The X Games has a new owner with plans for esports, YouTube, and Twitch

Tony Hawk’s serving as the X Games’ brand steward. | Image: MSP Sports Capital The next X Games might add competitive gaming to its roster of extreme sports and may even stream on YouTube and Twitch. In a press release, MSP Sports Capital announced it acquired majority ownership of X Games from ESPN and is bringing aboard CEO Steven Flisler, who once served as Twitch’s vice president of original content and the executive producer of Twitch Rivals. In a statement to The Verge, Flisler says he can’t “share the plans yet” but that the company’s “excited to integrate competitive gaming into the X Games brand especially at our live events.” “We can’t wait to interact with ‘chat’ on Twitch and YouTube” The company is also hinting at a new way to watch the event live online, specifically on Twitch and YouTube, noting it... Continue reading…