The Associated Press says it's 'esports' not 'eSports'

Dom Sacco, Senior Editor

Last Updated: 28/03/2017

Writing and editing reference the Associated Press Stylebook is set to recognise competitive gaming as ‘esports’ with a lower case ‘s’.
That means no more ‘eSports’, ‘e-Sports’ or even ‘eSportz’.
The reason for it being recognised as ‘esports’? “Industry trends and general usage,” apparently.
Glad that’s settled then.

The AP editors: “Some decisions were easy. But ‘esports’ wasn’t one of them.” #ACES2017 pic.twitter.com/JFSYD2hSlo

— Mededitor (@Mededitor) March 24, 2017

Since so many of you are asking: AP style is now esports, due to “industry trends and general usage.”

— Lou Kesten (@lkesten) March 25, 2017

British esports host Paul “ReDeYe” Chaloner is one of esports’ (with a lower case ‘s’) strongest advocates. He reacted with this tweet:

If the AP style guide says esports, lose the capital S you heathens.

— ReDeYe (@PaulChaloner) March 24, 2017

The Associated Press have also recognised ‘internet’ with a lower case ‘i’ and have removed the hyphen from ‘e-mail’ to become ’email’.
The Associated Press is a news agency whose content is published by thousands of publications and broadcasters around the world. Its Stylebook is widely regarded as an acceptable standard in publishing.
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Source: Polygon

Dom Sacco, Senior Editor

Dom is an award-winning writer and finalist of the Esports Journalist of the Year 2023 award. He has almost two decades of experience in journalism, and left Esports News UK in June 2025. As a long-time gamer having first picked up the NES controller in the late '80s, he has written for a range of publications including GamesTM, Nintendo Official Magazine, industry publication MCV and others. He also previously worked as head of content for the British Esports Federation.

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