Alpha And ClashTV Announce Summer 2023 NBA2K Esports Collaboration

Alpha’s Mana Esports Game as a Service (“GaaS”) platform to manage ClashTV’s NBA2K Tournaments

Tournament Play To Also Livestream on ClashTV

VANCOUVER, British Columbia, May 24, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Alpha Metaverse Technologies Inc. (CSE: ALPA) (OTC PINK: APETF) (FSE: 9HN0) (“Alpha” or the “Company”) a technology company that focuses on metaverse, gaming and generative AI, is thrilled to announce the use by Clash TV (“ClashTV”), an interactive live streaming platform built to connect fans with the content and culture they love, of its proprietary gaming platform to launch, power and manage ClashTV’s 2023 NBA2K tournaments. Alpha’s GaaS platform, "Mana", will aim to provide players with a seamless, low-latency gaming experience, providing the opportunity for ClashTV viewers’ an interactive experience engaging with their favorite players, teams, and content creators. 

ClashTV will license Alpha’s Mana platform to power interactive NBA2K fan-facing esports tournaments, launching in tandem with ClashTV’s 2023 live streaming season of iconic New York City Summer Streetball. This collaboration is expected to enhance fan engagement for ClashTV’s users by enabling them to connect and interact with the popular basketball video game as well as several of New York’s top streetball leagues that already participate in the NBA2K ecosystem, including Gersh and Rucker Park. ClashTV will utilize features of Alpha’s Mana platform, such as in platform currency, and Alpha’s cloud-based infrastructure to provide scalability and a seamless immersive gaming experience for their users. Additionally, tournament play will livestream on the ClashTV platform, across iOS, Android, and Web application.

"We are incredibly proud to be working alongside a company like ClashTV, which celebrates fandom and brings high-engagement cultural and sports content to wider audiences," said Brian Wilneff, CEO of Alpha Metaverse Technologies Inc. "Our innovative Mana platform allows the Company a build-to-order GaaS offering that can be used in a wide array of different functions. Mana is well suited to support the high demands of launching and managing NBA2K league player participation, and we're excited to see our technology on display."