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10-04-2016, 03:08 AM
Steve Aoki jumps into esports arena, buys 'Overwatch' champ team Rogue
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LOS ANGELES — Steve Aoki is the latest celebrity to invest in esports, as the popular DJ — who's also a longtime gamer and occasional Twitch streamer — bought a majority stake in upstart team Rogue. *
SEE ALSO: Esports franchise Team Liquid has new owners, investment from Magic Johnson (http://mashable.com/2016/09/27/team-liquid-magic-johnson/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
Aoki fans already k**w the 38-year-old EDM artist as a gaming enthusiast going back years, but team Rogue, which plays Overwatch and CS:GO, is new to the scene, only having been formed in May.*
They're off to a fast start: a few months later, Rogue won the $100,000 grand prize in the first ever Overwatch Atlantic tournament, and placed 3rd in the Overwatch (http://mashable.com/category/overwatch/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial) Open tournament over the weekend.* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/10/03/steve-aoki-team-rogue-esports-overwatch/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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LOS ANGELES — Steve Aoki is the latest celebrity to invest in esports, as the popular DJ — who's also a longtime gamer and occasional Twitch streamer — bought a majority stake in upstart team Rogue. *
SEE ALSO: Esports franchise Team Liquid has new owners, investment from Magic Johnson (http://mashable.com/2016/09/27/team-liquid-magic-johnson/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
Aoki fans already k**w the 38-year-old EDM artist as a gaming enthusiast going back years, but team Rogue, which plays Overwatch and CS:GO, is new to the scene, only having been formed in May.*
They're off to a fast start: a few months later, Rogue won the $100,000 grand prize in the first ever Overwatch Atlantic tournament, and placed 3rd in the Overwatch (http://mashable.com/category/overwatch/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial) Open tournament over the weekend.* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/10/03/steve-aoki-team-rogue-esports-overwatch/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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