An innovative arena for video-gaming debuted Friday on the Las Vegas Fremont Street Experience to host the North American Halo World Championship Qualifier.
Esports and Video Gaming
The video game industry is picking up speed in Nevada, a new report from the Entertainment Software Association shows.
A group of businesses, advocates and academics have formed an association focused on advancing the development of Nevada as a global hub for esports.
Less than two decades ago, e-sports consisted of a few dozen elite gamers gathering in warehouses to compete for modest-at-best prizes. Today, e-sports has climbed out of basements and warehouses and onto major cable networks and is on the verge of becoming a $1 billion industry.
The Las Vegas tech scene may be getting a boost. Seven tech startups, five of which are local, graduated from RedFlint’s startup accelerator and pitched their ideas to investors Tuesday.
So would you take Team Liquid in a head-to-head World of WarCraft matchup against the Evil Geniuses?
A Las Vegas sports book will take the first-ever wagers on an e-sports competition this weekend thanks to a quick administrative approval by the chairman of the state Gaming Control Board.
The Nevada Gaming Policy Committee has asked the state’s gaming regulators to develop a new set of rules to oversee wagering on competitive video games known as e-sports.
About 200 people attending a two-day conference on the business side of wildly popular e-sports competitions got the first look at the 15,000-square-foot arena space under construction at downtown’s Neonopolis.
A jellyfish stung the “(expletive) hell” out of the sex organ of Vegas celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay while he was vacationing with his family in Sardinia, but he’s recovered, says London’s Daily Star newspaper.
An esports arena is coming to Neonopolis in downtown Las Vegas.
Ten video gamers will take on Formula E racing drivers in a virtual ‘ePrix’ in Las Vegas in January with $1 million in prize money to be won, organizers of the electric series announced on Thursday.
“Accounting for the Gaming Industry,” “Sociology of Gambling” and “Casino Marketing” are courses offered through programs coordinated by the University of Nevada, Las Vegas’ International Gaming Institute.
Isaac Perez recently walked out of the Downtown Grand casino $250 richer, but not because he wagered his money at a slot machine or tried his hand at blackjack. Instead, he won a Street Fighter V video game tournament.
Video-game giant Activision Blizzard is teaming up with Facebook to deliver live eSports tournament coverage on the social-media service worldwide.
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