Modes of Esports Engagement in Overwatch

by Maria Ruotsalainen

Book Overview

This Open Access book provides a comprehensive review of the rapidly developing esport phenomenon by examining one of its contemporary flagship titles, Overwatch (Blizzard Entertainment 2016), through three central themes and from a rich variety of research methods and perspectives. As a game with more than 40 million individual players, an annual international World Cup, and a franchised professional league with teams from Canada, China, Europe,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3030827690
• ISBN13: 9783030827694
• Release Date: March 2022
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 229 Pages
• Weight: 0.66 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.8" x 8.3"