Grudge Match Sports to launch Liga de Rivales

Grudge Match Sports will be launching Liga de Rivales (League of Rivals), an in-culture, Spanish-language eSport, which will include a mobile game, streaming platform, and television shows to authentically reflect the growing influence of Hispanics in America. Liga de Rivales will complement the recently announced Grudge Match. Both Grudge Match and Liga de Rivales games will launch this summer.

Liga de Rivales is similar to Grudge Match. Two people who have a dispute with each other can settle their differences in a three-to-four-minute mobile game, and their game play will be streamed live. Players will be able to create personas or be themselves, dress their game players in heroic or outrageous costumes, pick their weapons and/or abilities, select one of the stylized play arenas, and head off to settle their dispute electronically. If players do not have a dispute or disagreement with anyone, the Liga de Rivales game — which will troll social media – will instantly match them with someone with whom they disagree. A Rules Committee – officiated by players and Grudge Match Sports — will govern the core game.

“Hispanics and their entrepreneurial spirit are transforming the gaming community. We believe that Hispanic audiences — and their growing engagement in gaming — can help us set the standard for Grudge Match Sports’ Liga de Rivales,” according to Rich Melcombe, CEO of Grudge Match Sports.

Built to serve the mobile, free-to-play gamer, the Liga de Rivales game is being created by a group of global game developers under the direction of Dave Young, game designer and Tech entrepreneur.

“No more Hispanic stereotypes. Our Liga de Rivales game is being designed from the ground up to be modifiable by user-generated content. In the past, the roles of Hispanic characters in games have been unrealistic, poorly portrayed, and not significant to a game’s storyline. We are going to empower Hispanics – and value the ways our culture shapes their attitudes, behaviors and approach to gaming. We do not believe in having a one-size-fits-all philosophy,” says Belón Pérez. We’re going to set up the framework to create any kind of ability, weapon, effect, theme, map, costume, or customization you can think of that will allow people to culminate a grudge in public. We believe that we will deliver a unique experience to Hispanic gamers. My first language is Spanish. I understand Latin culture, and live as I speak.”

In addition to its mobile game, Liga de Rivales will include a streaming platform, “Universo” – where all game play will be streamed live – and live television shows that will launch by the first quarter of 2016. “This in-culture, Spanish-language gaming platform will be created by Hispanics for Hispanics, and will have its own management team. We plan on scouring the world to find the best talent. In addition to offering 100% Spanish-language shows, all English-language Grudge Match TV shows will be simulcast in Spanish too. Grudge Match & Liga de Rivales gives every Hispanic the best of both worlds,” states Melcombe