Gamers To Compete In eSports Arena

Gamers are to take part in first ever contest in an eSports arena, this weekend, with hundreds of spectators.

12:24 23 March 2015

A multiplex cinema in Fulham, has been converted to an eSports arena, with tournaments taking place over seven months. 

Due to advances in technology, viewers all over the world, can watch top gamers playing online, live and with their own running commentary.  

eGaming has become so popular that in South Korea, stadiums which hold up to 40,000 people are filled to watch eSports.  Top players are considered celebrities.

It is thought by those behind eGaming, that in the UK this is about to take off, with the current number of gamers at approximately 5 million.

Neville Upton from GFinity told Sky News, “The growth is phenomenal. The last big event we did we got 8.7 million people watching just over a weekend.

"Twitch TV is the main platform where we actually stream all our events. This time last year they had 45 million people watching every month - that figure is now a hundred million."

Due to the revenue from sponsorship, gamers are becoming extremely wealthy, with figures reaching in certain cases, hundreds of thousands of dollars a year.