The Effect of Covid-19 Pandemic on Digital Games and eSports

Authors : Ahmet Emre Fakazli

Pages : 335-344

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Publication Date : 2020-12-13

Article Type : Review

Abstract :The period of pandemic caused by Covid-19 virus has affected the whole world. During this time, people had to spend a long time in their houses with various restrictions such as quarantine periods, travel restrictions between cities or countries. In this process, digitalization has gained momentum in daily life; especially digital games have been an important tool for people to spend time. Accordingly, it is thought that the digital game and eSports industry has been affected by this situation in various ways. The aim of this research is to make a review by examining the effects of Covid-19 pandemic on digital games and eSports in the light of various sources and data. As a result of the research, it has been found that the digital game industry has been positively affected especially in the economic sense. eSports sector, on the other hand, has been adversely affected in the economic sense since the pre-determined organizations have not been implemented. In this period, the digital game area that has attracted attention with its development has been mobile games. In the eSports area, sim racing games and organizations have attracted a lot of attention.
Keywords : eSports, digital game, covid-19, pandemic, sim racing