eSports Events

Esports is a term that you might not have heard in the 2000s but in the past decade, it has become a full-fledged billion-dollar industry with millions of gamers all over the world. Moreover, the industry has also been boosted with the help of coverage provided to it by mainstream and social media. This is why you can see a lot of gaming channels on analog and digital cable, YouTube, Twitch, and other streaming platforms.

If you don’t have a lot of knowledge about esports, let us put your mind at ease by telling you that it is another term for professional gaming. It involves games where players compete in tournaments, battles, and competitions to win money. It also involves live streaming gameplay and getting sponsorship offers from brands, but let’s not get ahead of ourselves.

What is Professional Gaming?

Professional gaming, or pro gaming, is like a sport, only it involves video games played by professionals, who are involved part-time or full-time into this industry.

One of the most exciting and inspiring trends in the past decade is eSports, which is closely tied in with the video game industry. They have been greatly facilitated with the help of innovation in hardware and cutting-edge graphics. Moreover, streaming technology has also played a major role in taking this industry forward. All these things strongly suggest that eSports will only continue to go up from here, and this article highlights the top eSports trends that you should look out for.

Competitive Console Gaming

When it comes to competitive gaming, your mind might instantly go to PC gaming. However, the past few years have proved that console gaming is also coming up to speed. This has become possible thanks to new gaming consoles like the PlayStation 4 and 5, as well as the Xbox Series X. These consoles feature next-gen and advanced hardware that are leaps and bounds over previous consoles. Thanks to their streaming and Wi-Fi capabilities, console gamers have also jumped

California-based video game developer Visual Concepts is reporting that more NBA 2K19 players are using the Portland Trailblazers after the team’s stunning series win against the Oklahoma Thunder last week.

Damian Lillard sank the Thunder on a last second 3-pointer in Overtime during Game 5 of the first round of the NBA playoffs. The shot was seen live on national television and has done wonders for the popularity of the Oregon-based team.

According to 2K19’s official Twitter page, there’s been a 62% increase in players electing to play as the Trailblazers following the win. Lillard and teammate C.J. McCollum are rising stars in the NBA, and gaining national exposure with big playoff performances is helping. It’s unknown whether or not the selection increase only applies to online games, but we reckon that there’s a surge in offline modes as well.

NBA 2K9 is the long-standing champ when it comes to video game basketball, easily

The Southeast Asia scene for fighting games is growing even stronger. We now have more details about the Southeast Major for Street Fighter V.

The Southeast Asia Major is considered to be the largest event in the region, and it gained a lot of attention last year. We're expecting to see the Southeast 2017 Major be even bigger

This year, the Southeast Asia Major will take place at GameStart 2017 in Suntec City, Singapore, on October 14. The event will end on October 15.

It won't just be Street Fighter at the SE major this year. Players from three different games will be making their way to the event. Street Fighter V is, of course, the biggest game to make a return this year with the Capcom Pro Tour 2017. We'll also see an event for the Tekken World Tour Asia Pacific Regional Championships and the Windjammers Asia Championships.

Street Fighter V players will be fighting for a chance at a $30,000 prize pool. The Tekken 7 tournament will have a total of $15,000

eSports is growing at an incredible rate. It's a new industry that showcases the competitive potential of gamers across the world.

While it hasn't traditionally been seen as a sport, many professional sports players and sports bodies are starting to respect eSports as a sport that takes dedication, practice, and sportsmanship, just like any physical sport.

The next milestone for eSports is for the Olympics to accept it as a sport. The next Olympics event will happen in Paris in 2024. Paris has mentioned that they believe eSports does deserve a spot on the Olympic stage.

Their argument is that the youth are very interested in eSports as a whole, and it should be considered a sport when taking the competitive environment of eSports into account.

The difficulty with an eSports Olympic event is that in the current eSports space, competitive players and teams are very stretched between events as it is. Players and teams are often forced to pick between events and

While MotoGP eSports hasn't really been a thing before, it is now - a brand new eSports championship for MotoGP has started and it'll give players a chance to win a brand new car.

The new MotoGP eSports championship started on July 27th. The event will start with six challenges.

The first challenge will be a time trial on the Circuito de Jerez track. Players must play as Marc Marquez on the HRC Honda. If players beat the qualifying time, they'll be taken to the next challenge.

In total, there are 5 more challenges like the first one. By the end of it all, players will be taken to the MotoGP Challenge - a chance for all players that have made it through the challenges so far to race against others.

The players with the quickest cumulative time in the MotoGP Challenge will have a chance to qualify for the Grand Finals.

The Grand Final event will only see two of the fastest players out of the entire event. The final will be held in Valencia on November 11,

Nintendo has always been an important player in esports. While the spotlight in recent years has quickly been focused on PC titles like Counter Strike: Global Offensive, Overwatch, and League of Legends, Nintendo has always been giving out love to its grass roots esports communities.

If you've ever been part of a Smash Bros. event, whether it's as a competitor or a spectator, you'll know that the eSports communities surrounding some of Nintendo's games are some of the best communities in the world.

Despite the healthy scenes that exist for some of Nintendo's top titles, they still haven't broken out to the mainstream audiences as massively as Counter Strike or League has in recent years.

Nintendo wants to work to bring their eSports titles to mainstream audiences, and they're interested in taking a different approach to get there.

Nintendo of America's president Reggie Fils-Aime has got a few words to say about Nintendo on eSports. He shared his ideas in a recent

You may not have heard of Tencent yet, but if you're into eSports, you'll certainly be introduced to them during the next few years.

Tencent is a Chinese internet investment company that has purchased or invested in some of the biggest names in internet and video game history. Tencent has subsidiaries including Riot Games (League of Legends), Supercell, (Clash Royale) Epic Games, (Gears of War) and a range of other internet companies.

Over the next five years, Tencent has pledged to invest close to $15 billion dollars in the eSports industry. This $15 billion will go towards running tournaments across the globe, improving prize pools and payouts, developing new talent, and helping to lay the groundwork for the future of eSports and providing tools for upcoming teams and organizations to get off of the ground.

Tencent hasn't given too much information about what exact plans they have prepared for the next five years, but they seem very dedicated to turning eSports into

Intel and ESL have taken to the stage of E3 to announce their plans for partnership on bringing esports to a bigger crowd.

ESL has long been one of the biggest players in the esports event industry, so it's clear that Intel is serious about making esports big with their new esports partnership.

Some may not be aware, but Intel has also been in the esports game for a long time. The ESL and Intel partnership has also been ongoing for a good few years. The IEM (Intel Extreme Masters) esports event, for example, started back in 2007.

IEM has always been an event co-hosted by Intel and ESL, so with this new partnership, you may be wondering what will actually come out of it that hasn't already been done in the past.

Intel will essentially be the driving force of all Intel events going forth - Intel will be responsible for the operation of all PCs needed for eSports events, and Intel will also be in control of all live streaming events.

Intel has also confirmed

Warner Bros. wants to make Injustice 2 esports a thing. Even though the game hasn't even hit release day yet, Warner Bros. has already announced their first esports tournament for the game.

The upcoming pro circuit for Injustice 2 has been named War of the Gods and it will have an initial prize pool of $15,000. To begin with, the event will be limited to those in North America, so this includes the United States and Canada.

The qualifiers will be open for everybody - the first event will open on May 20, 4 days after the game gets its release. Player pools will be created and players will take part each Saturday for the next 10 weeks. Players will have a chance to earn league points each week and eventually the points will be tallied up and the top players will take part in the Season Finale, which will take place on September 17. Here are the tournament rules:

• Best of Five Games
• Double Elimination
• Competitive Mode: Enabled
• Game Timer: