{"id":29703,"date":"2019-06-12T18:44:00","date_gmt":"2019-06-12T17:44:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/esportsinsider.com\/?p=29703"},"modified":"2019-06-12T18:44:00","modified_gmt":"2019-06-12T17:44:00","slug":"sterling-vc-launches-andbox","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/esportsinsider.com\/2019\/06\/sterling-vc-launches-andbox","title":{"rendered":"Sterling.VC launches esports venture Andbox"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;\"><strong>Sterling.VC<\/strong>, the owner of Overwatch League franchise <strong>New York Excelsior<\/strong> (<strong>NYXL<\/strong>), has launched <strong>Andbox<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;\">Andbox is now the parent company of New York Excelsior and Sterling.VC’s yet-to-be-announced <a href=\"https:\/\/esportsinsider.com\/2019\/05\/five-call-of-duty-franchises-revealed\/\">Call of Duty franchise<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_29708\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-29708\" style=\"width: 975px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-29708\" src=\"https:\/\/esportsinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Andbox.jpg\" alt=\"Andbox\" width=\"975\" height=\"675\" srcset=\"https:\/\/esportsinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Andbox.jpg 975w, https:\/\/esportsinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Andbox-300x208.jpg 300w, https:\/\/esportsinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Andbox-768x532.jpg 768w, https:\/\/esportsinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Andbox-100x70.jpg 100w, https:\/\/esportsinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Andbox-218x150.jpg 218w, https:\/\/esportsinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Andbox-696x482.jpg 696w, https:\/\/esportsinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Andbox-607x420.jpg 607w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 975px) 100vw, 975px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-29708\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;\">Image credit: Andbox<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;\"><strong>Scott Wilpon, Co-founder of Andbox<\/strong> commented in a release: “Following the launch of NYXL and our new Call of Duty franchise, we\u2019ve received a tremendous amount of support from our fans, but we recognize that New Yorkers – and gamers everywhere \u2013 are still hungry for a deeper, more meaningful connection to esports. We\u2019re incredibly excited to launch Andbox to help people find exciting new ways to self-identify and express themselves as gamers.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;\">As well as housing esports franchises, it will prioritise apparel. <strong>Maxwell Osborne<\/strong> and <strong>Dao-Yi Chow<\/strong>, who co-founded the New-York based fashion label Public School, will serve as Creative Directors for the new venture. The company’s first collection will be available in the summer.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;\"><strong>Rohit Gupta, Co-founder of Andbox<\/strong> also discussed the venture: \u201cIn New York, we have a unique opportunity to grow and unite the gaming community both on a local and global stage, and we\u2019re confident that Andbox will continue to raise the bar by celebrating gamers on a scale rarely seen in this industry.”<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;\">Andbox will also host events based on a number of esports titles and create content to “foster New York’s diverse gaming communities.”<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;\"><strong>Esports Insider says: It’s good to see Sterling Equities set itself up properly to adopt esports. New York isn’t typically known as an esports hub but it has a dedicated audience so catering to it makes sense.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;\">[maxbutton id=”4″ ]<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Hector 'H3CZ' Rodriguez - ESI Hall of Fame Inductee 2019\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/C9hCvm1nMI4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sterling.VC, the owner of Overwatch League franchise New York Excelsior (NYXL), has launched Andbox. Andbox is now the parent company of New York Excelsior and Sterling.VC’s yet-to-be-announced Call of Duty franchise. 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