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The Play It Forward eSports Tournament is a live-streamed event where the worlds of eSports, professional athletes, online gamers, philanthropy, and cancer-fighting technology are coming together for a unique experience to raise hospital funds and help find a cure for cancer through gaming.
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.
Esports was a medal event at the regional games which featured mostly traditional sports. Labeling competitive video games as a sport is a controversial topic. [76] [77] [78] Proponents [79] argue that esports are a fast-growing "non-traditional sport" which requires "careful planning, precise timing, and skillful execution". [80]
Esports are video games which are played in professional competitions, usually fall into a few major genres.The majority of esports titles are fighting games, first-person shooters (FPS), real-time strategy (RTS), traditional sports, and multiplayer online battle arena games (MOBA), with the MOBA genre being the most popular in terms of participation and viewership.
Esports was introduced as one of the main medal events in the Southeast Asian Games during the 2019 edition held in the Philippines. [1] Since 2019, Esports has become one of the main events during the biennial event due to the level of competition between opposing teams and the selection of games during the main event.
Team Liquid – Website focusing on Team Liquid esports team coverage. Liquipedia – Is a volunteer-run wiki covering various esports, beginning with Starcraft: Brood War and currently covering more than 57 esports titles. [28] In 2023 Liquipedia started to branch into covering traditional sports with their Formula 1 wiki. [29]
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. [17] 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.
On May 6, 2024, the Esports World Cup Foundation, funded by the Saudi Arabia Public Investment Fund and organizers of the Esports World Cup tournament series, announced the 30 organizations (known in the ESWC as Clubs) who would make up the Club Support Program, with TSM being one of them. This program gives teams a one-time six-figure stipend ...