{{short description|American esports news website}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2016}}
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'''PVP Live''' was an American esports news website. It was founded in 2012{{citation needed|date=July 2016}} and included a statistics database.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://fortune.com/2015/06/12/pvp-live-esports-news/|title=PVP Live wants to be the ESPN of eSports - Fortune|author=John Gaudiosi|date=June 12, 2015|work=Fortune}}</ref> The website was owned by PVP Live Interactive, Inc. PVP Live came out of its most recent beta on June 8, 2015.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.recode.net/2015/6/8/11563338/pvp-live-wants-to-make-following-esports-easier|title=PVP Live Wants to Make Following eSports Easier|author=Eric Johnson|date=June 8, 2015|work=Recode}}</ref> The company is based in Frisco, Texas.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.guidelive.com/video-games/2015/06/08/frisco-company-aims-espn-competitive-video-games|title=Frisco company aims to be the ESPN of competitive video games|work=GuideLive|date=June 8, 2015}}</ref>
==History== Prior incarnations of the organization include the Heroes Live, PVE Live,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://twitter.com/PVELive|title=PVE Live (@PVELive) {{!}} Twitter|website=twitter.com|access-date=May 25, 2016}}</ref> and Hearth Live<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://twitter.com/hearthlive|title=Hearth Live (@HearthLive) {{!}} Twitter|website=twitter.com|access-date=May 25, 2016}}</ref> websites, and a podcast.<ref>{{Citation|last=PVP Live|title=PVP Live Podcast Episode 23|date=April 23, 2014|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nMT1OVVYk8w&list=PLvG5HXo26qHCS8Qj1CblqT_-mTSewd_bw|accessdate=May 25, 2016}}</ref>
The third production of Tavern Takeover was widely criticized for poor sound production, resulting in the CEO issuing a public apology and stating that sound issues would be a thing of the past.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.dailydot.com/esports/tavern-takeover-sound-pvp-live-hearthstone/|title='Absolutely no excuse': Tavern Takeover boss apologies for sound issues|date=December 23, 2014|website=The Daily Dot|access-date=May 25, 2016}}</ref>
In 2015, the website planned on producing a 24-hour online show along the lines of ESPN's ''Sports Center''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20150608005297/en/PVP-Live-Launches-Leading-Authority-Esports-Fans|title=PVP Live Launches to Be the Leading Authority for Esports Fans Worldwide - Business Wire|date=June 8, 2015|publisher=}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=2015-06-08|title=PVP Live wants to be the ESPN of esports|url=https://dotesports.com/business/news/pvp-live-esports-espn-2018|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-06-17|website=Dot Esports|language=en-US}}</ref>
On May 23, 2016, the site broke the news that ESPN was in talks with Riot Games to purchase television broadcast rights for League of Legends content for approximately $500 million.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://pvplive.net/c/espn-and-riot-games-talks-broadcast-LCS-500-millio|title=Sources: ESPN and Riot Games in Talks to Broadcast LCS for close to $500 million|website=PVP Live|language=en-US|access-date=May 25, 2016}}</ref> Several hours later, both ESPN and Riot Games issued statements that the story created by PVP Live was false.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.engadget.com/2016/05/23/espn-league-of-legends-riot-games-no-talks/|title=ESPN and 'League of Legends' studio aren't making a broadcast deal|website=Engadget|access-date=May 25, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://venturebeat.com/2016/05/23/the-story-is-false-espn-riot-games-deny-500m-league-of-legends-esports-tv-deal/|title='The story is false': ESPN, Riot Games deny $500M League of Legends esports TV deal|website=VentureBeat|date=May 23, 2016|access-date=May 25, 2016}}</ref>
PVP Live ran the Hearthstone Pro League, a professional ''Hearthstone'' competition, produced in partnership with Twitch, Blizzard Entertainment and PRG.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dailydot.com/esports/pvp-live-esports-espn/|title=PVP Live wants to be the ESPN of esports|work=The Daily Dot}}</ref> The $60,000 prize pool tournament was officially announced on May 27, 2015.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dailydot.com/esports/pvp-league-hearthstone/|title=PVP Live joins the Hearthstone league rat race|work=The Daily Dot}}</ref> The company was unable to actually pay the top finishers of the competition and refused to answer questions concerning the matter. Later on April 13, 2016, it announced it would pay out the prize money if another organization would pick up all associated costs, excluding the prize pool.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dailydot.com/esports/pvp-live-hearthstone/|title=After months of silence, PVP Live promises to pay HPL prizes—if it can offload costs of its league finals|work=The Daily Dot}}</ref>
As of June 8, 2016, PVP Live had raised around US$2 million in private funding.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20160608005428/en/PVP-Live-Debuts-Game-Changing-Esports-iOS-Android |title=PVP Live Debuts Game-Changing Esports iOS and Android Applications |date=June 8, 2016}}</ref>
On February 5, 2018, PVP Live shut down all operations immediately.<ref>{{cite tweet|number=960652955581124609|user=PVPLive|title=To the #PvPFam 💜We are sad to announce that we will be ending operations effective today. All remaining money i…<!-- full text of tweet that Twitter returned to the bot (excluding links) added by TweetCiteBot. This may be better truncated or may need expanding (TW limits responses to 140 characters) or case changes. --> |date=February 5, 2018}}</ref>
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==External links== *[https://pvplive.net/ Official Website] *[https://siriusnet.io/ Esports Blockchain]
Category:Esports websites Category:Companies based in Frisco, Texas Category:Defunct websites Category:Internet properties established in 2015 Category:Internet properties disestablished in 2018