The name comes from Electronic Sports, which means that all the tournaments happen in virtual space. The history of esports started right at the moment when people got the opportunity to compete each other within the same computer game. Spectacularity is one of the most important things in any sport, but in esports it means graphics and liveliness of the process. The next important aspect is that the result should be based not on somebody’s luck or some occasion, but mostly on personal and team gaming skills. There are several genres of such video games: MOBA (Multiplayer Online Battle Arena) – the most popular to view and participate, MMORPG (Massively multiplayer online role-playing game), FPS (First Person Shooter), RTS (Real Time Strategy), MMOG (Massively Multiplayer Online Game), etc.
Esports tournaments become more and more popular and spectacular, while prize pools can reach as much as several million dollars.
2 decades after the initial eSports tournament, there have been a lot of improvements. These tournaments attract large audiences almost identical to the traditional sports. Giants from the business world such as Nissan and Coke are offering sponsorships. The numbers show increasing popularity and that eSports is growing considerably with each day. Research firm Newzoo revealed around 205 million people who viewed or participated in an eSports tournament in 2014. While most of these crowds were from Asia, there was […]
Commonly referred to as eSports, Electronic Sports has taken world by storm in the last couple of years. Dating back to the 70s, esports started gaining popularity and is today one of the most popular gaming cultures that have ever existed. With availability of high speed internet, eSports gained popularity from 2000 onwards. Let’s take a look at the hottest eSports gaming titles. League of Legends (LoL) This game proved to be the chart-topper for so long that RIOT Games […]
eSports has been increasing in popularity with each passing day. 2015 proved to be a good year for competitive gaming. The number of viewers hit all-time records, the investments went up and prize pools went sky-high. International 5 was the largest prize pool with winnings amounting to $18,429,613, followed by Frankfurt Major and Dota Asia Championship with prize money of $3 Million. The bigger ever non-Dota 2 event, Smite’s World Championship, also contributed $2,612,259 in terms of prize money. Let […]
Competitive gaming is an idea most of the people are familiar with. Introduction of eSports as a spectator sport is, however, somewhat new. With multiplayer games gaining popularity, a huge base involving players, commentators and fans is gaining numbers. eSports was introduced mainly by the South Korean ‘Starcraft: Brood War’ that are broadcasted allowing players to earn amounts in excess of half a million dollars, that too from sponsorships only. Tournament prizes, appearances in public shows, sales of DVDs and […]
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