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College esports in the United States is played by teams of amateur student-athletes at American universities and colleges. In the late 2000s, schools began forming esports clubs to play video games in self-organized collegiate tournaments. [1] [2] The first officially recognized varsity esports program was created at Robert Morris University in ...
The announcement of the 2024 Esports World Cup was met with a mixed response due to concerns over Saudi Arabia's human rights record and the tournament's use for sportswashing. [16] Saudi Arabia's significant investment in the esports scene, amounting to billions of dollars, has led to a rapid expansion of the industry within the country.
Esports first became popular in East Asia, particularly in China and South Korea (which first licensed professional players in 2000) but less so in Japan, whose broad anti-gambling laws prohibit professional gaming tournaments. [7] [8] Esports are also popular in Europe and the Americas, which host regional and international events.
This topic lists the esports events for the 2024 year. If tournaments are held entirely online, it is denoted in the list below. For those tournaments that are held either partially or entirely offline, the host city that hosts the Grand Final is indicated last, if there are multiple host cities.
Disguised (abbreviated DSG) is an esports organization founded in 2023 by Canadian streamer Jeremy "Disguised Toast" Wang. [1] The organization currently fields active teams in Valorant, League Of Legends, Apex Legends, and Tekken 8 with plans to compete in Teamfight Tactics in 2024.
Heroic (stylized as HEROIC) is a Norwegian esports organization [2] with teams competing in Counter-Strike 2, PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds, Sim racing and Rainbow Six Siege. [ 3 ] The esports organization is best known for its Global Offensive team, [ 4 ] and has made it to the playoffs of PGL Major Stockholm 2021 , [ 5 ] PGL Major Antwerp ...
The Paris Saint-Germain Academy Esports is the youth system of PSG Esports. It is located at the PSG Studio in Boulogne-Billancourt. Launched in December 2020, it aims to teach the practice of Esport through courses and training sessions on different video games and different media (PC or consoles), accompanied by professional coaches.
Galaxy Racer is an esports and gaming organization based in Dubai, UAE and founded in 2019 by Paul Roy. [1] As of 2023, Galaxy Racer's competitive esports division, Nigma Galaxy, has a roster of 13 esports teams playing Battlegrounds Mobile India, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, Dota 2, Fortnite, Free Fire, League of Legends, League of Legends: Wild Rift, Mobile Legends: Bang Bang and PUBG ...