Rise of the Supergamer (2016)

Fanáticos, expertos y creadores de League of Legends hablan sobre la existosa transformación del juego: de demo gratuito a titan global de los deportes virtuales

Follow three professional video game players as they overcome personal adversity, family pressures, and the realities of life to compete in a $1,000,000 tournament that could change their lives forever.

Magic: The Gathering is the most popular collectible card game in the world. At Magic's Pro Tour, players from around the globe compete to prove who is the best. They are writers, game theorists, jewelry apprentices, female pioneers, and teenage geniuses.

For one of the longest-running game franchises in history, Street Fighter creators Capcom needed something exceedingly special to accompany the release of their 25th anniversary edition of the game. AREA 5 produced, shot, edited, and finished a documentary that spans three countries, more than two decades, and tells the story of how a game not only birthed an entire genre, but changed the lives of a generation.

GAMECHANGERS: Dreams of Blizzcon enters the unexplored realm of professional esports through the eyes of two of the world’s top StarCraft II players.

‘Not a game’ plantea algunas de las preguntas que surgen sobre el mundo de los videojuegos: ¿Fomentan el aislamiento o la sociabilidad?, ¿te puedes ganar la vida “jugando”? ¿los e-sports son deporte? A estas y otras preguntas dan respuesta los más de 120 expertos de los eSports y de los videojuegos de diferentes países. Valores como esfuerzo, juventud, tecnología y entretenimiento, junto a la conectividad, convierten a los videojuegos en el entretenimiento social digital de preferencia de una generación. El documental aspira a ser de interés tanto para familias y educadores, como para profesionales del sector de la publicidad que tienen interés en conocer las oportunidades en el creciente mundo de los videojuegos y de los eSports.

A speculation mini-documentary by Rory 'Rez' Hunter and Adam 'Ginog' Watson looking at the future of Call of Duty featuring Callum 'Swanny' Swan.

It is a story of an underdog that hopes to win an esports tournament and gain his son’s trust. Main character is a middle-aged game streamer and not a successful one: his audience is constantly making fun of him. He’s behind his rent, ex-wife is taking a full custody over his son. The only hope is an FPS tournament with a prize pool of 5,000,000 RMB that will change his life for the better.

YouTube star Dan Howell explores the exploding world of esports and the joystick-wielding pro gamers who train 12 hours per day and earn fortunes.

In thirty years, the video game has conquered an increasingly wide audience. Drawing on the recent work of economists, sociologists, experts and interviewing major players in this field, this investigation unravels the overwhelming domination of this new mass media.

Liquid Rising is a crowd funded feature film-length documentary by Michael Krukar about the StarCraft eSports team "Team Liquid" and community.

Ready Up: Competitive Team Fortress 2 is a film about the competitive Team Fortress 2 esports scene, a scene that has thrived continuously on the community's support. From pro players and viewers, to casters and producers, as well programmers and designers, the film explores a look into the creation of competitive 6v6 over the past 10 years.

Argentina, Forgive Me

Watch the first-ever global LAN tournament of the fast-growing competitive Team Fortress 2 scene! A groundbreaking community fundraiser gathered enough funds to send two full 6-man teams from America to Europe to compete for a global title. This documentary features incredible in-game footage, interviews from players, shoutcasters and spectators, and an introduction to the basics of competitive TF2.

Today, there are more people in the world who play League of Legends than there are people who live in France. We wanted to look inside this rapidly expanding world of competitive gaming, so VICE host Matt Shea flew to South Korea, a country where so-called "eSports" can either make you rich and famous or land you in rehab.

Yahoo Esports followed Counter Logic Gaming throughout their run at MSI 2016. This feature examines what their performance meant from a historic standpoint.

Follow Gamers2’s LoL team through the LCS Promotion stage in this amazing behind-the-scenes video with exclusive footage! Just sit back and enjoy!