Esports Abbreviations
GG
Good Game
Known as the home of esports, this country was the first to feature a 24/7 esports channel and pioneered the entire industry
League of Legends, the most-played MOBA of all time, is developed by this studio
Riot Games
Riot Games released its first FPS that took the scene by storm with this game
Valorant
Sub Zero and Scorpion are stars from this 1992 Fighting Game.
Mortal Kombat
FPS
First-Person Shooter
Starcraft
9 of the top 11 highest paying esports tournaments in world history are for this MOBA, peaking at over $40 million in 2021
DOTA2
This is the Tier 1 league for the Call of Duty Franchise
CDL (Call of Duty League)
This is the longest-standing, heavily-competed-in game in the Super Smash Bros. franchise
Melee
RTS
Real-Time Strategy
The Nintendo World Championships ran from 1990 to 2017. The first competition featured these three titles. (Name any one for credit)
Super Mario Bros., Rad Racer, and Tetris
In this MOBA, players control gods, goddesses, and other mythological figures.
Smite
The best sniper in Counter-Strike is called this, similar to its counterpart in another popular franchise.
AWP
The newest installment of this Japanese fighting game is in 2024, it's title is short for "Tetsu no ken" or "Iron Fist"
Tekken
MOBA
Multiplayer Online Battle Arena
Red Annihilation was a competitive esport event held in May 1997 that was one of the first nationwide video game competitions held in the United States. In the final match of the tournament, Dennis "Thresh" Fong defeated Tom "Entropy" Kimzey of Impulse 9 on the map Castle of the Damned. They were playing this early FPS that was re-released in 2018.
Quake
This was Activision Blizzard's MOBA, featuring characters from all of their other properties
Heroes of the Storm
While many mods of other games included a battle royale mode, the first major title battle royale game was this
Player Unknown's: Battle Grounds
The first "Super Smash Bros." game was released for this device
Nintendo 64
CS (MOBA)
Creep Score
In 1980, this game was featured in the first national video game tournament, with over 10,000 participants across hundreds of arcades in America.
Space Invaders
Defense of the Ancients, or DOTA, was originally designed as a mod for this Blizzard title
Warcraft III
The first Overwatch Hero to be released after the base game was this character released in July 2016
Ana
This game featuring Ryu and Chun-Li was one of two games featured in Evolution Championship Series 1999, the most noteworthy early Fighting Game championship.