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There has been talk for a while of gaming being about to enter a golden age.
A glimpse of that came to Worcester in 2019 when the annual Shine Super Smash Bros. Competition was held at the DCU Convention Center for the first time, with thousands of people in attendance. For the final matches between elite players, the stream racked up more than 10 million unique views.
That was just esports, and pre-pandemic. The unknowing might just have shrugged.
However, I think it (gaming) was entering a golden age, said Timothy Loew, executive director of Massachusetts Digital Games Institute (MassDiGI) based at Becker College.