The $2.5 million SMITE World Championship is almost here – are you ready?
In November last year, the ESL studios in Cologne played host to the SMITE European Regional Championship, where wildcard team Aquila beat the odds and came out on top. Now playing under the Titan banner, this weekend they will be facing off against seven of the world’s top SMITE teams at the Cobb Energy Performing […]
“I just need to prove to everyone that I deserve to be in the LCS”: an interview with H2Ks Petter “Hjarnan” Freyschuss
We had the pleasure of sitting down with Petter “Hjärnan” Freyschuss, H2K Gaming’s AD carry, just after his team qualified for the LCS Spring Split 2015. Having failed to make the jump twice they finally got it, and will be participating alongside Giants! Gaming as well as the eight other teams to reach the top […]
Merry Christmas to the ESL Community
Another year comes close to its end thus it is time to look back at the past 12 months. Thanks to the support from all of you, ESL has had a great year with events in Katowice, Frankfurt, the Madison Square Garden in New York as well as the SAP Center in San José. Furthermore, the new […]
“I like to test myself”: an interview with Carlos “ocelote” Rodriguez Santiago
In the leadup to the ESL MWC Challenge at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain, on the 4th of March, ESL Spain interviewed Carlos “ocelote” Rodríguez Santiago, manager and owner of Gamers2 and long-time resident of the esports scene. Despite having retired from professional gaming himself, he plans to expand Gamers2 with a Counter-Strike: […]
Looking back at four exciting days of WCS group stage action in Cologne
Over the past four days, WCS groups C through F took place at the ESL studios in Cologne, and now the next eight finalists for the 2015 WCS Season 1 finals have been decided. Find out who advanced to the final round of 16 below! Group C G M 1. MaNa 2-0 4-0 2. […]
Get ready for the Intel Extreme Masters Katowice 2015 cosplay contest!
With cosplay at Intel Extreme Masters Katowice 2014 having been such a great success, we were excited to announce that we’d be running another cosplay competition this year, and even more excited to see what amazing costumes participants will come up with this time around! Online cosplay contest qualifier Before the main event at Intel […]
Still here after 15 years: on the importance of ESL One Cologne
It is the year 2015. In esports, a lot of frontiers have been conquered recently. The once-distant dream of filling stadiums with enthusiastic fans has become a reality not just once, but multiple times a year. Tens of thousands are travelling to events with millions more watching online, while the players onstage are true athletes […]
“If you stop moving, you’re going down”: an interview with World of Warships’ Adam Plechaty
World of Warships is the third game to be added to Wargaming’s catalog, with the developer and publisher’s previous titles World of Tanks and World of Warplanes having been released in 2010 and 2013 respectively. World of Warships will take place in oceans across the world, and promises to be different from anything we’ve seen […]
ESL Spain to host a 15,000 euro League of Legends competition at the Mobile World Congress
We’re pleased to announce that the ESL Arena will have a stage at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain, on March the 4th in order to bring you a €15,000 League of Legends tournament as well as an accompanying conference that will feature interviews with pro players, ESL partners and more. The League of […]
New languages in the Xbox App
Today, ESL is pleased to announce another major update to the Xbox App. From now on, the app is available in several languages, such as: English, German, Spanish, French, Italian, Polish and Portugese. The language automatically sets up to the standard you have on your Xbox One. Further changes include some bug fixes and improvements.
