Razer Launches eSports Documentary On Dota 2, Starcraft And League Of Legends [VIDEO]

For most people it would be hard to fathom how the generation of today could thrive on eSports for a living. China has broken new ground when it opened a new course dedicated to teaching students how to master Defence of the Ancients (DOTA), an online eSports community. A lot of eSports players are going full time as players looking at tournament cash prizes as payouts with organizers offering almost $10 million cash prizes in single competitions alone.

Given the growth and following of these games, Razer, the hardware manufacturer for server company Valve embarks on a mission to lift the awareness to a higher level by focusing on how online gaming has inculcated the minds of the youth by going deep into the recesses on the history of three games namely, Starcraft, DOTA and league of Legends.

Razer is producing the three-part series entitled, "Team Razer: Great Games" that will focus on the origin of the said eSports games and will follow the top players from each genre. The first instalment will focus on Starcraft and its sequel; the second will be chiefly about DOTA while the last of the series will shift its focus on League of Legends as divulged by Eurogamer.net.

Valve was the first trail the blaze for producing eeSports documentaries when it launched "The International" earlier this year which was aimed at spreading word of mouth on the world of eSports. Riot followed suit by focusing on the game League of legends and the day to day life of its top players in the video entitled, "Road to Worlds". Now, Razer is lifting the documentary competition higher with its expanded offering.

The first episode aired Saturday and the crew traveled to the birth place of the Starcraft franchise in South Korea. It also featured two of the game's best players in Jaedong and Flash who gave interviews on their rise to eSports superstardom. The next two episodes are already slated to air in the following weekend as reported in Razer's official website.

"GG. It's the universal sign-off for those players who know they've been beaten in the toughest mental arena of modern gaming: eSports. "Great Games" follows 3 of the most well known eSports today - StarCraft, Dota 2 and League of Legends - bringing the history and the people of the newest sporting frontier into the spotlight," Razer writes in the front page of its website bearing the logo for the documentary.

Watch the first part of the eSports documentary on Starcraft below:

(Youtube/Razer)