The 2023-2024 Academic Year is shaping up to be exciting for the OU Esports competitive teams.With new teams, a new space to compete and Red River Rivalry and Bedlam coming up soon, there is a lot to look forward to…
Rae MachadoSeptember 20, 2023
OU Esports has given Jacob Ross, Assistant Community Director and senior computer science major, an outlet to express his passions and a place to learn leadership skills. Originally from Oklahoma, Ross began his collegiate gaming journey at the University of…
Rae MachadoApril 6, 2023
The event was hosted in the Black Box Theatre in Cross Building A with a team warm-up space in the DIY Room in Cross Building B. Both rooms had full computer set-ups for the teams. We previewed this event in…
Rae MachadoNovember 18, 2022
The event kicked off on the OU Esports Twitch Channel with Splatoon 3. Every map was close, but the OU Splatoon Crimson team fell to Longhorn Gaming 1-4. Drew “Ice Dew” Marshall, coach of the OU Splatoon Crimson team, said…
Rae MachadoNovember 2, 2022
Matthew “Quinn” O’Quinn, one of the tank players on the OU Overwatch Crimson roster, is thrilled to have this new opportunity for the community to come together and cheer on the competitive Esports teams. “There are very few opportunities for…
Rae MachadoSeptember 23, 2022
With new teams, high stakes competitions and exciting events, there is no shortage of OU Esports hype.The OU Valorant teams will be joining in the inaugural College Valorant Season (CVAL), hosted directly through Riot Scholastic Association of America. This season…
Rae MachadoSeptember 23, 2022
NORMAN, OKLAHOMA, Sept., 20, 2022 – The University of Oklahoma Esports & Co-Curricular Innovation Department in the Division of Student Affairs is joining forces with Oklahoma Scholastic Esports to further promote esports opportunities and pipeline development within the K-12 sector,…
Rae MachadoSeptember 19, 2022
NORMAN, OKLA., Sept., 8, 2022 –The University of Oklahoma Esports and Co-Curricular Innovation Department in the Division of Student Affairs has partnered with PlayNACL and ReachTV to leverage The OU Esports and Co-Curricular Innovation development for career pipelines.Through new partnership,…
Rae MachadoSeptember 8, 2022
OU Esports held its End of Year Bash this weekend, celebrating the year’s achievements and allowing students to gather and play games together before dead week.The bash kicked off on Friday night with the Sooner Smash Dojo, a weekly “Super…
Rae MachadoMay 3, 2022
The Graduating Marketing DirectorFor Zach Satz, the Marketing Director for OU Esports and a senior art, technology and culture major in the College of Fine Arts, his experiences in OU Esports goes far beyond just gaming. Satz found his love…
Rae MachadoApril 13, 2022
How quickly can a game be created? A month? A week? Less than 48 hours?Game Jams have pushed this idea to the limit for years, bringing together teams of developers, who are sometimes strangers before the event, to dedicate their…
Rae MachadoFebruary 25, 2022
There are many factors that people love to judge video games on, anything from the specifics of a battle system to whether there was too much water in the world. Above all, though, the first thing that players notice in…
Rae MachadoOctober 20, 2021
When any sort of art form is created, including video games, a purpose is always behind it. Most players may see that purpose to be purely that of providing entertainment, and in some cases, that may be true. Some video…
Rae MachadoSeptember 29, 2021
