“I think there’s still a stigma around esports. I still get a lot of people asking, ‘But do you let women play?’” McMillan said. “I think just taking a minute to come to our events [to] see what our community is about…would be big.” Even with questions from outsiders, t...
The History Of Esports While there are now many esports tournaments held each year, providing millions of dollars in prize money to professional gamers, the roots of esports can be dated back as early as the 1970s. The earliest known competitive video gaming tournament was in 1972 between stude...
As the inaugural event of the summer of 2024 approaches, the Esports World Cup (EWC) confidently declares itself a new frontier in the history of esports. With additions like League of Legends and Overwatch 2 and a renaming to the globally recognized title of Esports World Cup, some ...
Stage 3 proved to be one of the most dramatic in OWL history. As the GOATs meta continued to drag on, teams started to look for out-of-the-box solutions. The breakthrough would come from an unlikely place. After going 0-40 in the inaugural season, the Shanghai Dragons righted the sh...
The history of eSports eSports have been around since the middle of the 20th century. Already in the 1950s there were games like chess, OXO, Tic-Tac-Toe or the Nim game for the computer. The very first real computer game is usually called Tennis for Two, developed by the American ...
The ESPN Esports VALORANT Invitational has eight teams of talented pros, former pros and streamers. How do they rank going into the tournament?
This is a sea-change moment in the history of esports. Mobile esports tournaments will focus on mass market participation and engagement, creating a larger audience for esports and generating new opportunities to monetize around increased participation. ● Mobile games have lower barriers to entry ...
FlyQuest was founded in 2017 by the North American esports organization Gale Force Esports, which aimed to create a brand that represented positivity and environmental sustainability in the competitive gaming scene. Initially entering the League of Legends arena, FlyQuest sought to establish itself with...
eSports betting and its mobile sibling This chart reveals some pretty interesting trends, outlining what devices participants in the PwC survey used to watch eSports event. Far from this being a look-back into the past ofeSports bettinghistory, there are a few milestones on the road to progress...
weekend, he added to his accolades as Team USA won theOverwatchWorld Cup at BlizzCon, and Won was once again named the most valuable player. This level of success ranks among the best individual seasons in the history of esports — but when asked about it, Won doesn’t seem...