2024
5 richest esports teams
Esports has become a giant industry where not only prestige but millions of dollars are at stake. Popular games competitions attract millions of online viewers, and teams that win major tournaments earn amounts comparable to the income of professional top athletes. We talk about five organizations that earned the most prize money. Read more here.
League of Legends cyber tournaments canceled in Russia due to LGBT characters in the game
On August 8, 2024, it became known that the Russian Computer Sports Federation (CSF) refused to hold a League of Legends tournament. The reason is that in the named multiplayer project in the MOBA genre there are LGBT characters ("LGBT International Social Movement" is recognized as extremist and terrorist; prohibited on the territory of the Russian Federation). Read more here
World's first eSports Olympics to be held in Saudi Arabia
In mid-July 2024, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) announced that the first Olympic Games on eSports 2025 will be held in Saudi Arabia. The IOC has entered into an agreement with the Saudi National Olympic Committee (NOC) for 12 years, during which the esports Olympics will be held regularly.
This decision is due to the pronounced increase in the importance of sports in Saudi Arabia as a whole, as well as the social and economic transformations of the country, in which more than a hundred international events are held for athletes, including e-sports, football, motorsport, tennis, equestrian sports and golf, attracting more than 2.6 million sports fans.
As a result, sport is an increasingly important part of daily life in Saudi Arabia at all levels, from amateur to elite. The overall level of participation in the sport has more than tripled since 2015, and almost half of the country's population now participates in sporting events. The number of sports federations also tripled during this time, from 32 to 98, with the Saudi Federation of eSports being one example of such growth. About 67% of the population of Saudi Arabia consider themselves gamers, while the number of professional e-sportsmen who make a career on an ongoing basis is constantly growing (now there are 100 of them).
In particular, women's sports are also growing rapidly, and almost half of Saudi Arabia's 23 million gamers are women. The Federation lists have more than 330,000 female athletes and nearly 40 women's national teams competing internationally. Grassroots sports are also thriving, with sport firmly in the school curriculum for all girls, as evidenced by the 70,000 schoolgirls who play in the school football league each week. In addition to sports, the reforms ensure the representation of women in the councils of all sports federations: now they number more than 100 women, including seven female presidents of federations. In addition, all female and male athletes are equally rewarded for representing the nation in competition in their sport.[1]
Russian esports team Team Spirit wins Counter-Strike tournament in London
On June 16, 2024, the Team Spirit team, in which Russian e-sportsmen play, won the final of the Spring Final 2024 spring tournament of the Blast Premier League in the Counter-Strike 2 (CS2) discipline. The competition took place in London, where the Ukrainian team Natus Vincere also fought for the palm. Read more here.
Esportsmen from Russia refused to qualify for the World Cup without a flag
Esportsmen from Russia refused to qualify for the IESF-2024 World Cup without a flag. This was reported in the press service of the Federation of Computer Sports (CSF) of the Russian Federation in mid-May 2024.
According to the IESF requirement, in Russia they had to "force esports players to play without a flag" in order to be allowed to the World Cup. The CSF previously opposed such conditions, but they were not changed. In this regard, the federation decided to refuse to participate in the tournament.
 | The reason was the unlawful actions of the secretariat, which, contrary to the charter and decisions of the governing bodies, opposes the participation of Russian athletes. Through numerous bureaucratic tricks, delays and direct pressure, the IESF Secretary General put the CSF of Russia before the choice: either sign a voluntary refusal of the flag for all participating athletes, or not participate in the World Cup. Such actions completely contradict the decision of the IESF congress, where the majority of federations voted for the complete lifting of sanctions from the CSF of Russia and the return of national symbols. Nevertheless, the secretariat notified us on April 27 [2024] that we were suspended from the competition for not signing the agreement, the CSF said. |  |
As of May 2024, the IESF includes 143 countries. The organization holds world championships in Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, Dota 2, Tekken 7, eFootball, PUBG Mobile, Mobile Legends: Bang Bang. The qualifying competition for the 2024 World Esports Championships will begin in June 2024.
Earlier, the IESF returned the flag to the Russians, after which all Ukrainians withdrew from the World Cup, and the Ukrainian federation later threatened to leave the organization. In January 2024, after a complaint from the Ukrainian side that the CSF of Russia began working in the regions that joined in 2022, the IESF suspended Russia's membership.[2]
An arena for cyber competitions for billions of rubles will be built in St. Petersburg
In April 2024, it became known that in the satellite city "Yuzhny" in the Pushkin district of St. Petersburg "ITMO Highpark" an arena for e-sports competitions will be built. Read more here.
