The university of California, Irvine an**unced this week it will be the first public institution to offer video gaming scholarships, and it is set to launch its new eSports initiative with the opening of a 3,500 square-foot gaming arena this fall
The arena, which is expected to open in late September, will be built at the university's Student Center and equipped with gaming PCs, a League of Legends competition stage and studio for live webcasting tournaments
The university also plans to offer as many as 10 half-tuition scholarships, worth about $5,500, to students on its collegiate League of Legends team, UCI student programming assistant director Mark Deppe told Mashable. Read more...