Abstract: Driven by the rapid development of artificial intelligence, E-sports is accelerating to get rid of the traditional concept of Sedentary Sports Video. Sports based video games (MBVGs) will become the main type of E-sports. The integration of E-sports and sports is already a trend and becomes the forefront of academic research. This present paper analyzed through bibliometric method 92 SCI and SSCI papers on E-sports theme published during 2000-2018. It is found that the number of electronic competition-themed papers published on international authoritative periodicals in the last 3 years is close to the peak value; the authoritative authors are mainly from North America, Western Europe, Australia and Southeast Asia, and high frequency periodicals are mainly distributed in the fields of computer and information system, artificial intelligence, communication, psychology, sociology, humanities, leisure sports, high-frequency cited literature reveals two basic logic of electronic competition research:firstly, in terms of the logic of methodology, structural equation is an important method for the empirical study of electronic athletics; secondly,in terms of the logic of theory evolution, current research concentrates on the empirical research on players' participation motivation, violence cognition, aggressive behavior and cooperative behavior; discussion on whether E-sports is sports, and discussion on e-sports economy and its social effect. Finally, the authors reexamined the relevant literature to define the connotation of e-sports, figure out the relationship between E-sports expression and definition, the relationship between E-sports and sports, and summarize the main profit models and structure of electronic competition industry, and then put forward that the modernization of e-sports will be an important research hotspot in the future.

Key words: E-sports, professional sports, sports Internet industry, electronic games