2023
Winners of e-sports games in Russia will enter universities without exams
On November 1, 2023, United Russia submitted to the State Duma a bill on the right of winners of major international competitions to enter sports universities without exams. The initiative was supported by the Ministry of Education and Science and the Ministry of Sports. Read more here.
Russian e-sportsmen won the Dota 2 World Cup
At the end of October 2023, the Russian esports team Team Spirit became the winner of the Dota 2 - The International 2023 World Championship. The tournament with a prize fund of $3.1 million was held in the American Seattle. Read more here.
Russian universities began to add points to the exam for e-sportsmen
More and more Russian universities began to practice the accrual of additional points upon admission to applicants who have achieved success in e-sports. This was announced on September 11, 2023 by the President of the Russian Computer Sports Federation Dmitry Smith. Read more here.
Student of the only esports department in Russia won the Counter Strike tournament with a prize pool of $1 million
In August 2023, the European Counter-Strike: Global Offensive team G2 Esports won the prestigious Intel Extreme Masters Cologne 2023 tournament, the prize fund of which amounted to $1 million. The team includes 18-year-old Russian Ilya Osipov, who plays under the nickname m0NESY. Read more here.
Categories and titles for e-sports introduced in Russia
In Russia, categories and titles for e-sports have been introduced. This was announced on June 23, 2023 by the press service of the Federation of Computer Sports (CSF) of the Russian Federation.
At the first stage, esports players performing in the Tactical Three-Dimensional Combat discipline will be able to receive sports ranks and titles in computer sports. This became possible thanks to the introduction of appropriate changes to the provision on the Unified All-Russian Sports Classification.
Competitions in which athletes can get ranks will be tournaments on the game "World of Tanks," which will be held by the Russian Computer Sports Federation (CSF of Russia) together with Lesta Games on the VK Play platform.
According to Dmitry Smith, President of the CSF of Russia, cooperation with the World of Tanks and VK Play is aimed at popularizing e-sports, developing virtual tournaments and promoting domestic developments in this area.
| | Computer sports have become a publicly available part of modern society, and we strive to hold as many different tournaments as possible: in different modes and formats, allowing them to be made not only regular, but also massive by involving a multi-million audience of our games, "said Boris Sinitsky, Operations Director of the World of Tanks. | |
On May 25, 2023, the CSF of Russia achieved recognition of the new e-sports discipline "Tactical Three-Dimensional Combat." This section of computer sports includes the 3D action games Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, Valorant, Rainbow Six: Siege, Warface, Armored Warfare, Overwatch, World of Tanks and War Thunder. Recognition of this discipline allows you to hold official competitions, such as the championship and the Cup of Russia in computer sports, on the above types of programs in the Russian Federation.[3]
Synergy launches master's program in the direction of "management in e-sports and fijital sports"
The University Synergy"" and the project Games of the future"" are launching a joint master's program in the direction of "management in e-sports and fijital sport." The first recruitment of applicants is planned for the 2023/2024 academic year. education Specialists of fijital centers, regional branches of the fijital sports federation, organizers of specialized sports events and everyone who plans to connect their profession with digital activities will be able to get a master's degree. The university announced this on May 16, 2023. More. here
Gamer bought a skin for weapons in Counter Strike at the price of an apartment in Moscow
On March 13, 2023, a wealthy collector from China made a historic deal in the multiplayer online shooter Counter Strike: Global Offensive (CS: GO). A wealthy gamer purchased a skin for a Kalashnikov AK-47 assault rifle for about $160 thousand (about 12.2 million rubles at the exchange rate as of March 17, 2023). Read more here.
The Cabinet of Ministers allocated 5.2 billion rubles for the first e-sports games funded from the federal budget
In February 2023, Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin signed an order that allocated 5.2 billion rubles for the first e-sports games funded from the federal budget. We are talking about the competition "Games of the Future." Read more here.
2022
How the Russian e-sports market is growing
The volume of the Russian e-sports market in 2022 reached $35.08 million against $31.33 million. This is evidenced by the data of the analytical company Statista, which became known in November 2023.
According to Vedomosti, citing Statista materials, the e-sports market in the Russian Federation is on the rise and will continue to grow at least until 2027, when revenue in the market will be measured at $52.9 million.
