Global ESports revenues to surpass $1.9 billion by 2018

SuperData Research forecasts an explosion of growth in eSports in the U.S. thanks in part to televised events on TBS and ESPN in 2016 and beyond.

With big eSports events on the horizon like Riot Games’League of LegendsWorlds and Blizzard Entertainment’s BlizzCon, which featuresStarCraft II, World of Warcraft, Hearthstone,andHeroes of the Storm, SuperData Research sees explosive growth ahead for what’s become a year-round phenomenon.

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CodeDev (fondly known as ‘The Unreal Guys’), the UK-based co-development studio has today officially announced the launch of The Performance Guys. Operating as a highly specialised division, this elite team is debuting as the world’s only dedicated group of bespoke Performance Engineers and Technical Artists explicitly built to tackle project-critical optimisation challenges.