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eSports get serious: Alienware, top team partner on training sites

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7 years ago

January 11, 2018

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The gamer-friendly PC maker is shaking hands with Team Liquid, a forerunner among eSports team, on two gyms to sharpen up the gaming skills of its players’ because becoming a phenomenal gamer demand more than lightning reflexes.

Like other tough rivals in the industry regular exercise, constant training and occasional scuffle against other teams are essential for eSports players and will well equip them to deliver their very best.

This lead Alienware, the Dell gaming devices brand to collaborate with Team Liquid, one of the preponderant gaming teams in the world, to give birth to Alienware eSports Training Facility at Los Angeles, an 8000 square-foot building. The building will serve as an abode to gym equipment, administrators, an in-house chef, sports psychologists, nutritionists and, obviously a bunch of high-performance computers.

Mike Milanov, the Chief Operating Officer of Team Liquid, said “We’re definitely being as sophisticated in terms of support structure of a typical sports team”. The Team Liquid has groups that compete in hit titles like League of Legends, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive and Defense of the Ancients 2.

The partnership, which includes a smaller site in Europe, is getting announced during CES, the tech industry’s largest annual trade show. Dell is also using this week’s Las Vegas show to announce new XPS-labelled gaming computers and software to manage them. Along the same lines, the company is hosting a tournament amid CES for a VR running game called Sprint Vector.

The investment in training sites marks another step in the gradual move towards treating eSports as legitimate international competition. Over the past couple decades, competitive gaming has expanded from players coming together to face off for fun to matches broadcast on national television in South Korea.

By 2013, the world championship for League of Legends sold out the 21,000-seat Staples Center in Los Angeles and attracted 32 million viewers through streaming services. That’s more than the number of people who tuned in for the finales of “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno” and “The Late Show with David Letterman” — combined.

Meanwhile, all manner of investment is flowing in. The Philadelphia 76ers NBA team, for example, bought two eSports teams in 2016 and opened up its training sites to them. Meanwhile, Facebook has teamed up with ESL, one of the largest eSports leagues in the world, to stream competitions. Even the sporting news heavyweight ESPN covers eSports.

“We’re getting a lot less ‘this is not a sport’ comments,” Milanov said.

The competitions are growing rapidly enough that Andrew Paradise, the CEO of eSports technology company Skillz, expects eSports to hit the big time sooner rather than later. “You’re looking at esports becoming a part of the Olympics in the 2020s,” he said.

Alienware chose to work with Team Liquid both because it wants to help further legitimise eSports. The company also sees it as a chance to learn from the players, so it can build mice, keyboards and other devices the teams will want to use in competition.

“We want to be the hardware that’s driving the next generation of esports players,” said Bryan de Zayas, head of Dell’s gaming efforts.

As part of the three-year deal to support Team Liquid’s training sites, Alienware will outfit players with high-performance computers and work with them to create team-approved devices it can sell to fans and aspiring competitors.

“The level of coaching — even a chef and nutritionist on staff — preparation and technology in the facilities is unprecedented,” said Jeff Clarke, Dell’s Vice Chairman of products and operations.

It’s all a necessary part of helping the industry grow into a legitimate worldwide sport, said Mike Vorhaus, President of brand consulting firm Frank N. Magid Associates. Vorhaus said he realised eSports would be huge when he learned that teams have dedicated fans and even groupies.

“This is just like real sports,” he said.

Source: CNET

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Expanse Studios (GMGI) Secures ISO/IEC 27001:2022 Certification

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13 hours ago

November 14, 2024

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Expanse Studios, the iGaming division of Golden Matrix Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: GMGI), proudly announces its recent certification to the ISO/IEC 27001:2022 standard, which demonstrates globally leading data security standards.

This globally recognized certification reinforces the Group’s dedication to safeguarding confidential information, client trust, and strengthening its competitive position in the iGaming industry.

The ISO/IEC 27001:2022 standard establishes a rigorous framework for managing and protecting information security across all operations. By attaining this certification, Expanse Studios has implemented a comprehensive Information Security Management System (ISMS) that ensures the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of data. This certification goes beyond compliance and assures our clients and partners of our stringent security protocols, protecting against cyber threats and unauthorized access.

“Achieving the ISO/IEC 27001:2022 certification marks a significant milestone in Expanse Studios’ journey. This certification not only reinforces our security framework but also highlights our commitment to upholding the highest standards of trust and integrity for our clients and players worldwide.”, said Damjan Stamenkovic, CEO of Expanse Studios.

In an industry where information security is paramount, ISO/IEC 27001:2022 certification demonstrates Expanse Studios’ proactive stance on cyber risk management and adherence to international best practices. The certification process included comprehensive evaluations, audits, and stringent checks, all contributing to a secure environment that benefits our clients, players, and business partners.

ISO certification assures the clients that Expanse Studios operates with top-tier security mechanisms, solidifying the role of the GMGI entity as one of the most trusted and compliant partners in the iGaming sector.

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Almedia Hires 17 New Staff Fuelling Exponential Growth

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14 hours ago

November 14, 2024

Peter Tolan

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– Powering the next generation of rewarded user acquisition –

Almedia, the data-driven platform engineering the future of mobile gaming user acquisition – today proudly announces a major hiring wave which includes over 17 people from leading global tech and gaming brands. The new hires are essential to Almedia’s ambitious strategy for achieving exponential growth across Europe and Northern America over the next 12 months.

The new team members will join an already established team, based in Berlin, with a current headcount of 80, supporting a global client base of mobile game developers and publishers. The expanded team joins established departments including product development, marketing, account management, fraud, and talent acquisition. The 17 new hires will drive Almedia’s core mission: elevating user acquisition to new heights and engineering the future of intelligent engagement.

Moritz Holländer, Chief Executive Officer and Founder at Almedia, commented: “Since 2020, we’ve been at the forefront of rewarded user acquisition, and our services and results are being embraced by the global mobile gaming industry, by companies such as Playtika, SuperPlay, Plarium, and Monopoly Go. Team Almedia is witnessing real-time exponential demand for its rewarded UA services, hence we have a robust scaleup roadmap in place to help us manage demand.”

He added: “What we’ve proudly achieved in four years is quite remarkable. With zero funding, a highly profitable organisation, we are humbled to be assembling a true dream team for the global mobile gaming industry. We are thrilled to welcome the latest waves of new hires to the team, which will help us to further establish our brand as the most credible, data-driven rewarded user acquisition company in the world.”

The new hires include

Andrey Shilin, Lead Product Manager
Holly Pickerell, Workplace and Culture Manager
Sabina Halilovic, Fraud Analyst
Alexander Rasch, Senior Finance Manager
Alisson Paschoal Hausmann, Senior Mobile Developer
Anthony Clement, SEO Manager
April Chen, Senior Customer Success Manager;
Benedikt Roth, Lead User Acquisition Google Ads Manager
Caroline Sobkow, Talent Acquisition Partner
Federica Stiscia, Senior Gaming Partnership Manager
Marc Hammes, SEO Manager
Mapa Vega, Senior Talent Acquisition Partner
Pablo Herranz, Senior Talent Acquisition Partne
Ravisankar Chinnam, Senior Frontend Developer
Kutay Akalin, Data Scientist
Aleksei Smagin, Junior Affiliate Specialist UA
Neil Laverty, Senior Customer Success Manager

Almedia currently has a range of positions open across operations, talent, product, marketing and more. To learn more about careers at Almedia, visit the jobs section on the website.

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Huge Jackpot at King Billy Casino: C$3,658,306!

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November 14, 2024

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