<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/news/blog/2019/esports.php" dsn="blogs"><type>Internal</type><external_link/><featured/><category>The Charger Blog</category><pubDate>03/14/2019</pubDate><title>Tournament Reflects Increasing Popularity of ESports on Campus</title><description>ESports, organized, multiplayer video game competitions, are becoming increasingly popular across the country – including at the University of New Haven, where students come together for friendly competitions.</description><hide-description/><author>Renee Chmiel, Office of Marketing and Communications</author><author-details/><hide-author/><date>March 14, 2019</date><image><img src="https://newhaven.edu/_resources/images/engineering/news/2019/esports-students.jpg" alt="Image of eSports tournament"/></image><image-caption>An eSports tournament featuring the popular Super Smash Bros. game brought students together on campus.</image-caption><hide-image/><tags><tag>News</tag><tag>news-all</tag><tag>news-blog</tag><tag>year-2019</tag></tags></item>