A weekend of eSports awaits, but which will you choose?
This weekend three major tournaments will see their winners being crowned. Starting off tonight with Intel Extreme Masters in Toronto, Canada, the StarCraft II elite will clash, followed by the Halo: The Master Chief Collection PAX Prime Showdown and the Season 4 Wargaming League Europe. Here’s all the information you need to make sure you […]
Additional €2,000 up for grabs for Europe’s best S.K.I.L.L. – Special Force 2 players!
Yesterday ESL announced the first official LAN event for S.K.I.L.L. – Special Force 2 powered by Gameforge. With a prize pool of €10,000 bolstered by community contributions in the form of in-game purchases of the S.K.I.L.L. – Special Force 2 Summer 2014 shirt, the stakes for serious S.K.I.L.L. players were higher than ever before. However, […]
Epic eSports as decided by you: the top 10 ESL videos of all time
Who decides the top ten ESL YouTube videos? You do! Or at least you have… We’ve collected the top ten most-viewed ESL YouTube videos and assembled them here for you in ascending order. Take a look – some of them might surprise you! 10) ESL’s League of Legends Harlem Shake Views: 626,729+ This may just […]
In the hands of the fans: LAN events and their role in the evolution of eSports
eSports have been evolving rapidly over the past few years. We have seen more and more teams enter the fray, with organizers constantly planning the next big eSports event. Because eSports is still such a young industry, there is no standardized way to put on an event, which is why we see such a variety […]
SMITE Pro League to join the ESL Fantasy lineup!
Wednesday the 27th of August not only marks the start of the SMITE Pro League but also the addition of a new game to ESL Fantasy. Joining League of Legends, StarCraft II and CS:GO, SMITE is the now fourth game to be supported in our very own Fantasy league! Get started! How it […]
WCS America heads into a hopeful RO16 for foreigners
Korean players reigned supreme in last season’s WCS America, conceding only three spots in the RO16 to foreign players. This time around, the number of foreigners to make it through has doubled, with the most representation from North America since WCS was revamped in 2013. With the odds still stacked against them, let’s have a […]
ESL One New York ticket guide
Tickets for ESL One New York are now on sale! Buy your ESL One New York tickets now! Tickets for ESL One New York, which is being held at the Theater in Madison Square Garden, went on Tuesday the 26th of August at 18:00 CEST (12:00 EDT). However, there are four different ticket tiers to […]
6 reasons you should watch World of Tanks this weekend
Season 4 of the Wargaming League Europe culminates in an epic finals between the top six teams at ESL’s studios in Cologne, Germany, this weekend. Now, there’s nothing better than watching tanks blow each other up, but if you need more convincing, here’s a taster of what’s to come… Tanks blow each other up I […]
Intel Extreme Masters Toronto groups: so hype you could cry
The excitement building around StarCraft 2 late last week wasn’t just because of amazing upcoming tournaments like the Red Bull Battlegrounds in Detroit. The buzz burst out of the Twittersphere like candy from the pinata: The groups for Intel Extreme Masters Toronto had been drawn, and they were freaking #HyuNbelievable. With 4,000 WCS points and […]
10 awesome cosplays we saw at gamescom 2014
Here at ESL, we love cosplay, and with gamescom having had its own dedicated cosplay village, our photographers were bound to capture some on film sooner or later. While we may not have been able to recognize all of the characters (alas, our combined pop culture knowledge is not yet infallible), we were certainly able […]
