In August, the first ever Esports World Cup concluded. It featured more than 1,500 players and a prize pool of $60 million. Esports involves teams or inviduals competing against each other in ...

Esports didn’t start as a stadium-filling spectacle with booming walkout music and sponsor logos everywhere. It grew out of smaller, scrappier competitive scenes, and the “crowd” was whoever could fit ...

Chess has been around for a very long time and is considered one of the ultimate competitive games, pitting two people against each other in a strategic battle that is near impossible to perfect. At ...

On a flight home around Thanksgiving, Laurie Lehman got to chatting with the couple sitting next to her. The esports manager for the Albuquerque public school district was off the clock. But she ...

Discover how esports 2026 is transforming education as more schools adopt gaming programs and competitive gaming education to build digital skills, teamwork, and innovation. Pixabay, ChristianaT The ...

Gary Denham is the Founder and CEO of Wamba Technologies and developing the patented Esports platform with in-game wagering, Gamers Oasis. The popularity of online esports is soaring, making the ...

For a long time, video games were among the most popular pastimes. However, the industry began to shift when things became competitive, and video games became the base for a new kind of sport: Esports ...

I first started trying to get an esports program at my school in 2011. At the time, there was a lot of resistance around the misconception that violent video games make violent kids, despite all the ...

This series of Playable Futures articles considers how the design, technology, people, and theory of video games are informing and influencing the wider world. You can find all previous Playable ...

Tucked away amid an unassuming mix of mid-rise office buildings in a quiet part of Berlin is an entire floor that serves as the headquarters for one of the world’s biggest professional gaming ...

Most teachers and school coaches know at least a few students who are nice kids but just don’t engage. They don’t pay attention, they skip classes, or they just can’t muster the focus and energy to ...