Rohan Samal, Author at GameSync Esports Center

Nevada Gaming Commission Approves Wagers on a few Esports Titles

by Rohan Samal | Apr 17, 2020 | Esports | 0 comments

The Nevada Gaming Commission has approved sportsbooks to offer wagers on certain esports events. The coronavirus pandemic has resulted in a grinding halt to all physical sporting activities leading to sportsbooks struggling to stay afloat with the lack of games. Live...

Twitch Reaches New Concurrent Viewers Record on VALORANT Beta Launch

by Rohan Samal | Apr 17, 2020 | Esports | 0 comments

Riot Games’ Valorant is the latest FPS game to hit the market. On Day 1 of its beta launch, the game broke new records on Twitch. Valorant helped Twitch surpass its previous one-day concurrent viewership of 3.99 million viewers set in August 2018. Twitch’s new record...

IEM Sydney 2018 Playoffs: Team Previews

by Rohan Samal | May 3, 2018 | Counter-Strike | 0 comments

As the top six teams advance from the Group stage, the IEM Sydney tournament has already thrown a few surprises at us. Tyloo and Renegades have surprised everyone with their amazing performance so far. At the same time, SK Gaming and Cloud9 were unable to secure a...

A Dota Plus style subscription model will not work for CSGO.

by Rohan Samal | Mar 16, 2018 | Counter-Strike | 0 comments

Counter-Strike Global Offensive fans have been clamoring for better in-game features since quite some time. Be it in the form of a better Anti Cheat system, a player queue or an advanced replay viewing experience within the in-game client, CS GO has a long list of...

Here’s why organisations will invest in OWL

by Rohan Samal | May 31, 2017 | Overwatch | 0 comments

The Overwatch League is an opportunity for Blizzard. The game developer that created the game that started the esports boom ( Starcraft ) has seen its involvement in the burgeoning esports industry becoming negligible. With the fall of Titan ( their much anticipated...