What is Esports?
[[File:Iskandar Investment Esports Carnival 2019.jpg|thumb|Electronic sports]] '''Esports''' (short for '''electronic sports''') is a term for [[video game]]s that are played competitively. Popular electronic sports games are ''[[Counter-Strike]]'', ''[[League of Legends]]'', ''[[Warcraft]]'', ''[[StarCraft|Starcraft]]'', ''[[Dota 2]]'', [[Quake (video game)|''Quake'']], ''[[Fortnite]]'' and ''[[Valorant]]''. Electronic Sports is played over the [[Internet]] or via [[LAN]]. There are professional leagues and tournaments like the ''Cyberathlete Professional League'', ''ClanBase'', ''Electronic Sports League'' and the ''World Cyber Games'' where electronic sports players can earn thousands of [[United States dollar|US Dollars]]. One example is ''Starcraft'' in [[Korea]] where they have many players who are very competitive. Esports has been around since the dawn of arcades when players would battle it out for number one. According to [[TechCrunch]], the game maker [[Epic Games]] is providing $100 million in prize money in 2019 for participants in esports.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://techcrunch.com/2019/02/22/fortnite-goes-big-on-esports-for-2019-with-100-million-prize-pool/ | title=Fortnite goes big on esports for 2019 with $100 million prize pool | date=22 February 2019 }}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{video-game-stub}} [[Category:Video games]]