Next month, we will release our new website which will be at the heart of our campaign to propel the competitive gaming industry to untold heights.

WHY?

The whole Intergalactic Team composes of gamers, varying in commitment. Regardless of the time that we spend gaming, varied as it is, we all share one thing in common. The desire to be the best. This inherent competitive characteristic exists in many of us and has been influential in the rise of sports from Ancient times.

As avid gamers, we have seen first hand the exponential growth of esports over the last decade. Moreover, we have envisaged exciting prospects for the nascent industry.

The key driving factors for this growth have included:

Improved Technology & Internet Connectivity for Online Play

Rising Popularity of Gaming within Society

Inherent Competitive Nature of Humans

Social Media & Online Streaming Capabilities

Accessibility of Gaming Devices

We firmly believe that esports has the potential to breakdown geographical barriers in a way that traditional sports, even football, have often struggled with. Consequently, our vision sees the esports industry surpassing traditional sports, in terms of both size and revenue, in the not too distant future. We want to be a part of this drastic evolution.

According to NewZoo, the leading market research company within gaming, the esports industry will generate in excess of $1 billion dollars this year. The globalised nature of esports provides the opportunity for revenue to be generated from a variety of sources; including advertising, sponsorship, merchandise, tickets, media rights, prize pools and fantasy sites, to name a few.

Despite this impressive growth (over 35% YOY), for our vision to come to fruition — there are a number of barriers that we have observed, which must be mitigated. These barriers are hindering the total mainstream adoption and monetisation of esports, and hence preventing the industry’s potential from being realised.

The 5 key barriers we have observed include:

Gamer Retention & Replay Value

Heavily Fragmented Landscape

Immaturity of Market — Instability, lack of infrastructure…

Accessibility

Stereotypes

Wherever there are pain points prevalent in an industry, there is opportunity to provide a solution that mitigates or removes the hindering factors. As individuals who love gaming, the passion within esports and the remarkable journey the industry has taken, we would love to see nothing more than the esports industry flourish. We feel we are responsible to tackling these pertinent issues across the landscape.

We have spent the last 3 years watching the market with an eagle eye, developing our initial concept into a multi-faceted ecosystem that will provide a unique user experience to a variety of key stakeholders across the esports landscape.

WHO?

Intergalactic Gaming will develop a web-based platform that will cater to a number of key stakeholders across the landscape, enhancing their competitive gaming experience.

Gamers & Teams

Brands

Professionals

Wider Public

HOW?

You may be thinking, how will we go about resolving these barriers? How will we spearhead the growth of the esports industry forward?

In simple terms, we will provide a unique ecosystem which interconnects the stakeholders throughout the fragmented landscape in a never seen before way. Our vision has been made possible through innovative technologies, such as blockchain. Furthermore, our comprehensive features will be gamer centric, whilst also incentivising and rewarding the co-creation of a global competitive gaming economy.

WHEN?

A detailed road map will be released following from the launch of our new website, outlining the schedule of our project.

More information will be released over the next few months as we begin development of our platform.

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