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Livestream of the NISD Spring League of Legends Grand Finals.

NISD First LEGO League championship event

Elementary and middle school students from 23 Northside Independent School District campuses will compete to be crowned the NISD First Lego League Masterpiece Challenge Grand Champion.

NISD is giving students more opportunities to strengthen their skills through tournaments that are not only giving gamers the chance to shine and improve their skills at an academic level but are also opening doors for new opportunities for college and future careers.

The popularity of esports in the U.S. is surging, especially among adolescents, and it’s opening up career opportunities, not just for those behind the keyboards.

What parents may have once seen as a childish hobby has evolved into a way for kids to kickstart a career.

SAMSAT (San Antonio Museum of Science and Technology) would like to extend an invite to everyone to come to the Boeing Center at Tech Port, Sunday April 7 at 12 p.m. to celebrate the explosive growth of scholastic eSports.

Video game design classes at Churchill High School are empowering students and providing them with the tools to be successful in the field.

Valorant is unique from other mainstream FPS (first-person shooter) titles due to the combination of ability-based characters (called agents) with an economy structure that rewards teams for winning rounds. Winning rounds allows teams to buy better weapons and abilities for the next round.

R20 Premiere is run by SAMSAT, the San Antonio Museum of Science and Technology. We are a local nonprofit whose mission is to inspire students from all backgrounds to pursue careers in science, technology, engineering and math.

Northside Independent School District supports esports teams at 11 high schools and 21 middle schools, and there are even esports clubs at 44 NISD elementary schools.

XP League offers a pro-level, competitive experience for gamers aged 8-17.

Texas A&M University-San Antonio is one of five schools selected for Generation Esports’ 2022 Learn and Build STEAM (LABS) program.

SWT Championships and Last Chance Qualifies will take place December 9 through 11 at the Tech Port Center in San Antonio.

Esports is expanding in San Antonio ISD and soon more students will have the chance to participate in gaming events beyond San Antonio.

A new local arena is giving players a comfortable place to try and win millions in prize money.

The Southwest Side will soon be home to an innovation center and arena that is already attracting major shows and entertainment. On Friday, KSAT 12 got a construction tour at the new Tech Port Center and Arena at Port San Antonio.

'KSAT Explains: Esports in San Antonio' available to stream on-demand now.

In this episode, we’re taking a look at what San Antonio is doing to become a big player in this new arena, and the benefits this sport can offer student athletes, professional players and the San Antonio community as a whole.

A sneak peek at the topics that will be on KSAT Explains next year.

Port San Antonio is becoming a hub of technology for the region and its leaders are taking big steps to expand with a new event center.

However, a new study shows esports video gamers are healthier and more fit than the general public. According to a new survey on studyfinds.org, esports gamers are nine to 21% more likely to have a healthy body weight than other people. Meanwhile, only 3.7% of esports players smoke daily. The study revealed e-sports gamers are much more physically active on a regular basis as well. Regardless, researchers say they want to figure out a way to make sure high school and college esports players are getting enough physical activity.

SAN ANTONIO – Competitive video gaming, otherwise known as esports, is considered one of the fastest-growing sports globally. St. Mary’s University launched its Rattler esports program this year. Head coach of the program, Kaitlin Teniente, said Black and Latino students are often underrepresented because of lack of accessibility. However, the university hopes to bridge the divide by providing scholarships to future students who are people of color. “The idea is that these scholarships would help us, in turn, recruit that kind of student to bring them into the program,” Teniente said.

SAN ANTONIO – St. Mary’s University has announced that they will open its brand-new esports arena on Friday, Sept. 18 with a 12-hour fundraising livestream to raise money for future Black and Latino students in the Rattler esports program. “We are so excited to unveil this beautiful arena and to host an important event supporting the Black and Latino communities in the world of esports,” St. Mary’s University Director of Athletics Robert Coleman said. “Over the past year, we have been working with campus leadership to develop a space for our esports arena and to provide our students a home for gaming at St. Mary’s. All donations will go toward scholarships for future Black and Latino students. “At St. Mary’s, we hope to support and strengthen the diversity and representation that gaming needs so it can reach its full potential.”