On January 9, 2019, the first Research Center for eSports Law (Forschungsstelle für eSport-Recht) in Germany was founded at the Faculty of Law of the University of Augsburg. It is an independent institution of the Faculty of Law and deals with the numerous legal questions that have arisen for several years due to the rapid growth of eSports. Research is required due to the special features of the industry. New parties (e.g., international publishers) meet familiar conditions (e.g., classical sports law) and future challenges (e.g., digitisation and Industry 4.0). The research interest is further strengthened by economic aspects; eSports is a rapidly growing branch of the economy. This explains on the one hand the inclusion into the German coalition agreement for the 19th legislative period and on the other hand the establishment of the "German Games Fund" (50 million euros) in the federal budget for 2019. The aim of the institution is to conduct legal research in the field of eSports in order to support the development of the industry. In addition, the research center sees itself as a point of contact for politicians, ministries, associations and companies. Head of the research center is Prof. Dr. Martin Maties. It was established by Prof. Dr. Martin Maties, Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Michael Kubiciel, Nepomuk Nothelfer, Dipl.-Jur. (Univ.) and Philipp Schlotthauer, Dipl.-Jur. (Univ.). All those involved are looking forward to the challenges of a subject that has so far only been sparsely examined from a legal point of view.