Recently, WIRED has reported on Activision Blizzard's ambition to become the "ESPN of e-sports." Now they've got even more competition, in the form of, well, ESPN.
The media conglomerate announced today the launch of a new vertical dedicated to covering the world of digital competition. The e-sports section is "our latest push to connect with this growing and passionate audience," editor-in-chief of ESPN.com Chad Millman said in a press release. To put it another way: These young people love watching imaginary people shoot each other; can we have them do that with us?
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