Esports: How gaming has evolved from a hobby to a lucrative career

With esports tournaments filling arenas and popping up around the globe, professional gamers are seen today as athletes of the new age.

The best of them win grand prizes worth millions of dollars.

Many gaming enthusiasts have cut their slice of the esports pie by forming their own competitive, amateur leagues. With communities in racing, football and shooter games, the variety is endless.

The Virtual Racers Club, based in the UK, is one of these competitive communities. We go on board with two of their members to explore their organisation and discover why esports has taken the world by storm.

Esports’ reach has even been felt in education. James Fraser-Murison, who is training college students for the esports business, explains why the time is right to take his course.