eSports guide for new players

Information about esports games
If you’re not sure what eSports games are, we’re going to bring you up to speed. Essentially, eSports is a competition where players fight for the league or the table when playing online games. These organized competitions are taking the gaming world by storm right now and it was even estimated that in 2013 a staggering 71.5 million people tuned in to watch the game. That number has only increased since then and it’s safe to say that eSports is here to stay.

Worldwide last year, the eSports gaming industry generated a whopping $325 million, and by the end of this year it is expected to rise to $493 million, while its viewership is roughly 225 million!

eSports games available
There are many eSports games to enjoy, but there are a few that have been particularly popular with gamers in recent years due to their high-quality graphics and fantastic gameplay. Some of the big names you are likely to come across when looking for eSports games to play are Starcraft II: Heart of the Swarm which is a strategy game from Blizzard, Super Smash Bros Melee from Warner from Nintendo, Injustice: Gods Among Us from Warner Brothers, Killer Instinct from Microsoft, and finally from Activision comes we would say the most popular of all these games and that is Call of Duty: Ghosts.

Unless you’ve seen one of these games in action, it can be quite difficult to describe what impresses them. When playing an eSports game, the main objective of the game is usually to kill or defeat the other player and these games are extremely fast paced which can make it quite difficult to keep up with them.

There are also many international tournaments available to play. Some of the tournaments you may have heard of are from game publisher Vale, which runs The International Tournament, which only features one of its own games, Dota 2. To start this tournament venture, the company used crowdfunding to create a huge jackpot. of a whopping $10 million! Other companies also host their own tournaments, including Blizzard, and their tournaments include esports games like Starcraft. Finally, one of the biggest tournaments you’ll see within the esports industry is the League of Legends Championship Series, which is run by Riot Games. This tournament is so exciting that it even sold out the famous Staples Center in just 1 hour!