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Comcast NBCUniversal picks 10 sports and esports startups for SportsTech Accelerator

GamesBeat Summit 2021 #GBSummit returns with two days of content and networking designed for industry executives. April 28-29, 2021 Register Now Comcast NBCUniversal today announced it has picked 10 sports tech and esports startups for the first annual Comcast NBCUniversal SportsTech Accelerator. Comcast NBCUniversal is investing $50,000 in each startup and training them for 12 weeks, in partnership with Boomtown Accelerators. Two of the winners are esports companies. It chose the winners from over 1,000 applicants in 70 countries. The companies will work with Comcast NBCUniversal and the SportsTech partner

HBCU Heroes Celebrity eSports Holiday Showdown To Stream Live on Weds,…

HBCU Heroes Celebrity eSports Holiday Showdown To Stream Live on Wednesday, December 16 at 2 P.M. ET Featuring Celebrity Exhibition Match Ups Between Pro Players and NBA2K Pro Gamers Marquee participants include Tarik Cohen, Chicago Bears running back and HBCU alum facing off against Boston Celtics NBA2K League gamer Sheriff Cruz aka FTW. Miami Dolphins wide receiver Preston Williams goes up against Hawks Talon Gaming Club’s Lee Lamb aka LEE. ATLANTA (PRWEB) December 15, 2020 The countdown is on leading to this week’s epic HBCU Heroes virtual HBCU eSports Holiday

Climbing the Mountain: Introducing Liquid Kelazhur

Humble, kind, brilliant, and one of the best Terran's on the planet — we're proud to announce that Diego "Kelazhur" Schwimer is the newest member of Team Liquid's StarCraft 2 team. Kelazhur has been working part time at Team Liquid as an intern as part of his school curriculum and we have gotten to know him a lot better over the recent months. During this time we've come to realize he's a perfect fit for TL. We can't wait to see how he handles his dual role as both player

CompassIntel.com Announces the Award Winners of The 2020 IoT Innovator…

Innovation is not just tech, hardware, software...but can also come at the process or execution level. Innovation brings the NEW to the IoT Industry. SAN ANTONIO (PRWEB) October 27, 2020 This year has been a banner year for Internet of Things (IoT) growth and innovation, and Compass Intelligence is proud to honor companies innovating and excelling in IoT. IoT innovative companies, organizations, products, platforms, and solutions are honored each fall by Compass Intelligence through incoming nominations to the IoT Innovator Awards program. Compass Intelligence recognizes 21 companies in distinct IoT

Liquid Rivalries: Super Smash Bros. Melee

When would you say competitive Smash Bros. was born? Was it on January 21st, 1999, when Nintendo released Super Smash Bros? Or on November 21st 2001, when Melee was released? Or on April, 2002, when Matt Deezie started the Tournament Go series? I set the date two years later - January 10th, 2004. That was the day Melee held its first national, Game Over. In my eyes, a sport doesn’t come alive just by merit of a ruleset or a tournament. To be living, a sport needs a full-fledged scene

Triumph sign ryann; part ways with Spongey

Ryan "⁠ryann⁠" Welsh has joined the ranks of Triumph as they get ready to dive into their ESL Pro League run. To make room for the 19-year-old in the starting five, Triumph have parted ways with Spongey, who has been let go after over nine months with the organization and was a member of the team that won the ESEA MDL Season 33 North America Finals. ryann will debut with Triumph against Gen.G in ESL Pro League ryann will now rejoin his former Envy teammate Kaleb "⁠moose⁠" Jayne in Triumph,

How Social VR Helped This Esports Player Overcome Social Anxiety

Julian Apellanes was never comfortable going out of his house and although he struggled with issues like anxiety and depression, he didn’t want those things to define him. In a trend noticed by others, Apellanes has discovered a new path to reality through social VR. And unsurprisingly, he has dreamed of immersive gaming since he was a child.“I’ve been gaming all my life and I thought how cool it would be to be inside those worlds,” the 27-year-old explained to me in an interview. Once news about the original Oculus

Finding The Cyberpunk In Cyberpunk 2077

In our first hands-on preview of Cyberpunk 2077, Tamoor Hussain lamented the relative lack of humanity he witnessed in the game's main questline as he played through the opening hours as a street kid. After all, in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, the most impactful stories were often the smaller, more intimate ones. He eventually found a glimpse of that in a sidequest involving two monk brothers and their vow of non-violence, which complicated a rescue mission with grey decisions.With the benefit of this knowledge and my own Cyberpunk 2077