively is hoping to see at least 25,000 students nationwide play in the first season. PlayVS will cost each school about $16 per month per student, which would mean the company will likely pull...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE  First Capital Announces New Client Engagement  First Capital Engaged by Digyscores, Inc.  Denver, Colorado – May 22, 2018 – First Capital Ventures (“First Capital”) announced today that it has entered into an engagement agreement with Digyscores Inc. a newly formed Colorado corporation whose focus is the digital eSports entertainment and competition arena....
$100M Investment
If there is any doubt about eSports, it is quickly erased with a $100M investment. Epic Games is putting $100M into its very popular game – FORTNITE – to push eSports into high gear. There is no better proof than putting your own money into your own game. Epic Games had $100 million burning a hole...
Compare Baseball to Fortnite
Many of us just don’t get the massive popularity of Fortnite. Gabe Lacques, from USA Today didn’t either until he researched and compared Baseball to Fortnite. It’s an interesting read connecting the dots between what we know about traditional sports and eSports. READ MORE
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