DJ and Music Producer Steve Aoki Buys Overwatch and CS:GO Team, Rogue
Electronic Dance Music producer, DJ and label founder Steve Aoki announced that he has invested into the European Overwatch and Counter-Strike: Global Offensive team, Rogue.
During his performance at TwitchCon last Saturday evening, Aoki said that his investements will include managing and developing the brand of the fast-rising eSports teams.
In a report by Jacob Wolf on ESPN, Aoki was quoted saying: “As many of my fans know, I’ve been a gamer all my life and have been getting more and more involved in esports. I can finally take my love for gaming to the next level as an owner of Rogue, the professional esports team.”
“As an avid player of Overwatch, their dominance caught my eye and after getting to know them, I realized that we shared the same goals and interests in team building and competition.”
Rogue launched in May and was headlined by its European Overwatch team. The Las Vegas-based organization’s first major milestone happened at the Overwatch Atlantic Showdown, at ESL Gamescom. There, the young team upset the world’s best Overwatch team, EnVyUs, by breaking their impressive 57-game streak in the semi-finals before meeting and besting them again to claim the title in the finals.
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Aoki’s involvement in eSports has been well-documented on the Twitch site. Aoki is an active member of the Street Fighter community, as well as performing in various gaming events since 2013.
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