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DePaul Captures BIG EAST League of Legends Fall Title
By BIG EAST on 12/5/2022
The fall 2022 League of Legends™ BIG EAST Championship concluded on Sunday with DePaul capturing its third BIG EAST League of LegendsTM title in four seasons....Read More

Blue Demons Take Home First Esports National Title
By Rachel Wojnicki, DePaul University Newsline on 5/17/2022
Last month, DePaul's esports team took home its first national championship title. The Blue Demons won the 2022 Electronic Gaming Federation National Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Championship...Read More

BIG EAST Spring League Of Legends™ Tournament Bracket Set
By BIG EAST on 3/22/2022
The spring 2022 League of Legends™ BIG EAST Championship is set to begin Saturday at 3 p.m. ET, with a quartet of team’s vying...Read More

BIG EAST Rocket League™ Tournament Bracket Set
By BIG EAST on 3/22/2022
The 2022 Rocket League™ BIG EAST Championship is set to begin Saturday at 1 p.m. ET, with nine team’s vying for championship glory....Read More

New Sports Business Major Supports Many Career Paths
By Nadia Alfadel Coloma, DePaul University on 11/23/2021
If you ask Andy Clark, director of the new Bachelor in Business sports business major at the Driehaus College of Business, he’ll tell you that a career in sports...Read More

DePaul Defends BIG EAST League Of Legends™ Title
By Big East Conference on 12/13/2021
Fall 2021 League of Legends BIG EAST Championship concluded on Sunday with DePaul capturing its second consecutive BIG EAST League of Legends title...Read More

College esports division for ‘Her’ ready for fall play
By Chris Burt, University Business on 6/7/2021
A few weeks ago, a new esports division was launched that promises to look quite different from others in competitive college gaming....Read More

the*gameHERs launch women’s collegiate division
By H.B. Duran, Esports Insider on 5/20/2021
North American gaming community the*gameHERs has launched its first women’s collegiate division with support from...Read More

DePaul defeats St. John’s 2-0 at the Big East “League of Legends” Conference, heads to College Championship
By Lucas Madlangbayan, The DePaulia on 4/18/21
Amid waves of minions and powerful monsters, two teams of five collided on the battlefield with one goal: victory. The teams, their...Read More

Spurred by election enthusiasm, students push peers to vote
By Nader Issa, Chicago Sun-Times on 11/1/2020
Using class presentations, social media and video games, students in high school and college are educating their peers about voting...Read More

Students find more than gaming in DePaul Esports
By Linda Blakley, DePaul Download on 9/29/2020
The Esports market, or competitive video gaming, is anticipated to surpass $1.5 billion by 2023. At DePaul, Esports is even a BIG EAST-sanctioned...Read More

DePaul Esports teams up with gamers.vote to support non-partisan voter initiative
By Courtney James and Russell Dorn on 9/22/2020
With the 2020 election less than 50 days away, making sure U.S. citizens are eligible to vote is a top priority...Read More

DePaul took home three victories at Inaugural State Street Showdown
By Courtney James on 4/17/2020
On Saturday, February 8, DePaul University and Robert Morris University came together to compete in the Inaugural State Street Showdown...Read More

DePaul Esports Captures a Pair of Big East Titles
By Russell Dorn on 1/10/2020
After two seasons of close losses in the BIG EAST playoffs, the DePaul League of Legends and Rocket League esports squads came through victorious this past fall...Read More

DePaul Esports: Building Community Between Collegiate Esports and Casual Gaming
By Alex Bialek on 11/13/2019
This fall quarter has been exciting for all of us at DePaul Esports: our community is now over 600 members strong....Read More

Game Over! Day 3 of Games at C2E2: DePaul E-Sports, and Nolan North Finish Off This Year’s Con
By Antal Bokor, Third Coast Review on 3/23/2019
That’s it. C2E2’s over. It’s cos-played out, but if you missed it—or any day—we have a recap of what we saw while were there. And this year was so jammed with activities...Read More

DePaul esports team in first place entering BIG EAST League of Legends playoffs
By Russell Dorn on 3/14/19
After cruising through the regular season with an 11-1 record, DePaul’s League of Legends esports team is the top seed for the upcoming BIG EAST playoffs, set for March 17....Read More

DePaul community members to share experience with gaming, esports at two C2E2 panels
By Russell Dorn on 3/14/2019
DePaul is hosting a pair of panels at next weekend's C2E2 convention at McCormick Place. The topics: “Gaming & College: Incorporating Gaming into Your Academic Career” and “Being an Esports Athlete in College."...Read More

The META streams live from DePaul University
By Courtney James on 2/1/2019
The META streamed live from DePaul University on 2/1/2019. Watch the recap of DePaul's "recently appointed" League of Legends captain give The META some pro tips....Read More

DePaul esports team competing in BIG EAST League of Legends spring season
By Russell Dorn on 2/7/2019
After finishing second in the inaugural BIG EAST Esports Invitational last spring, the DePaul League of Legends team is back in action this winter and spring against....Read More

ROCKET LEAGUE TEAM CLAIMS TOP SEED FOR BIG EAST ESPORTS WINTER CHALLENGE PLAYOFFS
By Russell Dorn on 11/8/2018
DePaul's Rocket League esports team is 11-1 and seeded No. 1 in next month's semifinals of the BIG EAST Esports Winter Challenge....Read More

Inaugural BIG EAST Esports Season Kicks Off This Month
on 10/19/2018
Teams will participate on ESL platform featuring Rocket League® this fall...Read More

DePaul University Esports Competition
By Marcus Leshock on 05/23/2018
DePaul University is among many teams across the country who participate in video game competitions known as Esports....Read More

BIG EAST ESPORTS INVITATIONAL SET FOR THIS WEEKEND
By Russell Dorn on 04/05/2018
The inaugural BIG EAST eSports Invitational kicks off this weekend at DePaul's new eSports Gaming Center on the Loop Campus. A pair of Blue Demon teams will play fellow BIG EAST foes in two online games...Read More

DePaul unveils new gaming center, launching esports program
By Andrew Hattersley on 04/09/2018
After almost two years of planning, the Big East welcomed their seventh esports team to the Big East Conference when DePaul opened their new gaming center on Saturday....Read More

DePaul Dominates In BIG EAST Esports Invitational First Round
on 04/10/2018
DePaul earned the No. 1 seed in both League of Legends and Rocket League....Read More

ESPORTS GAMING CENTER OPENS MONDAY
By Russell Dorn on 04/19/2018
The DePaul eSports Gaming Center opens to the university community April 23 after being home to the BIG EAST eSports Invitational for two weekends in early April....Read More

Ready Player 1: DePaul Opens New Esports Gaming Center
on 05/03/2018
On April 23, A. Gabriel Esteban, Ph.D., president of DePaul, and members of the university community celebarted the opening of DePaul's new Esports Gaming Center....Read More