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Esports Overwatch League heads to hipster Brooklyn for its finals

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For Overwatch League , the esports conference created by fiat from Activision Blizzard , the move is the first step in its plans for housing esports teams in cities around the country. What could be more perfect than moving the inaugural championship finals for an esports league from its Los Angeles home to Brooklyn?

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TZ Presents 2013 Startup Forecast

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Marks was the founder and CEO of Acclaim Games (now owned by Disney), and the co-Founder of Activision and Chairman of Activision Studios (1991-1997). In 1991, Marks and a partner transformed ailing video game giant Activision into a $14B market cap video game industry leader. Venue Sponsor. Want To Sponsor?

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TechZulu Presents 2012 Startup Forecast | Featuring Science, Tech Coast Angels, Amplify, StartEngine, upStart.LA

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Howard Marks , Co-Founder at Activision / StartEngine. A 20-year industry veteran, having co-founded juggernaut Activision as well as Acclaim Games. After its acquisition by Playdom, he was most recently head of the Acclaim studio and Sr. VP, Strategic Planning at Disney Interactive Media Group. Venue Sponsor. Want to Sponsor?

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Interview with Josh Resnick, ntro

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I know lots of people think they don't have time for that, but there are those moments when you're in a coffee shop with twenty minutes of free time, or when you're plane delayed, or even if you're at a networking event or conference, and you are curious who is around you. I started at Activision, and worked as a producer and director.

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Develop.la | L.A.’s Own Hacker News and Why Now?

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He recently produced the Silicon Beach Fest along with Kevin Winston of Digital LA , and his mobile ad optimization and re-engagement company PageWoo came out of the 1st graduating class for the new Los Angeles accelerator Start Engine (developed by serial entrepreneur of Activision fame, Howard Marks).

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Source13 Gathers the Biggest Names in Mobile

Tech Zulu Event

Hence the emergence of Source13, a new mobile conference produced by Flurry. Simon Khalaf, Flurry – learn why the leader in mobile analytics decided to produce a thought leadership conference. Drawsomething was built on Marmalade, and EA Games (Need For Speed, Tetris), Popcap, and Activision have used the solution as well.

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