Runner-up left in the dust as Season 2 winner races to 4-0 victory
The all-Korean Season 2 World Championship Series finals came to an end today as StarDust defeated San in a dominant 4-0 series. Having defeated Golden and ForGG (respectively) to advance, both Protoss players had proven themselves supreme ahead of the matchup. Here’s a look at the action that lead to the US$25,000 showdown… San vs. […]
WCS Europe: The mighty fall and the foreign hope dies
The first day of the StarCraft II World Championship Series Europe Season 2 Finals is over. It brought with it quite a few surprises, upsets and intense matches between the eight players that made it this far. This chain of upsets and other events was kicked off by the first series of the day between […]
He's Hyunbelievable: "I will win WCS for Revival"
It has been eight years since Ko Seok “HyuN” began his career as a pro-gamer. While he never stood among Bisu, Flash, JaeDong or the other titans of BroodWar, StarCraft II would be HyuN’s time to cast his shadow on the competition. Today any pro would quake in fear the second they heard that their […]
Cosplay at ESL One Frankfurt 2014
There was so much to see and do at ESL One Frankfurt, but we have to take a moment to give a special shout-out to all the amazing cosplayers who turned up at the Commerzbank Arena. Their participation went so much further than just competing in the cosplay competition, with so many awesomely costume characters […]
Top 10 moments at ESL One Frankfurt
ESL One Frankfurt was a legendary event that spanned two days and saw more than 25,000 people enter the Commerzbank-Arena. With an event this big, incredible things happen all over the place! Whether it was on the big screen or in the player lounges, here are the top ten moments from ESL One Frankfurt. 10. […]
eSports for everyone! Experience the ESL Arena in all its glory
The ESL Arena at gamescom is not only the place to see the best Counter-Strike: Global Offensive and Battlefield 4 teams in the world compete against each other - it’s also an opportunity for every single member of the audience to become a star themselves as several of our partners are giving you the unique […]
Two big teams fall once more in the groups C and D of ESL One Cologne
Groups C and D were here to once again not only bring the winners of the two major tournaments so far but also one former top team trying to win back their former status. With Virtus.pro, Fnatic, Titan an more waiting, the games only got got get better! Group C: A champion in freefall? Virtus.pro […]
“I'd rather reward good teamplay than nerf it for the sake of balance”: an interview with Magicka: Wizard Wars' David Nisshagen
Last week, we had the opportunity to interview David Nisshagen, lead designer of Magicka: Wizard Wars, which recently gained its own Go4 series here at ESL. Read on to find out what he had to say about this latest instalment in the Magicka series as well as its all-important competitive play potential. ESL: Thanks for […]
French Friday for ESL One Cologne's groups A and B
After a first day of breathtaking matches including Titan and Cloud 9’s overtime marathon watched by over 257,000 fans on GOTV alone, we’re heading into more CS:GO madness today. The matches did have some surprises, like some games being way closer or clearer than most fans expected, while we also saw Cobblestone and Overpass premier […]
“No matter what you do before the event, the unexpected will happen”: an interview with Wargaming’s head of eSports
World of Tanks is rapidly becoming one of the biggest eSports titles in the world, with over USD$2.5 million in prize money awarded globally this year alone. With a truly epic Grand Finals event having happened in April 2014 and Season 5 on the way, we took the opportunity to speak to Nicolas Passemard about […]
