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Overholt Says Vision for OverActive Media Group is Becoming Reality

After two major announcements in recent months, OverActive Media CEO Chris Overholt says the vision to turn the company into the next Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment or Madison Square Garden Co. is turning to reality, SBJ’s Adam Stern reports.  OAM owns several teams in esports including the two Toronto teams in Activision Blizzard’s franchised leagues as well as the popular Mad Lions organization that is based in Spain and competes in the League of Legends European series, the LEC.   First, in late February, OAM unveiled plans for a $500M,

CoD: CDL 2021 Major 2 Preview

The second Major of the year is just ahead of us, here’s everything you need to know. This week sees the second Major of the 2021 Call of Duty League season. The new 2021 format makes teams compete in three weeks of pool play matches, before going head to head in a $500K Major tournament. The group play matches determine the seeding for the Major, so Group winners Atlanta FaZe and Minnesota Rokkr start in Winners Round 2. Schedule Wed, Apr 7 Los Angeles Thieves vs Paris Legion (3PM EST)

Tfue launches NFTfue King of Gaming NFT collection on OpenSea

Tfue has announced the upcoming release of the NFTfue King of Gaming Collection through a collaboration with entertainment company Medium Rare. The NFT collection will be auctioned off on OpenSea beginning April 8th at 7 PM EST, as Tfue joins a recent influx of content creators exploring the non-fungible token space. Introducing the NFTfue King of Gaming Collection – my own personal NFT series bringing me to life through special edition game characters! RT for your chance to win a Tfue NFT Bobblehead! Visit https://t.co/gm72oFIlY1 for more information about my

Call of Duty League Stage 2 Major Preview and Predictions

by Cody Perez in Call of Duty | Apr, 6th 2021 The Call of Duty League is gearing up for the next important part of the season with the Stage 2 tournament. Known as the Call of Duty League Stage 2 Major, this event only happens so many times in the season and will be very important to the overall year.  Call of Duty League Stage 2 Major Bracket Details Revealed As always, there is a stage of content in which the teams have four weeks of events. The first

CoD: LEGIQN Joins Florida Mutineers As Content Creator

The Mutineers are the latest to sign a Warzone content creator to their roster Call of Duty League teams have been signing competitive Warzone players and content creators to their rosters since its release. With Jukeyz on the Royal Ravens, Tommey and Rated on LA Thieves and most recently TeeP joining Envy (Dallas Empire). Well, the Florida Mutineers are the latest, announcing the signing of LEGIQN today. Jordan “LEGIQN” Payton is a content creator who began his career in Halo, before most recently making a name for himself in the

Atlanta FaZe’s Undefeated Streak Ends With Call of Duty League Stage 2 Week 3 Results

by Cody Perez in Call of Duty | Apr, 5th 2021 The Call of Duty League is truly heating up in the 2021 season with some rather crazy and intense upsets and results over the last stage. With the second stage’s conclusion, minus the Major that is coming soon, we have seen some insane stuff like the end of the Atlanta FaZe undefeated streak and much more.  Call of Duty League Stage 2 Week 3 Had Some Crazy Upsets The Call of Duty League Stage 2 Week 3 results are in. They

Misfits Gaming and SoFi Renew Partnership

Florida-based esports organization Misfits Gaming Group has renewed its partnership with SoFi. SoFi will continue its presence in the esports space expanding its investment to “help its members achieve financial independence.” Financial details of the partnership were not released. SoFi entered into the esports space in 2019 with the MGG partnership. According to SoFi, the company has witnessed a 56% increase in brand trust since partnering with MGG.  The partnership will see the Florida Mutineers don an in-game jersey patch during Call of Duty League broadcasts. This is considered top-tier

Super Nintendo World Universal Orlando Gets Delayed

Nintendo is a behemoth of a video game company. The debut of the Nintendo Entertainment System put this company’s name in households around the world. Now years later this company is still thriving with the big push being actual theme parks. That’s right you can attend a Super Nintendo World in a theme park near you but it might be keeping its doors shut a bit longer than expected.  While Nintendo has seen their theme park open up in Japan’s Universal Studios, it also handled plenty of problems getting things

FCCG Annual Report Reveals Striking Impacts of COVID-19 on Those…

The Florida Council on Compulsive Gambling, Inc. 888-ADMIT-IT HelpLine contacts received during the final quarter of the fiscal year were markedly more severe due to compounding financial and mental health impacts, likely worsened by the pandemic. SANFORD, Fla. (PRWEB) October 26, 2020 Today, the Florida Council on Compulsive Gambling (FCCG) released its FY 2019-2020 Annual Report of its statewide 24-hour Problem Gambling Confidential and Multilingual HelpLine (888-ADMIT-IT), which revealed important findings, some of which present significant implications. During this past fiscal year (July 1, 2019 to June 30, 2020), the