Netflix’s High Score Explores the Life of an Esports Athlete

Netflix is about to launch a brand new documentary collection all about video games known as High Score tomorrow, August 19th. The six-episode season covers a whole lot of floor, and as you’ll be able to see in an unique clip that was supplied to ComicBook.com, that features checking in on the state of esports and what it really seems to be prefer to be somebody on a type of groups.

The clip, which you’ll take a look at above, options what seems to be the Kyoto Susanoo (now SG8) esports group doing a number of workout routines. Essentially, the clip notes, whereas the precise competitors may be a digital one, esports requires some important bodily stamina as effectively. And esports, as an entire, is just rising.

Here is the synopsis for the upcoming documentary collection, straight from Netflix:

“High Score is a documentary collection concerning the golden age of video games, when legends – from Pac-Man to Doom – have been delivered to life. Through ingenuity and sheer drive of will, pc pioneers and visionary artists from across the globe spawned the long-lasting worlds of Space Invaders, Final Fantasy, Street Fighter II, Mortal Kombat, Sonic the Hedgehog, John Madden Football, and past. Without guidelines or roadmaps, gamers and innovators alike pushed the bounds of cash to be made, rivals to be crushed, and hearts to be gained. This is the story of the brains behind the pixels and the way their unmatched innovation constructed a multi-billion greenback trade – virtually by chance.”

The six-episode first season of High Score is about to launch tomorrow, August 19th, on Netflix. You can take a look at all of our previous coverage of Netflix right here.

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