Rocket Leaguewill make its television debut this summer thanks to a new partnership with NBC Sports Group,teenager have sex with pet dog video the companies announced today. This new partnership marks NBC's first big step into the world of esports with the potential for more NBC Sports/esports mash-ups to come.
The $100,000 2v2 Rocket Leaguetournament will kick off in July through the online competitive gaming platform, FaceIt, and move onto regional finals through select NBC Sports regional networks including New England, the Bay Area, and other non-NBC regional networks around the world -- a first for Rocket League. The grand finals in August will be broadcast on NBC Sports Network in the U.S. and on Syfy in a handful of other countries.
Along with the TV broadcast, the tournament will be streamed live on the NBC Sports and Telemundo En Vivo apps as well as other unspecified social media platforms -- traditionally with esports this includes Twitch, YouTube, and potentially Twitter or Facebook.
SEE ALSO: 15 amazing 'Rocket League' plays that explain why you aren't a proFor the uninitiated, Rocket Leagueis basically soccer except the players have been replaced by rocket-powered cars and the playing field is completely enclosed. Players use their cars to push and launch the game's giant ball past opponents and into the opposing team's goal to get as many points as possible in intense, five-minute rounds.
Josh Watson, the head of esports at Psyonix (the developer of Rocket League), said last week at E3 that Rocket League's ease-of-access could help it reach a wider audience than most other esports.
"We really believe the game is super accessible," he said, comparing it to fighting games like Street Fighter. "Our goal is to get Rocket Leagueesports to everyone."
"We thought that [Rocket League] had some sports DNA to it, which would be a good fit for us and for our audience"
Some of the most popular esports in the world, like League of Legendsand Counter-Strike: Global Offensive,require a deeper understanding of the games and their mechanics. Most people can't tune into a League of Legendsmatch and immediately understand what's happening, whereas most people understand the basics of soccer and can apply that same knowledge to Rocket Leagueand get the gist of it immediately.
Counter-Strikehas already been featured prominently on TV through Turner Broadcasting's esports division, ELeague, which has also broadcast Street Fighterand Overwatchtournaments in the past year.
Rob Simmelkjaer, senior vice president of NBC Sports Ventures, said Rocket League's proximity to traditional sports made it a draw for NBC Sports.
"We looked at lots of different games in lots of different genres," he said. "We ultimately landed on Rocket Leaguefor a number of reasons. Number one, it's growing at a nice clip. We see its audiences are growing. It's got great buzz out there; the [Rocket LeagueChampionship Series] did pretty well this summer."
Rocket Leaguehas already proven itself in the esports community with dozens of community-run competitive tournaments and its own international Rocket LeagueChampionship Series, which recently concluded its $300,000 third season with 2.29 million unique viewers.
"Number two, we thought that it had some sports DNA to it, which would be a good fit for us and for our audience -- our sports-loving audience," Simmelkjaer said. "It's obviously got this sort of soccer mash-up with with motorsports, which are sports that we cover extensively on NBC Sports Network."
That sports DNA could be a draw for sports fans that haven't really dipped their toes into esports yet.
"We figured someone who is used to tuning into one of our networks for baseball, basketball, hockey games, soccer games, or a motorsport race would look at this this and say, 'Oh, this is interesting, it's cars playing soccer,'" he said. "We thought there would be some translatability to the non-core esports fan with the game."
Rocket Leaguealso isn't as violent as other esports titles. Sure, cars can be blown up in Rocket League, but there aren't any guns or real deaths during matches.
Simmelkjaer said NBC Sports' staffers were fans of Rocket League's developers, too.
"Frankly, we just really like the Psyonix people," Simmelkjaer said. "We had really good conversations with them, they seemed really excited about working with us."
Psyonix particularly liked the idea of having more regional qualifiers through NBC Sports' regional networks, Simmelkjaer said.
If things go well with this tournament for NBC Sports, that could mean more esports on NBC.
"I don't think it'll be the last thing you'll see us doing," Simmelkjaer said. "This is one format that we think is repeatable and we can do it with lots of different games. We're always looking at other areas of the ecosystem and other ways to play in it. Hopefully it's just the beginning."
NBC Sports has been aware of esports' growth for years -- they've been talking to all sorts of people in the space, including game publishers. The company seems poised to push onward with esports, using its first Rocket Leaguetournament as a stepping stone.
"I think that we are going to look to make this our foundation as we build a house, and we'll add on more, whether its expanding this format to other games and other times, or whether it's also branching off into other formats," Simmelkjaer said. "We have relationships with all the publishers, we're aware of everything going on, we are regularly talking to pretty much everybody in the industry about what they're doing."
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