The top five League of Legends moments of Intel Extreme Masters Taipei
With Katowice on the horizon, there was a lot at stake for the League of Legends teams at Intel Extreme Masters Taipei - only one team could go home with a ticket to the World Championship. This translated into some beautiful plays, niche picks and epic comebacks. Let’s take a look at our top five! […]
Crowning the champion: the thrilling conclusion to StarCraft II at Intel Extreme Masters Taipei
What a tournament! It’s not a big stretch at all to say that Intel Extreme Masters Taipei had one of the best rounds of four of all time, with its final four contestants being some of the best players of their respective races. And, after a lot of banter from the players following yesterday’s quarterfinals, […]
The Go4InfiniteCrisis Season 2 international final is almost here!
There’s something special on the horizon in the DC Universe for Valentine’s Day - Infinite Crisis will be hosting its US$27,000 Go4 Season 2 finals at the ESL Studios in Cologne. With the first place team to take home the lion’s share of US$15,000 and second place and third/fourth earning US$6,500 and US$3,000 respectively, there […]
From dark horses to heroes: Apollo tells us who to keep an eye on at Intel Extreme Masters Katowice
Even though we’re only a couple of months into 2015, the Intel Extreme Masters World Championship is just days away from beginning. We’re approaching the end of Season 9, which has provided us with some of the very best StarCraft action from the world’s greatest players. With multiple online qualifiers and an open bracket for […]
Finding Spain’s finest: a look back at the ESL Arena at the Mobile World Congress
ESL Spain had the privilege of hosting two League of Legends tournaments - the Major ESL Arena final and the ESL MWC Challenge - as well as multiple business and networking panels at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona last week. 75,000 viewers tuned into the broadcast on Twitch, but if you missed out on […]
"Hopefully it'll be us who claim the first title for the USA": Cloud9 talk ESL One Katowice 2015
After dropping out during the group stage of DreamHack Winter, Cloud9 was left to qualify for ESL One Katowice after a series of top eight placements in every major so far. Now Jordan “n0thing” Gilbert and his team are back for the main event in Katowice, so we spoke about the North American scene, other […]
"We have a new roster that is hungry to win": an interview with Evil Geniuses' Saahil "Universe" Arora
Last week we announced that Evil Geniuses will be one of the invited teams for ESL One Frankfurt 2015. Long-time offlaner Saahil “Universe” Arora had a few things to say about his team chances in the tournament as well as how his new teammates are performing! ESL: EG has finished in second place during both […]
Paul "ReDeYe" Chaloner to step down from his position at ESL
After two and a half years of creating amazing esports together with ESL, today we announce that, as of the beginning of April this year, Paul "ReDeYe" Chaloner will be stepping down from his position at ESL to pursue new opportunities. As one of the true veterans of esports, it has been a great pleasure […]
"I want to win this IEM Katowice": catching up with Lee "Life" Seung Hyun before the World Championship
We chatted with reigning World Champion and most recent Intel Extreme Masters champion Life to get his thoughts on Intel Extreme Masters Katowice. Despite a surprising recent 3-4 loss late last week to Dream, this Zerg is still at the top of his game. ESL: Congratulations on your comeback win at Taipei! What edged Maru […]
The ESL One Katowice Counter-Strike: Global Offensive survival guide
Next Thursday, ESL One Katowice will kick off and see 16 teams bring all they’ve got to succeed in the US$250,000 tournament. To help you prepare for these four days of Counter-Strike action, we’re giving you all the information you need to know in one place. Key information Where? IEM Expo at the Spodek arena, […]
