Esports Insider
  • Esports Insider
    • Home
    • News
      • League of Legends
      • Counter-Strike 2
      • Dota 2
      • VALORANT
      • MLBB
      • FGC
      • Other
        • Apex Legends
        • Call of Duty
        • Chess
        • EA Sports FC
        • Fortnite
        • Halo
        • Mobile
        • Overwatch
        • PUBG
        • Rainbow Six Siege
        • Rocket League
        • Sim Racing
      • Business
        • Partnerships
        • Investments
        • Regulation & Legal
        • Data
        • Web3
    • Features
      • Interviews
      • Opinion
      • Insights
      • Esports Ecosystems
      • Esports Around The World
      • Esports 101
      • Esports FAQ
    • Gaming Gear
    • Betting
    • About
      • ESI Content Transparency
    Home > Originals > Esports FAQ

    Esports FAQ

    Content that answers frequently asked questions about the esports industry and its many ecosystems.
    Esports events calendar 2025: Major leagues and tournaments

    Esports has a vast ecosystem that spans across a variety of games, each with its...

    07 February 2025 | ESI Editorial Team

    OWCS 2024 World Finals Team Falcons
    Who are Overwatch 2’s 2025 OWCS partner teams?

    Earlier this month, the Overwatch Champions Series (OWCS) announced the nine teams that would be...

    22 January 2025 | Tom Daniels

    Esports partnership
    The biggest esports partnerships of 2024

    Similarly to 2023, this year in esports has had its highs and lows. However, no...

    27 December 2024 | ESI Editorial Team

    League of Legends World Championship 2024
    The top 10 most-viewed esports events of 2024

    Following the conclusion of Mobile Legends Bang Bang’s M6 tournament, there are officially no large-scale...

    18 December 2024 | Ivan Šimić

    VCT EMEA 2024
    Who are the VALORANT VCT EMEA partner teams?

    In 2022, VALORANT publisher Riot Games unveiled its list of partner teams which where split...

    28 October 2024 | Tom Daniels

    VCT Americas Trophy
    Who are the VALORANT VCT Americas partner teams? 

    Riot Games' VALORANT esports ecosystem is centred around three partnered semi-franchised VALORANT Champions Tour (VCT)...

    25 October 2024 | ESI Editorial Team

    pokemon esports
    The most underrated esports scenes 

    Esports is a broad and all-encompassing term that often lumps together games and fan bases...

    02 October 2024 | Dafydd Gwynn

    League of Legends LEC Winter Split 2024 esports events
    Esports events calendar 2024: Major leagues and tournaments

    Esports, similar to traditional sports, is made up of multiple ecosystems that span across a...

    11 September 2024 | Tom Daniels

    Esports World Cup Closing Ceremony
    Was the Esports World Cup 2024 a viewership success?

    The Esports World Cup (EWC), the world’s largest multi-title esports event, has concluded. EWC 2024 took place over two months and featured more than 20 tournaments, hundreds of players and...

    27 August 2024 | Ivan Šimić

    Team Liquid Mobile Legends Bang Bang
    Western esports organisations that have entered Southeast Asia, Korea and China

    Gaming and esports consumers vary greatly from region to region. One esport could be a huge cultural hit in the East, whilst being unknown in the West. However, the modern...

    08 August 2024 | Wasif Ahmed

    What exactly are keyboard switches?

    Greens, reds, browns, blues, maybe yellows? These are all types of mechanical keyboard switches. It can be quite confusing for those who don’t know what these colours mean and how...

    18 July 2024 | Ivan Šimić

    fans engaging in esports
    Which esports organisations have fan platforms?

    The digital nature of esports provides viewers and fans with fewer ways to create communities and connect to teams and players.  Most top-tier teams do operate some version of a...

    29 May 2024 | Ivan Šimić

    Esports organisation making money
    How do esports organisations make money?

    The economics of esports is fascinating to every gamer. The idea of playing video games professionally while earning a stable salary through an esports organisation has become a real possibility...

    27 March 2024 | Wasif Ahmed

    Access Creative College esports
    The different types of UK esports qualifications

    Esports’ integration into education is perhaps one of the most widely discussed topics by industry stakeholders at the moment. This is largely down to opinions over how esports should be...

    13 March 2024 | Tom Daniels

    Load more Loading indicator
    Esports Insider
    ABOUT
    • About ESI
    • ESI Content Transparency
    • ESI Hall of Fame
    • Privacy Policy
    EXPLORE
    • News
    • Features
    • Originals
    • Esports Around The World
    TITLES
    • Counter-Strike 2
    • Dota 2
    • Fortnite
    • League of Legends
    BETTING
    • Esports Betting News
    • Esports Betting Sites
    • Call of Duty Betting Sites
    • How We Rate Betting Sites

    Copyright 2025

    GambleAware