Pro Gaming Comes Of Age (Game Informer)
“A beer in one hand and shouting at the TV, I finally understand football,”
declares StarCraft II design director Dustin Browder. The “Barcraft”
phenomenon Browder is gushing about, where gamers take over a sports bar and
put StarCraft II streams on the establishment’s high-def displays, has
accelerated its spread across the United States since being covered in _The
Wall Street Journal_. Valve gave away a million dollars to a Dota 2 team for
winning a tournament of a game that isn’t even out yet. Riot Games announced a
five million dollar total purse for the second season of League of Legends.
Professional gaming is no longer some weird Korean activity, incomprehensible
to Western audiences. The future of pro-level competitive gaming has finally
arrived.
_[This article first appeared in _Game Informer_ #223]_
Professional gaming has been around for years, but the last 12 months have
seen explosive growth for e-sports worldwide. “We’ve seen this really good
year where things have clicked and the global audience has responded to those
efforts,” says Major League Gaming CEO Sundance DiGiovanni. StarCraft II and
League of Legends have come on to complement the strong first-person shooter
stable that has formed the traditional …
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