ESPN.com has partnered with Ziff Davis Game Group to launch this fall a new sports videogame section, called ESPN Video Games Channel, writes MediaWeek (via) MediaBuyerPlanner. Multimedia content to be offered on the site includes reviews and news of popular sports videogames, as well as streaming videogame trailers and original audio and video podcasts.
Content will come from Ziff Davis Game Group's media properties network, which includes websites 1UP.com and GameVideos.com and magazines Electronic Gaming Monthly and Official U.S. PlayStation Magazine. ESPN will contribute editorial content to the section.