3.Nintendo
After the massive success of its innovative platform, the Switch, the Japanese gaming juggernaut Nintendo aims to offer groundbreaking games and gaming experience to players across the world. The company has a solid track record of innovations in the gaming industry and the Nintendo Switch is set to be a game-changer for the company’s esports business. Following its passion toward esports, Nintendo launched the much-awaited Super Smash Bros at Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) in Los Angeles this year. Super Smash Bros is likely to be one of the major boosters for Nintendo to strongly penetrate the global esports market. Nintendo acquired the largest console distributer Jesnet in 2016, making it one of the world’s largest esports companies.
4.Riot Games
Riot Games is the developer of the most popular online game League of Legends. The debut game of Riot Games was launched in 2009 and has been growing ever since in terms of both revenues and users. The game is played by more than 100 million players, making it the most played video game across the world. After realizing the growing demand for the esports across the world, Riot Games introduced the League of Legends World Championship Series which has helped them mark strong position in the global esports industry. Riot Games was acquired by Tencent Holdings in 2015 for $400 million. Riot Games acquired Radiant Entertainment, a PC games maker in 2016.
