E-Sports Calendar 2023

Introduction

In contemporary times, we have seen that the world is rapidly transitioning towards cyberspace. This has been deeply enabled by emerging technology and easy accessibility to the internet. Online gaming has been evolving since its inception way back in the 1970s in the form of Atari, and today we see games being created in AR/VR environments such as Metaverse. Online gaming has various advantages for gamers as well as the industry, and today, the global gaming industry has reached a value of over $196 billion, and the Indian Online Gaming market has reached a value of  $2.8 billion and is expected to reach $5 billion by 2027.

E-Sports in 2023

2022 has seen a massive surge in e-sports tournaments and players worldwide. The transition has been substantiated by forced lockdown during the pandemic and the sudden transition towards cyberspace. Most popular esports tournaments in 2022 by Peak Viewers:

🥇 #Wolds2022

🥈 @mplidofficial

🥉 #MLBB

4️⃣ #MPLID

5️⃣ 31st SEA Games

6️⃣ @lolesports

7️⃣ @pglesports

8️⃣ @dota2ti

9️⃣ @ValorantEsports

🔟 #FFWS

The above-mentioned graphic shows the most famous tournaments across the world. These numbers clearly show the staggering evidence of the rapid boom of e-sports globally. Commonwealth Games and Olympics committees have recognised e-sports as part of the competitions, and a separate category for e-sports has been created in most of the global competitions. These include games such as DOTA 2, League of Legends, Free Fire, etc.  It is pertinent to note that India has been participating in e-sports tournaments very actively and won’t the Bronze Medal in the Commonwealth E-sports, India’s first all-women contingent has gone to Sri Lanka to compete in the Global Championship for Counterstrike Global offensive, such indigenous e-sports athletes have been breaking various barriers and taboo in India and are paving the way for the future e-athletes in India.

The keen aspects of Online gaming and e-sports have been taken up by the Ministry of Sports Affairs, and the E-sports federation of India has been set up to cater for the needs and welfare of the e-sports players and to promote the keen aspects of the sports such as training, certifications, organising Indian Tournaments and such.

2023 E-sports calendar

The E-sports calendar has been created with a lot of diverse gaming geners to engage the whole gamers community at a global level.

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October

November

December

Conclusion

The many esports circuits across the digital landscape are continuing to chug along as the 2023 calendar enters its final six months. Most competitions have had some significant tournaments and are either rumbling toward their world championship or another major tournament to close out the year. These significant tournaments include huge third-party events for multiple esports titles and developer-run events that culminate in a long and exciting circuit. Let us all get together to create a robust, resilient, diverse, and inclusive gaming community for all the gamers in the world and lead the spectrum of Online gaming with new and better achievements and standards.