Esports: why TV entertainment ventures and other media groups are investing
GAMES/SPORTS/TV: It must be official: the audio-visual entertainment business, from linear-TV broadcasters to live streaming platforms, has fallen in love with competitive esports as a new source of original content. From Brazil via China to the US and United Kingdom, esports (competitive video gaming) could be coming to a TV channel near you. As a sporting activity, it started just over a decade ago as an organised pastime among video gamers happy to watch their peers compet
Blizzard announces Overwatch World Cup participants
Blizzard Games announced on Tuesday the 32 nations that will participate in the 2017 Overwatch World Cup. Qualifications for the tournament began March 29, with countries rated based on the average skill rating of the top 100 competitive players in each nation. China, reigning champion South Korea and the U.S. were the top three qualifiers. Sweden, Finland, the United Kingdom, Canada, France, Denmark and Russia rounded out the top 10. China finished with an average rating of
Esports to join Asian Games as medal sport in 2022
The Olympic Council of Asia announced Monday that it will include esports in the 2018 Asian Games and make it a medal sport in 2022. The OCA will partner with Alisports, a subsidiary of Alibaba Group, to bring esports to the Asian Games. Esports competitions will take place at the Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games as a demonstration sport in September, according to a statement from the OCA. Esports will also be a demonstration sport in 2018 before becoming an official sport
