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Want proof that eSports and MLG is blowing up? Try a 334 percent year-on-year growth stat for online live streaming video viewers. MLG says that more than 11.7 million unique viewers logged in to watch the MLG Pro Circuit Championships. Compare that to last year's 3.5 million viewers. MLG shas another impressive stat for online video: more than 15 million hours were consumed on Pro Circuit weekends. And if you're one that likes demographics, viewers of MLG's content are mostly 18-34 year old (60 percent) males (85 percent). About 40 percent of viewers have a household income of over $100,000. The last two years of MLG's 10 years in business have shown a 636 percent growth in live viewers. That likely means that next year will be even bigger. Did you watch this year?
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1:00 AM on 04.09.2013 Team Fariko wins the first Call of Duty ChampionshipTeam Fariko Impact won big after three days of intense Call of Duty: Black Ops II multiplayer action in the first ever Call of Duty Championship. 32 teams from around the world came together to battle it out, with the ultimat...
5:00 AM on 04.05.2013 Million dollar Call of Duty tournament begins todayThe Call of Duty Championship kicks off today and sees teams from all around the world competing for up to $1 million dollars in prizes. The tournament begins with a ceremony starting at 12PM Pacific, and then the 32 teams go...
5:45 PM on 03.06.2013 First MLG competition of the year begins next weekMLG's Winter Championship will begin on March 15 and run until the 17, with $170,000 worth of prize money up for grabs. The featured games are StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm, League of Legends, and Black Ops II. MLG sure is...
6:00 PM on 02.14.2013 Trends of this Generation: The Rise of eSportsLeading up the possible PlayStation 4 announcement on February 20, I've been looking into some paradigm shifts we've seen over the past generation. This is stuff that will likely be with us for a while; these are things that ...
2:45 PM on 02.01.2013 Call of Duty Championship tournament offering up $1MActivision is getting serious with eSports as they're hosting their first official major tournament for Black Ops II. The Call of Duty Championship tournament will be taking place in Hollywood, California from April 5 - 7 an...
3:45 PM on 01.31.2013 Heart of the Swarm to be featured in MLG winter seasonThough the Heart of the Swarm expansion for StarCraft II is still over a month away, MLG will be featuring the game in its Online Winter Season Showdown beginning on February 4, 2013. Broadcasts will take place eac...
11:00 PM on 01.29.2013 An MLG-developed FPS is 'inevitable' says CEOIt's interesting to think that the games you find popular as eSports don't specifically start out being made to appeal to pro-gamers. Speaking to the Penny Arcade Report, MLG CEO Sundance DiGiovanni says it is "inevitable" hi...
12:30 PM on 01.25.2013 PlanetSide 2 competition heats up with MLG partnershipSony Online Entertainment and Major League Gaming have announced a new partnership to bring free-to-play MMO first-person shooter PlanetSide 2 closer to the latter organization's audience of competitive gamers. In the coming ...
4:30 PM on 11.14.2012 Major League Gaming shows 334% growth in online streamingWant proof that eSports and MLG is blowing up? Try a 334 percent year-on-year growth stat for online live streaming video viewers. MLG says that more than 11.7 million unique viewers logged in to watch the MLG Pro Circui...
3:30 PM on 10.25.2012 MLG Fall Championship takes place in Dallas, Nov. 2-4Next week, the Major League Gaming 2012 Pro Circuit will wrap up with the MLG Fall Championship in Dallas, Texas, on November 2-4. 1,200 players will fight it out for more than $180,000 in prizes playing games StarC...
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