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Seattle, WA – April 2, 2019 –Make.TV, used by leaders in news, esports, sports and entertainment to handle live video in the cloud, announces that its partnership with the world’s largest esports company ESL will see the two companies distribute esports content to fans and enthusiasts worldwide during ESL One Mumbai (April 19-21, 2019).

ESL and Make.TV have been distributing content to esports fans around the world for a number of years via Make.TV’s Live Video Cloud. This extended partnership is the next step in the two companies’ commitment to bringing the best and most extensive esports coverage to both fans and casual viewers – including coverage of the soaring Indian esports community. 

ESL One Mumbai 2019 will see twelve of the world’s best Dota 2 teams compete to win US$300,000 and the championship trophy. The event will take place at the NSCI Dome stadium, and marks the first Dota 2 stadium event in Mumbai. Esports fans will be able to watch the tournament through dedicated ESL channels all over the world.

ESL provides esports fans with access to live coverage of all types of content, including blockbusters Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, Dota 2, and many more. Using Make.TV’s Live Video Cloud enables the broadcaster to collate content from a variety of sources and distribute it to multiple channels through the cloud. This allows ESL to quickly acquire content live from the cameras around the arena, speeds up production and distribution of the content to the TV screens around the venue alongside social media channels and third-party broadcasters.

“The esports audience is growing exponentially, with APAC leading the pack: last year, esports was featured within the Asian Games in Jakarta for the very first time. In India alone, there are 120 million online gamers. Our work with ESL enables us to provide an outlet to these gamers so they can reach the 400 million global esports fans who will be watching either on-site during the event, or online on Twitch or YouTube. This is the future of esports broadcasting and we’re proud to be a part of it,” said Andreas Jacobi, CEO and co-founder at Make.TV.

Make.TV’s Live Video Cloud opens pathways for video to be shared between content creators, producers, programmers and advertisers with scale, speed and relevance previously not possible. It makes it easy to acquire content quickly, handle remote production and deliver content across broadcast, online and social media networks.

Twitch streamer and former CS:GO-pro Mike ‘shroud’ Grzesiek is currently away from the gaming world following his severe scooter accident. The accident was such that he had to undergo surgery on his left elbow.

It was later discovered that the accident was not a minor one when it came into light the professional gamer has another surgery on his way.

Fellow streamer & his housemate Justin ‘Just9n’ Ortiz, explained that shroud is lucky to be alive. He explained that shroud was out riding on his motorized scooter, which Just9n claims tops out at around 55mph – and shroud was going almost max speed at the time.

“He hit the brakes too hard, and he flew over the handle bars about 10 to 12 feet, on to the asphalt. Now, being Mike, he’s looking out for his right arm, he fell on his left arm – all of his weight. He got a bunch of ‘road rash’ from about his hip down to the middle of his thigh, it’s all purple and blue, all fucked up.”

He was also not wearing a helmet at the time, meaning the injuries could have been a lot worse:

“This man could have easily just died, I don’t know if you guys understand the severity of what I’m saying, but he could very literally just not be here with us right now, because of how serious this fall was.”

American Credit Card services company Discover has signed it’s first esports sponsorship with Penny Arcade Expo (PAX) East. The sponsorship focuses on weekend activities at the expo, revolving around esports.

The esports community continues to grow, which means more and more of our customers, and potential customers, are gathering on platforms like Twitch and at conventions like PAX East, so naturally we want to be there,” said Discover SVP/consumer insights and brand Ryan Scully.

Discover’s entry marks the third major US credit card brand to enter gaming, following Mastercard’s long-term deal with Riot Games and Visa’s 2017 deal with SK Gaming.

TOKYO (TR) – Tokyo Metropolitan Police have arrested a former video game world champion over a burglary in Nerima Ward earlier this year. During questioning, he admitted to dozens of other similar break-ins, reports TBS News (Apr. 1).

On an afternoon in February, Tomoyuki Inui, 33, of no known occupation, gained access to the residence of an 84-year-old woman by smashing a window. He then allegedly stole 2.6 million yen in cash that she kept in the living room.

“With my video game activities winding down, I turned to [burglaries] to cover living costs,” the suspect, a residence of Tachikawa City, was quoted by police in admitting to the allegations. He added that he carried out about 100 similar break-ins over the past three years.

The detainee has, under the name “Katsuninken”, won the Dead or alive Ultimate tournament in Singapore, 2005. For this endeavor, he received $15,000 (~$19,800 adjusted to inflation). After this, he did not participate in the DoA 4 tournaments in 2006 and 2007. Eventually, support for Dead or Alive series died, even though the Esports industry itself exploded.

WASHINGTON [USA]: Valve quietly announced its all-new VR headset called Valve Index. The company posted an image of the headset on its website with scarce details and promise of more information in May.

Valve, the company behind popular gaming titles such as Half-Life and Portal, and DotA 2, also runs Steam online game store.

Valve Index

Until now, Valve was pictured as a helping partner to HTC to build its Vive headsets. With Valve coming up with its own headset is likely to surprise the existing players, Cnet reports.

The image posted on the website does not hint at any specifications, but given that Valve has been behind technology powering the Vive headsets, one can expect the Valve Index to be a high-end device.