Esports Bucket List

Experience the excitement of a live esports tournament, where the best gamers compete for glory

Participate in a competitive esports tournament, showcasing skills in your favorite video game

Play Counter-Strike, a popular first-person shooter game known for its competitive gameplay and team-based strategy.

Play DotA, a popular multiplayer online battle arena (MOBA) game known for its strategic depth and competitive scene.

Quake III rebuilt to run in a browser, then moved to Steam; the arena game kept alive for a decade.

The arena shooter with per-character abilities, which split the people who wanted Quake III back.

Climb the tier ladder past the bots to Xaero, then stay for the rocket jumps and rail shots.

Compete or spectate at the official Pokémon World Championship tournament for video games and trading card games.

Play Dota 2, a popular multiplayer online battle arena (MOBA) game developed by Valve.

Play Counter-Strike 2, a popular first-person shooter game

The version that made the game an esport and the skin economy that came with it.

The 2004 port to the Half-Life 2 engine: physics, ragdolls and an argument about de_dust2 that lasted a decade.

Learn one game well enough to route it, then submit a run with the timer visible - any%, glitchless, whatever the leaderboard runs.

Built around the FIA online championships, with a sportsmanship rating that decides who you race.

A subscription, a licence class and races at fixed times with stewards who hand out penalties.

Five versus five, free to play, and the PvE that never arrived.

Parries, hand-drawn animation and the greatest comeback in fighting-game history.

The expansion whose balance held up as an esport for two decades.

V-Triggers and a rough launch that a decade of updates repaired.

Drive Impact, modern controls and World Tour; the fighting game of the 2020s.

The Heat system and Jin versus Kazuya; the 3D fighter's latest.

Arc System Works' anime fighter with rock music and the best-looking 2D in the genre.

Five attackers, five defenders, destructible walls; the tactical shooter esport.

Counter-Strike with abilities; Riot's tactical shooter.

The King of Iron Fist Tournament, Heihachi and Kazuya into a volcano; the 3D fighter.

The fighting game revival of 2008, in 2.5D with focus attacks.

The RTS esport of the 2010s; Wings of Liberty, Heart of the Swarm, Legacy of the Void.

Five versus five on Summoner's Rift; the biggest esport in the world.

Tracer, Mercy and payload maps; Blizzard's hero shooter.