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
Saturday, October 29 is the fourth annual Red River Rivalry between OU Esports and Longhorn Gaming. Teams from both universities will compete against each other in your favorite games to raise money for Extra Life. The first half of the…
Katlyn Don CarlosOctober 26, 2022
The University of Oklahoma hosted the first Sooner Spring Clash tournament in the Armory on Friday, April 22. Sooner Spring Clash was a two-day Esports tournament for both K-12 and college students to compete for cash prizes. The total cash…
Genevieve BackesApril 25, 2022
OU Giving Day was held on April 14, 2022, an event to encourage donations to a wide variety of departments and organizations across OU. OU Esports held a 24-hour livestream that hosted various panels.The panels included interviews and discussions from…
Cooper MarshallApril 21, 2022
Indie games are awesome. Watching a creator or small team make something totally unique usually results in an amazing game. But do you know what is even better? When independent developers and publishers come together to showcase these incredible games…
Cooper MarshallSeptember 17, 2021
On September 1st, Streamers took a stand against Twitch, the popular streaming platform, as they grappled with hate raids. Twitch Streamer SwiftIke plays Mario64 Hate raids occur when people create accounts en masse, and then use these accounts to spout…
Silas BalesSeptember 15, 2021
The third and final Valorant Masters event of the 2021 season is assuredly upon us, set to take place September 10-19th at the Verti Music Hall in Berlin, Germany. As the last major tournament before the global finale of the…
Devon MoseleySeptember 9, 2021
Last year was transformative for OU's esports and gaming developments with three major milestones. First, the departmentalization of the OU Esports Club into "Esports & Co-Curricular Innovation" housed in the Division of Student Affairs through the endorsement and elevation of…
Mike "Moog" AguilarAugust 12, 2021
The clicking of the keyboards, the bright LEDs shining in the competitor's faces, the screams of excited fans and spectators, this is all part of what makes top-level esports special. But at the collegiate level, there’s a different story to…
Silas BalesJuly 23, 2021
But is there more to it than we may initially hear? Wesley Bradford, an OU Alumnus and music theorist, seems to think so. The Legend of Zelda is one of my all-time favorite franchises, and one of my favorite aspects…
Cristian Damir M. VegaApril 27, 2021
After taking a break from the public event last year, E3 is returning this summer in full force. The Electronics Entertainment Expo (E3) is a celebration of gaming that takes places at the beginning of the summer each year, dating…
Silas BalesApril 23, 2021
This is a follow-up article to the PAL article. If you would like to know more about PAL and how it got started, click here. On March 27, OKC PAL hosted its first-ever esports fundraiser, a Rocket League tournament…
Cooper MarshallApril 16, 2021
by Red Bull aims to support university students and elevate them at the worldwide stage.Riot Games’s hit new shooter, Valorant, gets its biggest collegiate tournament yet. Although Valorant is one of the newest esports titles on the scene, it is…
Derek SnowApril 1, 2021
Many people wish that they were a big streamer. I mean, it’s the dream right? Playing video games for money and engaging with a fun and lively community. Many have even heard and been interested in a 24 hour stream,…
Silas BalesMarch 23, 2021
The Valorant Esports scene is bigger and better than ever. With the constant support from the developers on this title and the push for a new, big esports scene, Valorant has filled a void that many gamers have been wanting:…
Silas BalesMarch 16, 2021
Including information on the OKC PAL Spring 2021 Fundraiser below!When people typically think of school sports, they will think of traditional sports like football, basketball, or soccer. When the COVID-19 pandemic hit the U.S. in early 2020, traditional school sports…
Cooper MarshallMarch 9, 2021
If there’s one stereotypical quality any non-gamer would assume of the gaming community in general, it’s misogyny. While this stereotype obviously isn’t true of all gamers, or even most gamers, we would be doing a disservice to assume this isn’t…
Emily LandMarch 5, 2021
The University of Oklahoma will be offering scholarships for students “as soon as Spring 2021” according to a press release from the university. The press release, originally drafted by Sooner Esports’s own Michela Thompson, posted today announced groundbreaking news for the…
Derek SnowMarch 3, 2021
This week is Pokémon Week, where fans of the world’s largest entertainment franchise gather together to celebrate. This year is Pokémon’s 25th anniversary, and the excitement is at an all-time high. Besides the already confirmed news from the Pokémon Company,…
Silas BalesFebruary 23, 2021
