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Group D: Where the D stands for death

With shared third place at DreamHack Winter, compLexity put US teams back on the map for CS:GO. Winning against Titan and HellRaisers was more than one could have expected after the results at ESWC. However, hope for a big hit at the ESEA 15 Finals have been crushed by Titan and iBP, who made sure […]

Wargaming.net League Grand Final Teams Revealed

With the Grand Finals fast approaching, it's time to take a look at the teams that will be battling it out for glory in Warsaw, Poland. Fourteen teams have qualified to take part: twelve of them earned their spots as a result of their performance in regional Wargamint.net League stages, whilst the remaining two were […]

The return of Team World Elite

Friday's second group B matchup finds new kid Cloud 9 HyperX squaring off against relative old timer World Elite. Both teams are going strong at the moment, with Cloud 9 HyperX having achieved second place in the North American LCS and World Elite having had an impeccable start in the LPL but dropping to second […]

Brace yourself, Katowice is coming

Starting this Thursday, ESL will host an epic eSports marathon where players and teams battle it out for over US$500,000 in prize money in Katowice’s Spodek arena. Featuring both of ESL’s premier global competitions, Katowice will see the Intel Extreme Masters World Championship played out in StarCraft 2, League of Legends and Hearthstone as well […]

Group C: Can the champion of DreamHack surprise again?

By winning DreamHack Winter, the first Valve-supported tournament, Fnatic left a lot of fans puzzled - this was first major tournament in which they were the ones showing the big names the door. Indeed, HeatoN's quote from an onGamers interview - "We didn't consider Fnatic to be one of the top five teams at the time and […]

Katowice Group B: Bebe's big adventure

Group B's first matchup is one with a history. Back when the Asian scene first made its entry onto the world stage, Gambit, then playing under the handle Moscow Five, would be the one to defend Europe's glory and prove their region's relevance. During the Season 2 World Championship, they were favorites to take down […]

Intel Extreme Masters World Championship just got that much cooler

ESL today announced that the Intel Extreme Masters World Championship in Katowice will have Cooler Master sponsorship, thanks to a global partnership between the two companies. The elite pro gaming tour’s World Championship take place in the Spodek Arena in Katowice, Poland from March the 14th to the 16th and will feature the very best […]

Group B: How to ambush the Ninjas in Pyjamas?

The end of last year was a tough one for Ninjas in Pyjamas. After a very good start, during which they consistently won all events that came their way, a challenger arose in the form of Titan, which grew stronger and made their lives a lot harder. After a successful Spring Season of EMS One, […]

5 things that didn't change in 8 years of Intel Extreme Masters

With the conclusion of the eighth Intel Extreme Masters season only a few days away, we'd like to take you on a little nostalgia trip all the way back to 2006, when filling a stadium full of eSports was nothing but a pipe dream.   While a lot has changed in eight years, however, a […]