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Esports Gaming Truck Headed to 17 NASCAR Tracks

Allied Esports and NASCAR will once again bring the eNASCAR Arcade on the Allied Esports Truck to 17 race weekends across the 2022 NASCAR Cup Series schedule, starting at the Daytona 500 on February 19–20. In the second half of the 2021 Cup Series schedule, the truck visited seven races with eNASCAR Arcade activations offering attendees […]

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Denny Hamlin in the No. 11 FedEx Toyota and Dale Earnhardt Jr. in the No. 8 FilterTime Chevrolet lead a pack of cars during the eNASCAR iRacing Pro Invitational Series Dixie Vodka 150 at virtual Homestead-Miami Speedway on Sunday, March 22, 2020.

NASCAR and NACE Starleague Bring iRacing to Colleges

NASCAR and the NACE Starleague, the largest collegiate esports league in the United States, will launch an eNASCAR College iRacing Series, bringing competitive sim racing to more than 500 colleges and universities nationwide. More than 10,000 students will have the ability to compete in the eNASCAR College iRacing Series through NACE Starleague. Students will compete […]

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NBA 2K League to Play Fifth Season in Indianapolis

Indianapolis will host the NBA 2K League’s fifth anniversary season with a competition schedule that includes a combination of remote and in-person games. The new season of the NBA’s esports league will begin March 23 with the amateur qualifying event for the Coinbase NBA2KL 3v3 Slam Open, the first of three tournaments in the new […]

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Commonwealth Games to Launch Esports Competition

The Commonwealth Games will have an esports component with the launch of the inaugural Commonwealth Esports Championships and Commonwealth Esports Forum planned for Birmingham, England, in August 2022. The event is the result of a strategic partnership between the Global Esports Federation and the Commonwealth Games Federation that was first announced in May 2020. The […]

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Indiana Esports Development, Horizon League Announce Esports Combine

Indiana Esports Development LLC has announced a partnership with the Horizon League to bring The Esports Combine to their annual basketball tournament at the Indiana Farmers Coliseum and Event Center in March. The Esports Combine is a collegiate recruiting event for esports athletes and will be March 7-8 in conjuction with the Horizon League’s championship […]

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Inaugural IndyCar-Motorsport Games Pro Challenge Set

The IndyCar Series is getting into the esports racing scene with a Pro Challenge on February 9 held in partnership with Motorsports Games, Inc., and multiple drivers from the IndyCar Series scheduled to compete. The event is the first official esports event between the two parties. It is part of an exclusive agreement reached in […]

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CSMG Launches ESPORTSU to Focus on Scholastic Esports

The Collegiate Sports Management Group is launching an esports brand aimed at building community, content and events across the scholastic esports environment. Branded as ESPORTSU, the initiative will enhance the property rights of more than 3,000 academic institutions to support content development, revenue opportunities and exposure through regional and national events. The brand will differentiate […]

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District E Powered by Ticketmaster Unveiled as Flagship Venue for Esports and Entertainment

Monumental Sports & Entertainment has unveiled plans for a new esports venue in downtown Washington, D.C., that will be the competition and training venue for Wizards District Gaming and Caps Gaming. The planned venue will be called ‘District E Powered by Ticketmaster’ with the 14,000-square-foot venue including an event theater, event programming, and community events […]

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Pittsburgh Knights, Zippo Launch Custom Rocket League Decals

The Pittsburgh Knights and Zippo have released three custom away kit gaming decals for Rocket League and now available to purchase in-game via the Rocket League Esports Shop, a first for the esports franchise, one of its biggest sponsors and the esports space overall. It is the first in-game activation for Zippo and the first […]

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Esports Entertainment Group Granted New Jersey Betting License

The Esports Entertainment Group has received an order approving a transactional waiver from the New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement that permits the company to begin accepting bets in the state. EEG becomes the first esports betting operator to receive a waiver in New Jersey and plans to launch their VIE.gg platform following a five-day […]

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