eSports

Enormous arenas are being built with esports in mind, such as the $10M Esports Stadium Arlington in Texas and the planned $50M Fusion Arena in Philadelphia (C. J. Hughes/New York Times)

Enlarge/ Is falling in this hole going to take long? I have a meeting at 2... 0 with 0 posters participating These days, the game industry at large seems to be focused on games that can keep players playing, and paying, indefinitely. This overarching genre …

Nate Nanzer is leaving his position as commissioner of the Overwatch League to join up with Fortnite dev Epic Games. He broke the news about his departure in a series of tweets last week, and ESPN later reported that his reason for leaving was to work with E…

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The Overwatch League has lost its commissioner. Nate Nanzer, the OWL's first-ever commissioner who led the eSports organisation from the ground up, has left Blizzard. He left Blizzard to join Epic Games where he will head up the developer's eSports and compe…

The US esports industry seems to be in a bubble, with viewership stats that sources say are rosy-eyed at best, and inflated, unverified, or misleading at worst (Cecilia D'Anastasio/Kotaku)

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It's not certain just how Nanzer will shape Fortnite esports, although it's likely to be significant when he was the one who got Overwatch League off the ground. He pitched the idea to Overwatch lead Jeff Kaplan back in 2015, well before the game even arrived…

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In this July 28, 2018, file photo, fans watch the competition between the Philadelphia Fusion and the London Spitfire during the Overwatch League Grand Finals, at Barclays Center in the Brooklyn borough of New York. Overwatch League Commissioner Nate Nanzer i…