Gamification Group

January 7, 2021 In eSports, Gamification, Open positions, Virtual Reality By Henrietta Jylhä

Postdoctoral Researcher / Researcher / Doctoral Researcher (gamification / VR, AR, MR / esports), 2-4 positions

Gamification Group (GG) at Faculty of information Technology and Communication Science, Tampere University (headed by Prof. Hamari) is internationally revered for seminal academic and societal contributions in the areas of novel technologies such as motivational information systems (e.g. gamification, game-based learning, quantified-self, persuasive technologies), internet...

September 20, 2020 In eSports, News By Henrietta Jylhä

The Esports Research Network (ERN) is here!

Esports, or competitive video gaming, is a major global phenomenon (est. revenue at $1.1bn, audience at 495m) that has developed from the internet cafes of the 90’s into a billion dollar industry that fills some of the largest stadiums in the world; there have even...

July 1, 2020 In eSports, Gambling By Henrietta Jylhä

What is esports betting?

As with almost every aspect of daily life, the global coronavirus pandemic caused massive disruption to the professional sporting calendar; it is only within the last few days and weeks that competitive play has begun to return, albeit in fits and starts. The suspension of...

January 22, 2020 In eSports, News, Streaming By Henrietta Jylhä

Digital athletics in analogue stadiums: Comparing gratifications for engagement between live attendance and online esports spectating

As the new year begins, so do the new leagues and qualifying rounds for the 2020 esports calendar. This year also sees the first live exhibition event held at the ICE gaming expo, with eight teams including NAVI and ENCE competing for a reported prize...

August 1, 2019 In eSports, Gambling, News By Joseph Macey

What About VGO?: The Ongoing Debate Around Loot Boxes and Virtual Item Gambling

Discussions about the potential for loot boxes to be considered as a form of gambling have maintained a consistent presence over the last few years, entering the mainstream primarily as a result of EA’s launch of Battlefront 2 in late 2017[7]. Since then there have...

January 24, 2019 In eSports, Reports, Streaming By Max Sjöblom

Esports Final Report

Click here to access the permanent Tampere University repository for the report. Download the report directly here: Esports Project Report During the past five years, the activity of watching others play competitive video games has seen a tremendous amount of growth. According to popular estimates, esports has...

September 14, 2018 In eSports, Publication, Streaming By Shuo Yang

Social motivations of live-streaming viewer engagement on Twitch

Image Source: https://screenrant.com/twitch-streaming-service-down-outage/ Live-streaming is an interactive form of internet-based multi- media entertainment that has grown rapidly in popularity world- wide since 2011. Live-streaming has become so popular that, in some cases, there are more people watching others do activities, such as play computer games, than doing...

September 11, 2018 In eSports, News By Max Sjöblom

The phenomena of esports, Yle Radio 1 show (in Finnish)

What is this whole esports phenomena about, how many people play & watch these games, and what about these huge sums of money that are starting to be part of the esports industry? To answer some of these questions, Max Sjöblom from the Gamification Group...

August 31, 2018 In eSports, Publication, Streaming By Max Sjöblom

How do people use social media at live esports events?

(heading image courtesy of Juha Immonen & Assembly) Esports has been a quickly growing phenomena during the last 3-5 years, attracting an increasing number of viewers, players, teams and businesses interested in getting a slice of the pie. While one would assume that the majority of...

July 18, 2018 In eSports, Gambling, Publication By Joseph Macey

The who, the what, and the how of video game-related gambling.

Gambling connected to esports and video games is big business, with current estimates valuing the market at several billion $US a year. Until now there has been little evidence, beyond anecdote, as to who participates in these new forms of gambling and how they play....