E3 2016: EA Leaning More into eSports With Upcoming Titles

<p>EA Play is currently underway and it looks like EA Sports is doubling down on eSports&period; The publisher brought Peter Moore to the stage to talk about the future of EA Sports titles and how they would be leaning more into the eSports circuit&period; They announced three types of events centered around multiplayer&colon; Challenger&comma; Premier and EA Major Events&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The Challenger series will allow for players to host tournaments and spark a fire in the competition between players&period; Then there are the Premier events which will involve affiliation with other companies&period; EA Major events will offer tournaments hosted by EA&comma; and the first time this will be shown in action is with <em>Madden 17<&sol;em>&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The Championship Series for <em>Madden 17<&sol;em> will offer a &dollar;1 million prize pool for players that are willing to compete in the tournaments&period; EA Play will continue and show more sports games and perhaps how they might tie into this new eSports initiative&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>Source&colon; EA Play E3 Press Conference<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;