Esports today has become more than just a tool for entertainment; there is the educational purpose it serves as that also comes with career and social opportunities, and with the kind of communities that have been built through esports, networking i…
Esports continues to make its mark known in the gaming industry as one of the sectors building communities of gamers, enthusiasts and spectators alike. From raking in revenue in over a billion dollars and racking up hundreds of millions in views, it…
Esports continues to make remarkable advancement and growth, and with the misconception of “just playing video games” slowly getting brushed off, we are witnessing in real time the rise of companies [startups, bigger corporations…
On October 23rd, former chairman of the ESL FACEIT Group and long-time esports veteran Ralf Reichert announced he was leaving his role to become the CEO of the Esports World Cup Foundation. The Esports World Cup was announced by the Prime Minister o…
Esports has seen an improvement and moderate paced acceptance in becoming a sport, while gradually warding off the “it’s just playing video games” misconception – I mean a billion dollars and over in revenue, with hundreds of…
The International Olympic Committee has announced it is exploring plans to create an Olympic Esports Games. This announcement was made at the 141st IOC Session in Mumbai, India, and along with several other initiatives around esports that it seeks t…
Esports continues to make advancements in the gaming industry, and now we are witnessing an entry with blockchain. There have been some deals that have been carried out successfully, and one of the most recent is with the multinational organization …
Careers in esports are gradually finding their way to be established in the gaming industry as full fledged paths to pursue. From coaching to team management, to marketing and shoutcasting, these are avenues young adults are entering to help…
Kenya has a new esports president! We throw the spotlight on Ronny Lusigi, newly elected president of the Esports Kenya Federation. Esports has seen a steady rise in Africa as it is in its early stages with a growing population of young peo…
The Electronic Arts gaming company (i.e. EA) has for long had games coveted and played by many gamers across the world. Africa is not exempt in these cases, and their inclusion has been long sought for for a while now. In the year 2021, upon their y…
The conversation about Microsoft’s acquisition of one of the most valuable gaming companies Activision Blizzard was one that had been in the airwaves for quite some time. This caused a big ruckus online when the deal was revealed for the acqui…
It is with no doubt that esports has shown exceptional growth. The elevation from a leisure activity to now making the cut to being a traditional sport-adjacent, and making over a billion dollars in revenue, this has become a side of the gam…
The esports industry continues to experience changes in its growth and development through the advancements made in management — team and brand — and marketing, and to have adequate information about this field, there is the need to ha…
Esports bursting out of gaming as competitive gaming and gradually making its way into traditional sports has seen tremendous growth. We have witnessed this sector of the gaming industry become its own industry with billions of dollars in re…
It is an expansive industry now, eSports that is, and we are witnessing in this timeline the influence of competitive gaming making headway with an audience making up millions in viewership, and a billion dollar revenue generating industry…
Esports continues to make its mark as its own entity/industry within the gaming industry, with careers gradually being built off of it, and corporations coming together to promote, market and sustain it. The input made has garnered a followership …
Esports happens to be a growing industry, with hundreds of millions in viewership and billions generated in revenue. An industry as large as this will certainly have branches in areas that will need help in developing this audience-based s…
Photo credit: Gamma Law Esports is a growing industry, with over a $1bn in revenue, worldwide viewership of about 540 million and a projected 640.8 million by 2025, and gamers competing in multi-million tournaments. Now considered …
Photo credit: PLANET 9 The esports industry is on the rise with audience numbers, teams, and brand endorsements, and the careers being built off of this space are one to observe and explore, with roles engaging and these jobs proving to be lucrat…
Athletes That Are Investing In Esports With abrupt halts and pauses in business operations for many businesses and organizations during the COVID-19 pandemic, there also was the birth and springing up of new organizations and investors, wit…
Photo credit: The Sixth Axis Just like personal computers, the experience is whole and different when you have peripherals [printer, webcams, graphics tablets, etc], and to have the complete gaming experience, acquiring the needed equipment and s…
Photo credit: BoTree Technologies Previously on artificial intelligence and its importance to eSports, we highlighted some aspects including competition management, player development all the way to improved coaching methods. We found out t…
Photo credit: SwissCognitive The video game industry is one of the industries experiencing a rapid growth in the business, with its subdivision and somewhat standalone industry eSports making a giant wave with spectator entertainment. The boom in…
Photo credit: Liquipedia.net The PUBG Mobile Pro League Africa is a PUBG professional league in Africa with organizers KRAFTON, ESL and Level Infinite behind this. The tournament will be played online and the teams representing are from the PMPL …