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The 32 pages that link to Esports, each with the reason it gives.

• Video gameRelated: Games can become structured competitions with players, leagues, and spectators.

• Game rulesBroader topic: Competition requires rules for matches, eligibility, equipment, and disputes.

• Video game industryRelated: Competitive play created new businesses in events, sponsorship, and media.

• SportCompared with: Esports shares rules and competition with sport, while its central performance is digital rather than bodily.

• Video game consoleRelated: Console games provide platforms for some professional competitions and organized leagues.

• First-person shooterNarrower topic: Skill-based shooters became major spectator and tournament games.

• TwitchRelated: Twitch is a major venue for esports broadcasts and audience interaction.

• SpeedrunningCompared with: Speedrunning is competitive gaming centered on completion time rather than direct opposition.

• Fighting gameNarrower topic: Fighting games form a distinct competitive branch of esports, centered on direct player matchups.

• Free-to-playRelated: Free entry can widen a game's competitive audience and support its wider commercial ecosystem.

• Online gameRelated: Online games supply the competitions and platforms used by many esports.

• Professional sportsRelated: Esports share pay and commercial structures with traditional professional sports while relying on digital games.

• Team sportCompared with: It raises the boundary question of whether sport must involve physical athletic performance.

• Multiplayer video gameRelated: Multiplayer games provide the competitive formats around which esports are organized.

• Game of skillBroader topic: Some jurisdictions assess whether esports competitions qualify as skill games for wagering laws.

• League of Legends World ChampionshipNarrower topic: The championship is one of esports’ largest annual international competitions.

• Video game cultureBroader topic: Professional competition makes gaming a spectator culture with institutions and public stars.

• Evolution Championship SeriesNarrower topic: Evo is a long-running example of esports built around individual game communities.

• Game of chanceCompared with: Competitive outcomes generally depend on player performance rather than random draws.

• History of gamesRelated: It shows how digital games developed into professional spectator competition.

• Sports video gameRelated: Some sports games support professional competition and spectator events.

• Digital collectible card gameNarrower topic: Some digital card games support tournaments, professional players, and streamed competition.

• Honor of KingsNarrower topic: Honor of Kings supports a professional competition and live-event ecosystem.

• PC gameRelated: PC titles such as Counter-Strike and League of Legends anchor major competitions.

• Racing video gameRelated: Some racing games sustain formal competition and spectator events.

• Game (video entertainment)Narrower topic: Esports is a competitive practice built around games rather than a game form itself.

• GamerBroader topic: Professional gamers compete in structured events watched by live and online audiences.

• Major League GamingNarrower topic: MLG was one organization within the wider competitive gaming ecosystem.

• Mind sportCompared with: Esports combine strategic thinking with rapid motor skills, complicating a sharp mental-physical divide.

• Online streamerRelated: Streamers broadcast tournaments and commentary around competitive gaming.

• PUBG: BattlegroundsNarrower topic: PUBG developed tournaments and a professional competitive circuit.

• Real-time strategy gameNarrower topic: Real-time strategy became one of esports’ early competitive formats.