This report summarizes the rapid growth and worldwide impact of eSports, and outlines the organizational and physical requirements for creating a successful collegiate eSports league. It concludes by exploring the potential of an officially-recognized WPI eSports league to attract sponsorship resources and scholarships, and the prospect for WPI to become a go-to destination for prospective students interested in eSports.

• This report represents the work of one or more WPI undergraduate students submitted to the faculty as evidence of completion of a degree requirement. WPI routinely publishes these reports on its website without editorial or peer review.

Creator

• Critz, Patrick Isakovich

Subject

• Industry
• Learning
• Computing

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• E-project-052717-000631

Keyword

• Video games

Advisor

• Moriarty, Brian J.

Year

• 2017

Date created

• 2017-05-27

Location

• Worcester

Resource type

• Interactive Qualifying Project

Rights statement

• In Copyright