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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.
Competitive gaming, commonly referred to as esports, has become one of the fastest-growing spectator sports in the world over the past few years -- and the coronavirus pandemic only boosted it ...
With the ability for anyone to watch from home on their devices, esports viewership reached 213 million in 2016 and continues to grow every year. [15] Popular eSports titles include Call of Duty, Counter Strike: Global Offensive, Dota 2, Fortnite, League of Legends, and Overwatch. [16]
The Season 3 World Championship grand final broadcast on 4 October was watched by 32 million people with a peak concurrent viewership of 8.5 million. [22] The numbers once again beat the previous records for esports viewership.
League of Legends, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, and Overwatch are the three most-watched esports in the world.
The number of female viewers has been growing in esports, with an estimated 30% of esports viewers being female in 2013, a significant increase from 15% the previous year. [ citation needed ] However, despite the increase in female viewers, there is not a growth of female players in high level competitive esports.
The coronavirus outbreak likely has tempered those numbers, with highly lucrative leagues — such as the Overwatch League and the League of Legends Championship Series — being forced to play ...
The flagship Esports and competitive video games festival in Sri Lanka. Hosted since 2008, the event organized by Gamer.LK brings participants from across Sri Lanka together as they battle it out across the most popular Esports titles in the country. [21] [22] [23] Sri Lanka: 2008–2018 Tougeki – Super Battle Opera