On the road to the ESL One Cologne 2014 CS:GO Championship!
US$250,000 will soon be on the line as the world’s best CS:GO players clash in Cologne. At gamescom, big favorites Ninjas in Pyjamas, Fnatic and Virtus.pro will be joined by 13 other teams to make up a total of 16 participants from all over the world. While Europe and Oceania are still in the qualification […]
Time is running out! Intel Extreme Masters Shenzhen Hearthstone day two recap
The group stages are now over and the playoffs have begun! The Hearthstone matches today at Intel Extreme Masters Shenzhen were nerve-wracking to say the least. In case you missed them here’s a recap of today’s matches. Quarterfinal match 1: StrifeCro vs. Azeri The first match of the day was between StrifeCro of Team Liquid […]
ESL Pro Series Germany heats up before the group stage
With the fifth cup in all four games now played, the ESL Pro Series Germany has just finished the first stage of its summer season. The cup stage, which saw both last season’s top eight and teams from the A-Series meet, resulted in some quite interesting results, with none of the four games’ champions emerging […]
The first day of Intel Extreme Masters Shenzhen is over!
Intel Extreme Masters Season 9 kicked off at the Shenzhen Cartoon and Animation Festival today, and Chinese fans came out in their droves to watch the exciting Hearthstone and StarCraft games. Although there were a variety of technical issues, for which we are extremely sorry, there were a lot of good games, and we look […]
LCS Forecast: Will the favorites become clearer?
With the recent results in both the NA and EU LCS, the favorites have been thoroughly shaken up. While in North America LMQ and Counter Logic Gaming have set themselves apart from the others at the top, the European LCS the teams are being put under some pressure as Fnatic and ROCCAT both hit good […]
Hearthstone groups are drawn for Intel Extreme Masters Shenzhen
Hearthstone debuted at the Intel Extreme Masters Season 8 World Championship in Katowice with a small four-man tournament. Coming into the ninth season, however, the stakes have been raised, with a US$10,000 prize pool now up for grabs! The groups have been drawn, and with a mix of familiar faces and lesser-known players, it will […]
Eight team roster for the main event at TI4 locked in
There has been no shortage of competitive Dota 2 for the past week, a total of 144 games having been played out thus far. With a grand prize of almost US$5 million, it’s safe to say that all of the teams have been playing lights-out games. However, now 41 teams from the regional qualifiers have […]
Two new qualification slots open in the WCS Europe Ladder Wildcard Qualifier
The WCS Europe Challenger qualifiers began last week, and since then two more qualifier cups have been played out. These qualifiers were restricted to players from the European, Middle Eastern and African regions. Here are the results: Qualifier 1 Mihaylo “Kas” Hayda (Terran) Viktor “Miniraser” Malmberg (Zerg) Tobias ShoWTimE” Sieber (Protoss) Joona “Serral” Sotala (Zerg) […]
Intel Extreme Masters Shenzhen: bracket stacked with hope
With 4000 WCS points and US$25,000 up for grabs, the Intel Extreme Masters in Shenzhen is sure to see some of the best names in StarCraft II fighting tooth and nail for every map. The fierce competition and promise of 750 WCS points to the winner can only serve as motivation for the 16 players […]
Witness SMITE history right here at the ESL studios
Earlier this month, we announced that a massive US$50,000 Smite tournament was to be held right here at the ESL studios in Cologne, and with tickets now on sale, it’s the perfect opportunity for you to come along and witness a part of competitive SMITE history in person. With the US$600,000 World Championship finals to […]
