E-sports – Lifeboat News: The Blog https://lifeboat.com/blog Safeguarding Humanity Tue, 25 Apr 2017 07:35:33 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.2 Let the egames begin — By Barney Thompson | Financial Times https://lifeboat.com/blog/2015/08/let-the-egames-begin-by-barney-thompson-financial-times Mon, 17 Aug 2015 10:15:36 +0000 http://lifeboat.com/blog/?p=16177 e50f4fe4-414f-11e5-b98b-87c7270955cf.img

“Electronic sports (esports), or competitive computer gaming, is an industry on the move. Depending on who you ask, there are somewhere between 90 million to 135 million esports enthusiasts — defined as those who watch gaming regularly, online or off — and more than double that number of occasional viewers. According to a recent SuperData report, the esports sector will this year generate an estimated revenue of $621m worldwide.”

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