Premier League clubs are in discussions over joining an advertising boycott of companies that fail to promote inclusion and diversity, part of a new front in the battle against online abuse. The pressure group Stop Funding Hate is talking with top-flight and EFL clubs over the possibility of signing up Continue Reading
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Telkom VS Gaming to Bring Esports League to Virtual Comic Con Africa | Tempemail
Sourced from Students Brands. The 2020 edition of Comic Con Africa will be held virtually for the first time ever. Comic Con announced that this year’s edition of the biggest event in the pop culture and gaming calendar will go ahead from 24 – 27 September 2020; bringing a virtual Continue Reading
Virtual fans? Premier League looks at options for empty stadium games – Strategy – Software- Tempemail
The Premier League is exploring the use of audio effects and computer generated ‘fans’, to improve the viewer experience of watching behind closed doors games. The league voted on Monday to allow teams to return to non-contact training in small groups from Tuesday and hopes to be able to clear Continue Reading
League of Legends creator reveals new team-based shooter, Valorant | Games
League of Legends developer Riot Games has announced its next game, Valorant. Teased for several weeks as Project A, it is a team-based shooter for the PC set on a near-future Earth where a catacylsmic event has reshaped the geopolitics of the planet. Players choose from a selection of eight Continue Reading
Premier League boosts Amazon Prime Video subscribers- Tempemail
Amazon Prime Video has hit the back of the net in its strategy to claim the crown of fastest-growing subscription video service in the UK, after registering 35% growth in subscribers over the fourth quarter following its exclusive live-streaming of Premier League matches. The sports strategy contributed to the service Continue Reading
Dazn unites OTT, social & VOD football deals to ‘rival’ club and league offerings- Tempemail
Dazn Media has united the group’s football media assets for the first time, meaning that advertisers can make a splash around major football events across OTT, social and VOD. This centralised sponsorship package, it claims, can reach as much 400 million fans across Goal, sponsorship of VOD on Dazn and Continue Reading
Quantum tech push may put India in global elite league- Tempemail
The Budget proposal to provide an outlay of Rs 8,000 crore for quantum computing may help make India the world’s third biggest nation in the sector after the US and China, according to experts. Presenting her second Union Budget on Saturday, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman noted that quantum technology is Continue Reading
Psyonix will drop support for Rocket League in macOS and Linux come March
In context: Most multi-platform games expand their reach to as many platforms as possible over time. For example, after four years on the market, The Witcher 3 received a Switch port just a few months ago, and many former PlayStation 4 exclusives are finally making their way to PC. However, Continue Reading
League of Legends looks absolutely stunning in Unreal Engine 4
In brief: An indie game developer named Wayne S. has completely reworked the Summoner’s Rift map in League of Legends using Epic’s Unreal Engine 4 and the results are mind-blowing. In a YouTube clip highlighting the map, Wayne said he worked on the project a few hours each day over Continue Reading
K League taps SportsRadar to fight piracy and illegal streaming- Tempemail
The Korea Professional Football League (K League) has brought on sports data intelligence company SportsRadar as its global media rights distributor. The multi-year deal will see Sportradar provide intelligence and investigation services to support the K League in the protection of its intellectual property through anti-piracy and illegal streaming investigations. Continue Reading