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An annual video gaming competition officially organized by FIFA and its presenting partner EA Sports. Worldwide: 2004–present Fortnite Champion Series (FNCS, previously Fortnite World Cup) A series of quarterly Fortnite tournaments, usually ending with a year-end championship. The prize pool of 2019’s Fortnite World Cup was $30,000,000.
This is a list of noteworthy gaming conventions [nb 1] from around the world. This list is sectioned by location, and each gaming convention includes the dates during which it is typically held. Dates listed are approximate or traditional time periods for each convention.
The earliest known video game competition took place on 19 October 1972 at Stanford University for the game Spacewar. Stanford students were invited to an "Intergalactic spacewar olympics" whose grand prize was a year's subscription for Rolling Stone , with Bruce Baumgart winning the five-man-free-for-all tournament, and Slim Tovar and Robert E ...
DreamHack is an ESL Gaming brand specializing in esports tournaments and other gaming conventions.It is recognized by the Guinness Book of Records and Twin Galaxies as being the world's largest LAN party and computer festival with the world's fastest Internet connection [1] and the most generated traffic. [2]
This is a list of Major League Gaming national championships, including results from 2004 to the present. [1] [2] [3] 2004 - New York City. 2004: 4th
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.
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 2014. [3] [4] [5]
World Cyber Games is one of the largest global esports tournaments, with divisions in various countries. [1] The World Cyber Games, created by International Cyber Marketing CEO Yoosup Oh and backed financially by Samsung, was considered the e-sports Olympics; [2] [3] events included an official opening ceremony, and players from various countries competing for gold, silver and bronze medals.