Esports Nutshell News | March 31, 2016
Esports Nutshell News, everything in the world of Esports in a video nutshell with Mark Register
1437 joins Team Secret as coach
Evil Geniuses announces Aui_2000 & Bulba rejoin the team after Universe & Artery leave
Electronic Arts appoints Laura Miele as Executive VP of Global Publishing taking over for Peter Moor who is the new chief competition officer aka head of Esports
AVYD will host a $100k Fighting Game Championship Winter 2016 with Street Fighter, Mortal Kombat, Guilty Gear, Killer Instinct, & Super Smash Bros
The Top 3 player earners in CS GO are Taz with $301k in 144 tournaments, Neo with $306k from 147 tournaments, and F0rest with $366k from 170 tournaments
MotoGP announces their Fan World Championship tournament with their release of MotoGP Champion Quest racing game
London’s O2 will host ESL’s Counter Strike Pro League finals May 14 and ESL will use their newly constructed UK studio in Leicester named Studio 1
Newzoo reports brands are expected to spend $128MM on Esports sponsoring & $197MM in Esports advertising for Esports video content this year with the 50% of the demographic being 21 – 35 Male
The proposed Digital Republic bill in France is set to recognize Esports as sports and its players as sports athletes, there will be a consultation on the bill September 26 for three weeks to figure out what to add to the bill before it is submitted to the French Supreme Administrative Court, the top three online contributors will meet with the Minister of State for Digital Affairs Axelle Lemaire…for a full breakdown of the Pour une République Numérique aka Esports Bill go to Esports Observer
TMZ starts covering Esports
In the Heroes of the Storm patch, Starcraft’s Dehaka is added to the roster
Mohamed Al-Bacha beats Sean Allen in last week’s FIFA Interactive World Cup winning $20k
Harvard University Team Ambush & Michigan Team Hot Boys’ Heroes of the Dorm teams are disqualified for sharing a battle.net account with a higher ranked player outside the roster during tournament matches. Blizzard/Tespa said they have a zero tolerance for cheating in tournaments
Pratt Community College revives their Information Networking Technology program hiring Kenton Small as the instructor and head coach for their new Esports club which will provide scholarships through both the INT program and Esports club. Also cardio will be incorporated into practice time
Microsoft creates “holoportation” allowing real time 3d capture and transmission making it look like you’re in the room with someone, when it’s recorded it can be played back like holograms in every movie you ever saw, it’s awesome.
China’s $212BB Ecommerce company Alibaba launches their Ali Electronic Sports Division who announces their new event the World Electronic Sports Games with a $5.5MM prize pool starting in April
Electronic Sports League creates a Hall of Fame for Esports to preserve the rich history of competitive video games including writers, analysts, commentators, & coaches starting with ESL One: Cologne and the Counter Strike community moving to League of Legends, Starcraft, Dota, and fighting games
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