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Why ‘Midas Mode 2’ is bad for esports

Ever since ESL’s inception, we’ve kept a saying close to our heart; ‘everybody can be somebody’. The beauty of esports is that no matter your background, you have a chance at making it big and becoming a global icon, whether that be in well established games such as Dota 2 and CSGO, or new and upcoming mobile games. Whilst only the best can make it to the top, there is no barrier to entry, making the playing field level and equal for everyone.

Intel® Extreme Masters celebrates 10th-year Anniversary in China

We are bringing the 77th edition of IEM to Beijing-Haidian to celebrate our 10th-year anniversary in China on November 7-10, 2019.

FNATIC Join The Race In Sweden

The new, revamped FNATIC roster triumphed at DreamHack Masters Malmoe and joined Team Liquid and Evil Geniuses in the race for the Intel Grand Slam. The Swedes started the tournament with a poor loss to ENCE, with their star player Jesper “JW” Wecksell calling the performance embarrassing. FNATIC then fought through the lower bracket in […]

EG Victorious at ESL One New York

Evil Geniuses have broken the hegemony of Astralis and TeamLiquid to win their first ever ESL One. EG’s victory comes nearly a year since someone other than Astralis or TeamLiquid won a Masters level tournament. It took seven tournaments for someone other than the two previous Intel Grand Slam winners to pick of a trophy. […]

Jang ‘Moon’ Jae Ho Inducted into the Esports Hall of Fame

A revolutionary Warcraft III player that set the benchmark for competitive play, the Korean is the latest to be inducted into the Esports Hall of Fame presented by paysafecard!

ESL and esports at gamescom 2019

gamescom 2019 is right around the corner, and this year ESL will as usual be setting up camp at the prestigious convention for video games and esports. As is tradition a wide variety of esport tournaments will be organised and broadcasted from the venue, including games such as League of Legends, CS GO and more.