China’s Video Game Craze is Fueling a Booming eSports Market
December 19th, 2017
Via Fortune Magazine, a detailed look at China’s eSports market: In an industrial park on the edge of Shanghai, a dozen Chinese teenagers are taking a break from battling digital armies to focus on their yoga. They are members of EDG, one of China‘s top electronic sports teams, who spend six days a week in […]
Read more »The Overwatch Videogame League Aims to Become the New NFL
December 6th, 2017
Courtesy of WIRED, an interesting look at the Overwatch League: STEFANO DISALVO IS a professional athlete.He has the physical gifts of a professional athlete, the dedication and drive of a professional athlete, the monomaniacal schedule of a professional athlete. He wakes up at 6:30 in the morning and spends some time reviewing game tape of his […]
Read more »eSports: Coming of Age in 2018
December 2nd, 2017
Courtesy of The Economist, a look at why eSports will boom in 2018: At the Bunkr, a shop in a hip east London neighbourhood, fans shop for the jerseys of their favourite teams, watch match highlights on wall-mounted televisions and splash out on the latest gear. But this is no ordinary sporting-goods store. Bunkr bills […]
Read more »Why eSports Is Attracting Global Brands
December 2nd, 2017
Via Racounter, a look at why esports is attracting global brands (and what it has to do to get more) Two teams of five, blasting each other with heavy weapons for 30 minutes: welcome to the sponsorship opportunity that is attracting some of the world’s biggest brands, from Intel to Gillette. Esports, competitive playing of video […]
Read more »eSports: Revenue Streaming
December 2nd, 2017
Courtesy of the New Yorker, an article on how to get rich playing video games online: One humid morning this past summer, Omeed Dariani drove his black Tesla sedan through the foothills east of San Diego, looking apprehensive. Dariani is the founder and C.E.O. of Online Performers Group, a talent-management company dedicated to professional video-game […]
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