All posts tagged "e-sports"

  • Over 40,000 spectators attend the final match of the fourth League of Legends' World Championship at the Seoul World Cup Stadium on Oct. 19, 2014. (Courtesy of Riot Games)
    Electronic Sports League to begin random drug tests

    LOS ANGELES (AP) — Drug testing is coming to e-sports. The Electronic Sports League said Thursday it will begin randomly drug testing players at its competitive video game tournaments. The e-sports organization plans to work with the...

    • Posted July 23, 2015
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  • Over 40,000 spectators attend the final match of the fourth League of Legends' World Championship at the Seoul World Cup Stadium on Oct. 19, 2014. (Courtesy of Riot Games)
    5 video games chosen as official e-sport events in S. Korea

    By Baek Byung-yeul Five popular video games in Korea have been listed as official events for professional gaming competitions, according to the Korea e-Sports Association (KeSpa), video gaming’s governing body. The five games are “League of Legends,”...

    • Posted June 26, 2015
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  • Over 40,000 spectators attend the final match of the fourth League of Legends' World Championship at the Seoul World Cup Stadium on Oct. 19, 2014. The Korea e-Sports Association (KeSpa), the country's e-sports governing body, was officially recognized as a second-tier sport by the Korean Olympic Committee (KOC) on Friday. (Courtesy of KeSpa)
    E-sports sets sights on Olympics

    By Baek Byung-yeul Video games may become an Olympic event in the near future. Korea’s competitive video gaming’s governing body, the Korea e-Sports Association (KeSpa), confirmed Friday that the Korean Olympic Committee (KOC) has decided to label...

    • Posted January 30, 2015
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    [NYT] For South Korea, E-Sports Is National Pastime

     SEOUL, South Korea — Top video game players in South Korea are household names. Millions of people tune in to watch game competitions on television. The largest Internet portal, Naver, has its own section covering...

    • Posted October 20, 2014
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