TV HISTORIAN DAN SNOW ANNOUNCES HISTORICAL ESPORTS TOURNAMENTS WITH PRIZE POOL OF $10,000

• History Hit extends their platform into the esports entertainment sector
• The history site also announces two esport tournaments
• The competition will be taking place in Autumn 2021, where gamers have a chance to win a combined prize pool of $10,000

History Hit, an award winning podcast network and online history channel, has announced a new dedicated gaming section focusing on esports with a historical strategy theme. You can view the page here: https://www.historyhit.com/gaming/

The new section will extend History Hit’s unique offering as part of a diverse product portfolio which includes a fast-growing podcast network, a subscription video on demand service, an informational website and extensive social community. The site will feature regular articles on historical video games with deep dives into game features, tips on how to play, and new game announcements.

Additionally, History Hit will also be an active player in the world’s biggest entertainment sector by launching its own live esports tournaments this Autumn, to be broadcast live on History Hit’s YouTube channel and Twitch account.

Historian, Dan Snow, comments: “Ever since that memorable week when I switched off my phone, stockpiled supplies and spent every waking hour playing Civilization II, I have been obsessed with historical gaming. I saw instantly that these games entertain but they also educate. So many people confide to me that they were introduced to a love of history by Age of Empires, or Total War.

“Like historical novels, games fire the imagination, captivate and set people on the path to a fascination with what has gone before. We have a lot of passionate historical strategy gamers on Team History Hit so it was the natural thing to launch our new gaming section. We’ll be letting our history mad audience know which are the best history games out there and how to play them.

“Most excitingly of all we will be hosting esports tournaments. What could be more historic? Tournaments date from the 12th Century, this modern incarnation is literally in the spirit of its medieval ancestors.”

James Carson, General Manager at History Hit, feels that E-Sports offers an exciting opportunity to connect history with a new global audience:

“History Hit is dedicated to making history more accessible in the digital age. Having been a player of historical games for over 25 years, history and gaming is a clear fit – we will offer something very different to other gaming websites by only covering games that are clearly based in history.

“We’re really excited about connecting this vast global community with our dedicated digital history channels.”

The two announced esport tournaments will focus on the classic Age of Empires franchise, which already has a burgeoning esports community, and will be played in the Autumn 2021. The first, named the History Hit Open, will be a knockout focused on Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition.

The second tournament will be called The History Hit League of Nation and be a league, played after the much-anticipated Age of Empires IV is released. There is a combined prize pool of $10,000, with more details to follow.

“We’re looking for advanced level Age of Empires II players to compete in our first live tournament. The finals will be an 8-player knockout similar to any standard sporting knockout. Each match will be played as a best of 3 or 5 across a variety of maps.” adds Carson.