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Counter Strike: Global Offensive (CS: GO), League of Legends (LoL) and DotA 2 are games already dedicated in the esport and promoting millionaire tournaments. By 2018, however, other games have appeared on the competitive stage and have also gained notoriety. TechTudo has selected some titles recently entered the competition but have grown this year. It should be noted that the list contains only five games, that is to say that it is a small part of a growing sector.
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Success among casual gamers, Fortnite had watched 1.2 billion hours and broadcast 73.8 million hours on Twitch TV. The year 2018 also marked the official entry of the game in the esports, through tournaments with very high prizes promoted by Epic Games.
With 471 participants, Summer Skirmish received a prize of US $ 8 million (R $ 30.7 million); The fall skirmish brought together 598 participants and a prize of $ 10 million ($ 38.4 million); already, the Winter Royale had 98 competitors and had given $ 500,000 (1.9 million rand) to the winners. In all, Fortnite has organized 91 tournaments in 2018.
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Although launched in 2016, Overwatch achieved important progress in the competition in 2018. The game opened its official league, the Overwatch League, and the tournament was a success: the playoffs were broadcast on ESPN and Disney XD from the United States. had a peak of 349,500 spectators per stream. The year also marked the beginning of the Overwatch Contenders, the access category to OWL, which in South America has seen two of the three seasons dominated by the former Brazil Gaming House.
In the game of the 2018 game, Overwatch was nominated in three categories and won the award for best sports game, releasing names like Fortnite, League of Legends, DotA 2 and Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS: GO).
Highlights of the mobile esport, Clash Royale also launched his league in 2018, the Clash Royale League. With a prize pool of one million US dollars (3.8 million rand), the world finals were contested in Tokyo and the finalist was won by Vivo Keyd. In Brazil, the game has once again marked a season of Brazilian Premier League and athletes have been nominated for the Esports Brazil 2018 Award.
Despite this breakthrough, Clash has shown that he still needs to improve some aspects of his competition . The South American CRL scene, for example, had transmission problems and was temporarily suspended. The final of the litigation also suffered from the same fault. Still, the game has potential and is one of the promises of 2019.
Phenomenon in Asian Countries, 2018 is the year of the launch of Ar ena of Valor in the West. And already on his arrival, the MOBA of Tencent has borne great moments. In the first half of the year, the first Arena of Valor World Cup was held, with more than $ 500,000 in prizes. In the second half, the second season of the Valor Series, which counted for the first time with a South American division and the presence of Brazilian teams, was announced.
The Valor Series LATAM season 2 finale is held in São Paulo and was won by Nova Esports. The team qualified for the Arena of Valor International Championship, but was eliminated in the group stage. The total prize money for the tournament, which ends on December 16th, is $ 600,000, one of the largest in mobile sport in 2018.
In the fighting games segment, Dragon Ball FighterZ has was one of the hottest names in 2018. Posted by Bandai Namco, the game saved the nostalgia of the fans and presented highlights, like having been the game with more subscribers (more than 2,500) and more of viewers in history. of the Evolution Championship series (EVO). In total, 257,800 people followed the streaming, even exceeding the traditional finale of Street Fighter 5 (which gathered 215,500 spectators).
DBFZ has also attracted the attention of great professional players from other games, such as Dominique "SonicFox" Mclean (Injustice 2), the SF5 duo Kishida "Go1" Goichi and Ryota "Kazunoko" Inoue, Jonathon "Cloud805" Morales vs. Marvel series. Capcom) and William "Leffen" Hjelte (Super Smash Bros.). SonicFox, in particular, was voted best esports player at the 2018 Game Awards.
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