Children of the Coke League: New Challengers are approaching!
Now that the LCS playoffs have come to an end, an arguably more impactful series of matches are about to be played as the promotion stage takes place this week. Without further ado, here are the matchups to come. Ninjas in Pyjamas vs. Millenium (24/4/2014) Ninjas in Pyjamas were anticipated to be playing in the […]
Star Series Season 9: Star Ladder Wars
The LAN Finals of the ninth installment of Star Ladder Star Series have come to an end. In this epic four day journey, we saw the rise and fall of champions as they battled it out for a prize pool of over US$220,000. The tournament saw teams from all over the world clashing at the Cybersport […]
A day at the LCS playoffs
Despite playing and watching League of Legends since its early beta phase, I had yet to see Riot's new studio in Cologne. Obviously, I would never have been able to forgive myself for missing out on the opportunity to attend the playoffs live, so I decided to go - it would be a good day. […]
ESL One Frankfurt European Qualifier: Week 1 Recap
Last Monday, the first ESL One Frankfurt European Qualifier kicked off, where sixteen teams vied for a chance at one of the three slots that would allow them to head to Frankfurt this June. No games from Group A were played this week, but the action in Group B more than made up for it. […]
Looking back at the World Championship Series Season 1 Finals
Season 1 of the World Championship Series Europe and America came to an end on April the 13th after months of searching for the best StarCraft II players from each region. It ended with Jang “MC” Min Chul defeating Mun ”MMA” Seong Won in the European Finals and Ko “HyuN” Seok Hyun taking down Kim […]
WCS Europe Season 2 Qualifier information
Season One of the European World Championship Series has come to an end and new champions have been crowned: Jang “MC” Min Chul took first place in the European region and Ko “HyuN” Seok Hyun earned himself the title position in America. With that, it’s now time to get Season 2 started! We’ve got four […]
ESL One Frankfurt: Cosplay competition and Frankfurt Support Group
ESL One Frankfurt is looking to be one of the biggest events in gaming this year and, with thousands attending, a lot of people have already expressed interest in cosplaying at the event. We would like to give cosplayers the best possible opportunity to show off their amazing work, and so we’re happy to announce […]
Riot raises the bar: spreading the word in new ways
League of Legends is the game everyone is talking about. Despite Valve pushing Dota 2 to the limits with the by far highest prize pool in the history of eSports, Riot Games is still making the news with both their own league, the LCS, as well as the game itself, which has become the biggest […]
The WCS Europe Ro16 of the Millenium
Once again the best of the best in StarCraft II have gathered here in Europe’s eSports capital, Cologne for the WCS Europe Premier League Season 2 Round of 16. The first day here in the ESL Studios saw VortiX, Snute, ForGG and Harstem clash to determine the very first two players to move on to […]
Hearthstone arena tournaments: do they work, and are they interesting?
On May the 25th, the first Hearthstone Arena tournament was played, featuring famous streamers and players alike including Amaz, Reynad, Hafu, Massan, Tides and Trump. This was the first major arena tournament of its kind and brought with it a different flair than a regular constructed format might. The typical tournament format involves players bringing […]
