Second round to our Press roundup. Here are all the good pieces from our colleague that you can’t miss! You can find some article about social diversity in video games competitions; the big return of Halo5; an interview about gambling and a one point of view about numbers in the esports market.
The French e-sport company, Oxent (organizers of the ESWC) wants more women in the competitive video game circuit. The american magazine, Fortune, asked to Lâm Hua, head of content at Oxent why they insist on organizing female competitions. A good piece writen by Jogn Gaudiosi.
Halo 5 is back in e-sport! The 2016 World Championship will offer more than $1.7M to its winners. This large amount of cash prize places the Halo World Championship on the top of lucrative e-sport competitions. Organizers have run a successfull crowfunding campaign and further democratize a new economic model. The finals will be host by GFinity in London. Ok it’s not an article but two diffferent statements. What news for FPS!
« E-sport is certainly going to be the biggest betting and entertainment opportunity for the next 5 to 10 years. That for sure, so get on the train! » explained Mark McGuinness. The betting expert gave an interview to Rebecca Liggero from CalvinAyre.com, specialized in gambling news. In this short interview Mark McGuinnness tells us why e-sport helped by technology will challenge traditionnal sport bookmackers.
A few days ago, Arnaud « Rogaaajj » Rogerie published an article: “Esports and Numbers: the Great Imposture”. A deep reflexion about e-sport and the omnipresence of marketing. We thought that it would be interesting to translate it to share with english-speaking people. Do tell us your thoughts on the matter!
