Esports for Employee Engagement is a topic we’ve seen more of over the past few months due to COVID-19. The current global situation is especially changing for those who operate physical event businesses. One of those is Corporate Sports in the UAE. They normally operate physical sports tournaments for corporate employees as part of Employee Engagement and Employee Wellbeing programs. Due to the restrictions on sports events they had to postpone a number of their planned activities. […]

Esports has had a turbulent time due to COVID-19, the global pandemic spreading across the world. Several events, like in sport, have been forced to postpone activities until later in the year or be cancelled completely. Others, such as Riot’s leagues for League of Legends have moved from studio broadcasts to online matches in a bid to complete their seasons.

However, there have been some positives with brands and rights holders turning to esports as a solution. With no physical sporting activities […]

Data from Nielsen Sport & Entertainment suggests that the fan audience of esports continues to grow at a rapid pace.

For their Esports Playbook 2019 they interviewed 1000 esports fan aged 16-49 from different countries to determine the percentage of new fans. The chart below shows the percentage of new fans within the past year.

Source: Nielsen, The Esports Playbook 2019, survey samples = 1,000 esports fans aged 13-40. “Percentage […]