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Progaming, Overwatch, eSports: How Teen Gamers, Billionaires, and Entrepreneurs Are Shaping the Future

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A gripping, first-hand account of the largest professional eSports league in history and the race for its top prize: $1 million. Welcome to the world of computer games, where the fight is for big money. The characters here are teenage gamers, billionaires who own sports teams, and famous entrepreneurs: all of them are striving to understand and conquer this rapidly developing world of entertainment of the future. The book takes the reader to the center of the eSports revolution, giving the opportunity to immerse themselves in the lives of players and “agents of influence” of the gaming world. This is a wry and full of unexpected twists story about the rise of professional gaming and the eSports industry.

The author of the book Austin Moorhead is an avid computer gamer whose attention was riveted by the Overwatch League (OWL): it is no coincidence that sports magnates Robert Kraft, Stan Kroenke and Jeff Wilpon each paid $20 million for their teams to participate in it. As the author explores the league, we see OWL making esports one of the most popular forms of entertainment for American audiences, signing TV deals with ABC and ESPN, filling NBA stadiums for their games, and simultaneously creating a new type of young professional athlete.

Following the league’s two leading teams, the San Francisco Shock and the London Spitfire, on their path to success in the league’s first season, Moorhead takes us behind the scenes of esports — the grueling training sessions and Spartan living conditions of the tournament’s most popular players. In addition to the homes where gamers live and train, and the competitions in which they hone their skills, the author takes the reader into the meeting rooms of Overwatch developer Blizzard Entertainment, where businessmen dreaming of cashing in on youth culture are investing tens of millions of dollars in new esports franchises. This is a gripping story about gaming superstars and a look into the future of sports and entertainment.
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