Mobile esports no longer needs defending. EWC 2025 drew record viewership and attendance as mobile titles now sit alongside legacy PC franchises.
The Road to EWC program is pulling players from regions that competitive esports has largely ignored. Esports Foundation chief games officer Fabian Scheuermann discusses the criteria for game selection in EWC, the commercial advantages of mobile over PC and console, and the implications of StarCraft 2's exclusion from this year's lineup.
