{"id":940,"date":"2016-01-05T06:11:54","date_gmt":"2016-01-04T22:11:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/2016\/01\/05\/major-league-gaming-snapped-up-by-activision-starts-a-big-2016-for-esports\/"},"modified":"2016-01-05T06:11:54","modified_gmt":"2016-01-04T22:11:54","slug":"major-league-gaming-snapped-up-by-activision-starts-a-big-2016-for-esports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/2016\/01\/05\/major-league-gaming-snapped-up-by-activision-starts-a-big-2016-for-esports\/","title":{"rendered":"Major League Gaming snapped up by Activision starts a big 2016 for esports"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Major League Gaming, North America’s biggest esports-focused network, has been snapped up by Activision to bolster its own competitive gaming business and create the “ESPN of esports.”<\/p>\n

Activision acquired all of MLG’s assets and staff, it was announced Monday. Leaks of the acquisition dropped on New Year’s Eve on blog eSports Observer<\/a>, though MLG has told Mashable<\/em> most of the details are incorrect.<\/p>\n

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“We are buying MLG to continue to build out what the company has been doing: expanding esports and pushing it into a mainstream media network,” said Mike Sepso, SVP of Activision’s esports division and, originally, co-founder of MLG. “This helps us get there much more quickly, brings us a unparalleled team of expertise.” Read more…<\/a><\/p>\n

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