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Esports (/ ˈ iː s p ɔːr t s / ⓘ), short for electronic sports, is a form of competition using video games. [3] Esports often takes the form of organized, multiplayer video game competitions, particularly between professional players, played individually or as teams. [4] [5] [6]
Major League Gaming Corp. (MLG) was a professional esports organization based in New York City, New York and was founded in 2002 by Sundance DiGiovanni and Mike Sepso. MLG has held official video game tournaments throughout the United States and Canada.
In an attempt to legitimize esports as a professional sport, players were required to use their surnames in competition instead of gaming aliases. The main event of the World Championship was the Counter-Strike tournament, which was sponsored by Razer with $10,000 in prize money. [9] [10]
Professional Super Smash Bros. competition involves professional gamers competing in the Super Smash Bros. series of crossover fighting games published by Nintendo.Organized tournament competition began in 2002 with Super Smash Bros. Melee, released for the GameCube in 2001; however, in the series' native Japan, there have been tournaments as early as 1999 with the original Super Smash Bros ...
In addition to this, established companies such as Sony are now beginning to explore AR overlays for spectator esports, enhancing the viewing experience by integrating real-time match stats into ...
View history; Tools. Tools. move to sidebar hide. Actions Read; Edit; View history; ... Pages in category "Esports by year" The following 19 pages are in this ...
The Counter-Strike series has over 20 years of competitive history beginning with the original Counter-Strike.Tournaments for early versions of the game have been hosted since 2000, but the first prestigious international tournament was hosted in Dallas, Texas at the 2001 Cyberathlete Professional League (CPL) Winter Championship, won by the Swedish team Ninjas in Pyjamas.
This task force exists to create, maintain, and improve articles related to esports. Scope. Articles on the English Wikipedia related to esports. This subject includes notable professional gamers and their teams, gaming competitions, esports broadcasters or commentators, and games which are played professionally.