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video games

UCI Esports announces fall addition of Valorant team

First-person hero shooter game is third title supported by 5-year-old program

Participants at the UCI Working Memory and Plasticity Lab, wearing headphones and looking at an ipad, completing one of their training sessions for a study.

Who benefits from brain training, and why?

Joint UCI and UC Riverside study shows ‘near transfer’ predicts ‘far transfer’

UCI Esports Arena

UCI becomes founding member of collegiate esports leadership group

Chancellor Howard Gillman to head organization’s President’s Council

Games + Learning + Society Conference set for June 2022 on UCI campus

Relaunched event to focus on gaming’s role in confronting systemic challenges

UCI informatics professors relaunch center on computer games, learning and society

Research to focus on interactive media in politically tumultuous, post-pandemic time

Avatar of a man looking down steps in a virtual landscape.

Dalton Salvo sees simulated classrooms as the future

Doctoral student believes virtual worlds are ‘next evolutionary step’ of online learning

Minecraft UCI characters stroll along Ring Road exploring the virtual campus.

Making that campus connection

Minecraft replica lets remote students visit virtual UCI

The UCI Esports Arena is the first of its kind on a college campus and is located at the Student Center Terrace. Students, staff, faculty, alumni and guests are welcome, where we provide a variety of the most popular games at UCI.

What’s next: The future of esports

Online viewership of competitive video gaming is up, but social distancing and tighter budgets will present challenges

Online brain games can extend in-game ‘cognitive youth’ into old age, UCI-led study finds

Training enables seniors to multitask mentally on par with those 50 years younger

Donation from gamer funds new scholarship esports team for ‘Super Smash Bros. Ultimate’

UCI Esports will host a pilot scholarship team for “Super Smash Bros. Ultimate” during the 2019-20 academic year – thanks to a $50,000 gift from the owners of Street Media, which publishes Irvine Weekly and LA Weekly, led by CEO (and gamer) Brian Calle. Players will be jointly selected by UCI Esports and the TAG Smash […]