Konstantin Sakhnov, co-founder of the Vengeance Games studio, in a conversation with the publication, noted that esports competitions and computer games tournaments have mainly moved from Russia to other regions.
| | Now our segment of e-sports can be described as more national and independent, - he added in mid-November 2023. | |
Since the spring of 2022, the largest Russian e-sports clubs have begun to deprive them of the right to participate in international competitions. For example, the organizer of CS: GO ESL Electronic Sports League (ESL) tournaments suspended the Russian clubs Virtus.pro and Gambit from the ESL Pro League tournament.
| | Professional Russian esports in the form in which it was until 2022 no longer exists, a source close to one of the leading teams that left the Russian Federation told Kommersant. - Large clubs owned by Russian companies were sold because they were not allowed to the largest international tournaments. | |
One of the newspaper's informants estimated the volume of the Russian e-sports market in the Russian Federation at $10 million in 2022, which, according to the source, is half the figure a year ago. Expert "Technologies of Trust" (TeDo, former Russian office of PwC) Kirill Tikhonov agrees that due to the relocation or closure of key organizations, the volume of the professional segment of eSports has noticeably decreased[4]
The Government of the Russian Federation approved the introduction of e-sports disciplines in universities
In mid-December 2022, the government's Digital Development Commission approved roadmaps "New Industrial Software" and "New System-Wide Software." According to one of the documents, by 2024, courses in e-sports disciplines should be included in the program of Russian universities, both for technical and humanitarian specialties.
As they write, in the Vedomosti approved roadmap, the responsible performers for the first stage are indicated Rostelecom and. St. Petersburg State University of Telecommunications named after Prof. M. A. Bonch-Bruevich (SPbGUT) Until the beginning of 2023, they must conduct a study and find examples of supplementing existing educational programs with esports disciplines in other countries. Then, by June 2023, Rostelecom ANO "Digital Economy" should gather a working group of representatives of the expert and university community. By 2024, the first educational programs should be determined "for implementation in interested higher educational institutions with the help of interested companies," follows from the document.
According to Yaroslav Meshalkin, Director of Strategic Communications at ESforce Holding, the new government initiative will help attract more students to universities.
| | The presence of esports programs increases the attractiveness of living in college campuses, promotes student recruitment and diversifies learning, he says. - Statistics show that 44% of educational institutions need to stimulate interest in training in technical specialties (STEM). | |
Pavel Golubev, director of the eSports Development Association and LANGAME project manager, believes that in this matter it is necessary to separate two concepts: "gaming" and "eSports."
| | If we are talking about the broader concept of "gaming," then in view of the latest initiatives of the state to support the gaming industry, this is a fairly logical and correct step, the expert says. - At least, this will allow to try at least partially to compensate for the shortage of personnel for the implementation of these state programs.[5] | |
Russian became the champion and best player of the Counter Strike tournament with a prize fund of $1 million
On December 18, 2022, the Counter Strike: Global Offensive tournament ended in Abu Dhabi, in which the German e-sports team G2 Esports won. At the same time, the 17-year-old Russian Ilya "m0NESY" Osipov, who plays for G2 Esports, became the most valuable player (MVP) of the competition. In the decisive series, the player made 39 murders with 28 deaths. For Ilya, this is the first such award. Read more here.
The Russian e-sports team won the main CS: GO tournament and earned $500,000.
On November 13, 2022, the final of the IEM RIO Major 2022 tournament took place - the largest Major Counter-Strike: Global Offensive series competition. The winner was the Russian company Virtus.pro, which in connection with the anti-Russian sanctions acted under the neutral name Outsiders. Read more here.
The first state e-sports school opened in Russia
In July 2022, Russia opened the first state e-sports school. It is located in Novosibirsk, according to the official Telegram channel of the Novosibirsk region. Read more here.
VK took up the development of the metaverse for the first e-sportsmen in Russia
As it became known on June 16, 2022, the VK holding took up the development of the metaverse for Russia's first Olympics of e-sportsmen - "Games of the Future." They will be held in Kazan in February 2024. Read more here.
