Intel Extreme Masters in Katowice 2014: The Infographic
In November 2013, ESL broke records with its Intel Extreme Masters in Cologne event as viewership skyrocketed to 302,000 concurrent viewers on Twitch. The Intel Extreme Masters World Championship in Katowice saw that number and topped it by over 200k, reaching a peak of 511,000 concurrent viewers on stream. Michal "Carmac" Blicharz, Managing Director of […]
Europe's top 16 meets in the ESL TV Studio
Only eight players are going to survive the Round of 16 of WCS EU's Premier League, which starts on Tuesday and lasts until Friday. Every day four players will be competing for two precious spots in the League Finals, where the first European champion of 2014 is going to be determined two weeks later on April […]
The English communication officers join the battle
The Wargaming.net League Grand Finals are almost ready to start! In two weeks, the fourteen best teams in the world will compete in Warsaw, Poland, to decide who among them is the strongest. To bring you these amazing games, Wargaming.net has chosen some of the best talent possible for its English broadcasting crew. Hosting the […]
Commentators choice: best matches from Katowice
In the week that’s passed since the Intel Extreme Masters World Championship, we’ve caught up with some of the people closest to the games: the commentators themselves. Take a look at what they had to say about the week’s games as we say a final goodbye to Season 8 of the Intel Extreme Masters. More […]
Thank you, fans of Katowice!
It’s hard to talk about this year’s Intel Extreme Masters in Katowice without using a lot of superlatives. It was four days of amazing eSports with incredible performances by the players, teams, commentators, the crew. However, it would not have been nearly as magical without the incredible crowd. Sporting signs, costumes and very vocal support […]
Cosplay at the Intel Extreme Masters in Katowice 2014
Where there’s a massive video gaming event, there’s cosplay, and the Intel Extreme Masters World Championship in Katowice was no exception. We’ve assembled a photo gallery of some of the best shots our photographers managed to snap here. YouTuber Vizdu also made a great video of some of the cosplays, which you take a look […]
What ESL One Frankfurt is and why you need to go
2006 Germany World Cup football stadium the Commerzbank-Arena is set to host ESL’s largest ever Dota 2 event come June 28th: ESL One Frankfurt 2014. The announcement came several weeks ago as ESL launched its new tournament series ESL One, which aims to act as a counterpart to the Intel Extreme Masters circuit currently featuring StarCraft […]
More Premium tickets released for ESL One
After the success of the Early Bird Premium ticket sales, ESL is pleased to announce that it will be adding more Premium tickets to the third wave of ticket sales of the ESL One Frankfurt. Fans will be able to purchase a Premium ticket for €149.90, granting them entrance on both Saturday the 28th of […]
Smash is back: a new era of Super Smash Bros. Melee
Super Smash Bros. is a well-known brand. Gaming aficionados of all age groups are likely to have played at least one installment of the Nintendo all-star fighting games series, which has been around since the original Super Smash Bros 64 in 1999. Those born in the early to mid ‘90s were of the Super Smash […]
Why I'm in love with Titanfall
This isn't going to be a review for Titanfall as a game, as there are tons of good comprehensive ones out there. As a competitive gamer at heart I want to look at Titanfall as a potential eSports title. That having been said, in case you haven't bought Titanfall yet: buy it. If you have […]
