Dexerto esports network hits 10 million monthly users; social media grows to 4 million
In April 2015, four co-founders took Dexerto from a hobbyist website into a full-time, fully fledged esports-centric media outlet. Since then, we’ve grown to 50 members of staff based across seven countries, producing editorial, video and live broadcasting content in four languages. We are lucky and grateful to have such a dedicated and hardworking team. This...
149 million dollars in prize money awarded in 2018
In 2018 almost $149 million dollars were paid in esports tournaments. We take a look at the biggest esports tournaments this year. For the fourth year running, leadership in the most rewarding tournaments is held by The International for Dota 2. If in 2014 the prize fund was $11,000,000, in 2018 $25,500,000 were played in...
The U.S. Army Uses Video Games to Recruit
In 1999, a colonel named Casey Wardynski revolutionized the Department of Defense’s strategy toward gaming not by using it for simply for training, but for recruitment. At a Best Buy one day, Wardynski noticed that his three kids would linger in the games section and put up a fight when it was time to go,...
Lineage 2: Revolution topped 30 million global players
Video games are growing faster than ever. Lineage 2: Revolution will break $1B in its first year.  It debuted in December 2016 in South Korea, and it went worldwide in November 2017. The game is also a big deal because the players spend a lot of money. The title generated $176 million in its first...
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