Sports Ministry officially recognizes CS: GO game as esports
The Russian Ministry of Justice has recognized a new cyber sports discipline - "tactical three-dimensional combat." It includes 3D shooters Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, Overwatch, Valorant, Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege, Warface, as well as 3D action games World of Tanks, Armored Warfare, War Thunder. This was announced by the Federation of Computer Sports (CSF) in Russia on May 26, 2022.
| | The official recognition by the Ministry of Sports of the Russian Federation of the discipline "tactical three-dimensional combat" opens up unique new opportunities for the development of professional and mass e-sports throughout Russia. In the near future, this will allow millions of Russians to realize their potential as professional e-sportsmen in these types of programs. Both domestically and in the international arena, - said the President of the CSF of Russia Dmitry Smith. | |
Recognition of this discipline allows you to hold official competitions, such as the championship and the Cup of Russia in computer sports, on the above types of programs in the Russian Federation. According to Smith (his statement was published on May 26, 2022), in the near future it is planned to include tournaments in the new discipline in the official plan of mass competitions of the CSF of Russia.
| | We have long expected the recognition of the official discipline "Tactical Three-Dimensional Combat." Such popular and favorite types of programs as CS: GO and Valorant have long been included in the pool of disciplines of Moscow Esports and the Moscow Student Esports League, which are supported by the Moscow Department of Sports on the cybermos.ru site, but we could not include competitions on them in a single calendar of sports competitions. Now there is such an opportunity. It will allow us to issue sports categories for these types of programs and form national teams of the capital. This will give a new incentive and prospects for e-sports in Moscow and Russia as a whole, "said Maxim Flyor, President of the Moscow Computer Sports Federation.[6]" | |
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The Ministry of Sports of the Russian Federation approved the training program for e-sportsmen
In January 2022, an order of the Ministry of Sports of the Russian Federation of 01.12.2021 No. 938 "On the approval of the federal standard for sports training in the sport" computer sport "was registered. With this document, the department agreed on a training program for e-sportsmen in the country.
According to a document published on the official Internet portal of legal information, the physical training of an e-sportsman should take 25-40% of training time, tactical - 25-35%, technical - 4-5%. Theoretical training should take 15-25% of the time, psychological - 15-20%.
Only those e-sportsmen who have passed the standard will be able to get into the highest skill group. For a man, this is running at a distance of three kilometers in no more than 15 minutes and squats without stopping 25 times. The woman will have to run two kilometers in 12 minutes and perform squats 23 times. In addition, athletes need to make inclinations forward and body lifts, as well as pass a test to determine technical skill. E-sportsmen must also comply with the norms of the game technical program on simulators - PCs and game consoles.
In addition to physical exercises, the document enshrines the need for tactical, theoretical and psychological training. Details of these parts of the training process by January 21, 2022 were not disclosed.
But the requirements for the technical equipment of the e-sportsman are indicated. This should be a computer with a tower cooler for cooling the processor, RAM of at least 16 GB, a monitor with a diagonal of at least 19 inches and a drive of at least 2 TB.
According to the document, the Ministry of Sports proposes to train e-sportsmen in 4 stages. Moreover, the age at the stage of higher sportsmanship can be from 17 years.
Notes
- ↑ IOC announces Olympic Esports Games to be hosted in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
- ↑ Russian e-sportsmen refused to qualify for the World Cup without a flag
- ↑ Russian e-sportsmen will be able to get sports ranks in new disciplines
- ↑ Creators of computer games will receive a percentage of bookmakers
- ↑ The government has prepared a plan for the introduction of e-sports in universities
- ↑ NEW DISCIPLINE OF COMPUTER SPORTS OFFICIALLY RECOGNIZED IN RUSSIA - "TACTICAL THREE-DIMENSIONAL COMBAT"
2021
Russian-Ukrainian esports team Na'Vi won the CS: GO tournament and earned $0.5 million
The Natus Vincere e-sports team (NAVI), consisting of Russian and Ukrainian players, won the BLAST Premier Counter Strike: Global Offensive (CS: GO) tournament in December 2021. For the victory in the competition, gamers received a prize of $500 thousand with a total prize pool of $1 million. The tournament was held from December 14 to 19 in Copenhagen. Read more here.
The death of an e-sportsman from Russia Alexei Malyshev under strange circumstances
On October 17, 2021, it became known about the death of the former leader of the team of cybersportsmen of the Polytechnic University Alexei Malyshev. A 23-year-old young man was found near garages in the city of Nikolskoye (Leningrad Region). Read more here.
The victory of Team Spirit from the Russian Federation in the international tournament on the computer game Dota 2
On October 17, 2021, the Russian esports team Team Spirit won the Dota 2 international computer game tournament. We are talking about the competition The International, which athletes from the Russian Federation won for the first time. The championship was held in Romania. Read more here.
2020: U.S. Market Growth
The e-sports market is expected USA to grow by 12% in 2020 (while the rest of the sports industries are suffering losses) and approach $200 million. In 2021, growth will continue and accelerate.
2018
In 2018, the Earth's population spent about 6 billion hours watching esports.
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