#0 - Feb. 9, 2009, 9:43 p.m.
Sometimes the best laid plans of mice, men and gaming companies go awry. So it comes as a no surprise that today we learned via WoW Insider that the biggest e-sports network in the world called The Championship Gaming Series is closing it’s doors. One of the online games that CGS promoted was WoW Arena Tournaments. It looks like e-sports was a dud and not a financially viable form of entertainment. One of the WoW Insider readers Araydan said it best: “Gamers like playing games for entertainment. Gamers do not enjoy watching other people playing games for entertainment.” Bravo! I could not have said it better myself.
The Death of E-Sports - Blizzard will cancel their PVP Tournaments marking the end of their self-indulgent foray into e-sports. Blizzard has recently revealed that they are refocusing their PVP development on Battlegrounds. Good riddance!
We are finally starting to see a dent in the previously impervious Blizzard armor. Suddenly their grandiose plans for world domination are not so certain. Despite their success and hubris, they aren’t perfect and not everything they do turns immediately to gold.
