{"id":8522,"date":"2016-04-07T12:00:17","date_gmt":"2016-04-07T16:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/season-two-of-legends-of-gaming-features-vr-experience\/"},"modified":"2016-04-07T12:00:59","modified_gmt":"2016-04-07T16:00:59","slug":"season-two-of-legends-of-gaming-features-vr-experience","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/season-two-of-legends-of-gaming-features-vr-experience\/","title":{"rendered":"Season Two of Legends of Gaming Features VR Experience"},"content":{"rendered":"
LOS ANGELES:\u00a0Endemol Shine Beyond\u2019s SMASHER Network is\u00a0launching the second season of its hit eSports series Legends of Gaming<\/em>, complemented by\u00a0a first-of-its-kind virtual reality experience.<\/p>\n The second season sees\u00a0eight of the nation\u2019s top gamers competing in a newly designed, six-round tournament featuring 24 games.\u00a0Pizza Hut is once again on board as its lead brand partner. The new season of\u00a0Legends of Gaming<\/em>\u00a0is hosted by YouTube and Twitch gaming sensation Syndicate, aka Tom Cassell.<\/p>\n For season two, there are both video game play and player introductions in 360. In addition, and also in VR, season one host Toby Turner returns and alongside Syndicate, the two take on a pair of fans in Super Mario Kart. Viewers can get the full immersive VR experience through the YouTube mobile app or by using Google cardboard.<\/p>\n \u201cThe second season of\u00a0Legends of Gaming<\/em>\u00a0is packed with many new exciting elements\u2014a brand new six-round tournament format, some of the hottest gamers in the nation and the first-ever\u00a0Legends<\/em>\u00a0virtual reality experience,\u201d said\u00a0Bonnie Pan,\u00a0Endemol Shine Beyond USA’s president. \u201cAnd we are thrilled to have Pizza Hut back with us for a second season as our lead brand partner and Syndicate has proven to be the perfect choice as our new host and resident jokester.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" LOS ANGELES: Endemol Shine Beyond\u2019s SMASHER Network is launching the second season of its hit eSports series Legends of Gaming, complemented by a first-of-its-kind virtual reality experience.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":350,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[767,437],"class_list":["post-8522","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","","category-top-stories","tag-endemol-shine-beyond","tag-legends-of-gaming","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"\n