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Project Stryker seeks to open broadcasting facilities around the world to bring you the best production for every Riot title with the help of Amazon
The first facility has opened in Dublin, Ireland after 3 years of development. It is the first of 3 remote broadcast centers that will receive live broadcast feeds from competitions to produce, broadcast, and translate content for millions of esports fans around the world.
Dublin will become Project Stryker’s European HQ serving as a central broadcasting hub for both regional and global live esports productions across LoL, Wild Rift, and VALORANT. With over 50,000 square feet of space, the new facility will feature broadcast production, engineering, event, sound, and graphic design professionals.
In the future, two new Project Stryker locations will open, one near Seattle, USA, and the other in Asia-Pacific. Each facility will be spaced eight hours apart so no matter if an event is in São Paulo, Seoul, or Copenhagen, the esports competition will have the support of a Project Stryker facility.
These facilities will help productions create unique shows across a variety of languages bringing the global esports experience closer to home. They will also feature AR/XR sound stages and multi-purpose insert studios to unlock more creative production opportunities for our games and entertainment teams.
Project Stryker will be powered and sponsored by Amazon Web Services
Amazon Web Services, Inc. (AWS) is a subsidiary of Amazon that provides on-demand cloud computing platforms and APIs to individuals, companies, and governments, on a metered pay-as-you-go basis. The company’s revenue is at $62 million dollars in 2021.
As part of the new global collaboration, AWS will become a sponsor of Riot’s global esports events in LoL and VALORANT, as well as a founding sponsor of Wild Rift esports. In addition, AWS will become the official provider of Cloud Artificial Intelligence, Cloud Machine Learning, Cloud Deep Learning, and Cloud Services.
Furthermore, AWS will be enhancing the content around esports events by providing in-depth stats and insights in real time. Here’s what fans can look forward to:
- Stats Powered by AWS: A new slate of stats that will show how teams won games in new ways. Fans will be able to vote on the first stats that will be developed before they are released in VALORANT Champions and LoL Worlds this fall.
- AWS Global Power Rankings: Data-driven power rankings comparing all the top teams from around the world. Nearly in real-time, these power rankings will be displayed on-screen during major tournaments as the best pro teams in LoL, VALORANT, and Wild Rift move up and down the ladder with their performances.
- Pick’em Powered by AWS: Esports fans will now be able to participate in bracket challenges and compete for prizes by picking the teams that will make it to championship events.
Awesome news for any LoL, Wild Rift, and Valorant esports enthusiasts alike. We can expect massive production value improvement from Riot especially as Worlds 2022 approaches.
And of course all that $$$ from Uncle Jeff will buoy up Riot’s budget for many years to come.