ESL and Intel bring the IEM World Championship back to Katowice on March 4-6, 2016

US$350,000 in prize money across Counter-Strike: Global Offensive and League of Legends The annual Intel® Extreme Masters World Championship tournament is set to once again play out in Katowice, Poland, a city now synonymous with world class esports competition. The Spodek Arena will host competition from March 4-6, 2016 with a prize pool of $350,000 […]

Intel CEO to play in charity esports match at Intel® Extreme Masters San Jose

Intel’s leader to play in a League of Legends exhibition match to raise funds for The Cybersmile Foundation ESL, the world’s largest esports company, today announced that Intel CEO, Brian Krzanich, will be participating in a charity League of Legends match at the upcoming Intel® Extreme Masters San Jose event. Krzanich will be joined by […]

Intel Extreme Masters San Jose Announces Amazon.com as Retail Sponsor

Exclusive deals and $25,000 addition to the prize pool from Amazon.com ESL, the world’s largest esports company today announced Amazon.com to be the retail sponsor of Intel Extreme Masters San Jose, the upcoming stop on the world’s most premier esports tour. Through the sponsorship, shoppers on www.Amazon.com/IEM will find promotions from Intel Extreme Masters’ lineup of sponsors […]

ESL Mortal Kombat X Pro League kicks off US$100,000 Season 2

All-new game integration to fully automate aspects of ESL competition The ESL Mortal Kombat X Pro League Season 2 preseason event over the weekend kicked off the biggest ESL MKX Pro League season to date! The upcoming season, which begins November 1st, will see competitors from Europe, North America and CIS battle it out for […]

ESL ESEA Pro League Season 2 Finals in Los Angeles!

The ESL ESEA Pro League is heading to Los Angeles this December for its Season 2 finals: the four best teams from each of the two regions, North America and Europe, will clash in the ESL Burbank Studios from 10-13 December. A total of US$500,000 was put on the line this season, with US$250,000 up […]

ESL announces professional competition for Nordic gamers

ESL, the world’s largest esports company, is set to host an all-new professional Counter-Strike: Global Offensive competition, the ESL Nordic Nationals, in the world’s largest gaming centre: Stockholm’s Inferno Online. Two months of intense competition featuring eight of the region’s best first person shooter (FPS) teams will culminate in Sweden’s capital where they will battle […]

ArenaNet and ESL to Launch US$400,000 ESL Guild Wars® 2 Pro League

Guild Wars 2 to pay out its largest ever cash prize over two ESL Pro League seasons ESL, the world’s largest esports company, have partnered with ArenaNet™, the publishers and developers of the acclaimed Guild Wars franchise, to bring to life the ESL Guild Wars 2 Pro League, a US$400,000 all-new tournament series. The prize […]

Hungary to host ESL South East Europe Championship Season II

Windows PlayIT event in HungExpo to host region’s best League of Legends and Counter-Strike: Global Offensive players ESL and PlayIT are set to host South East Europe’s best League of Legends and Counter-Strike: Global Offensive teams at this year’s PlayIT event in Budapest, Hungary. Battling it out for €5,000 in prize money, only the region’s […]

ESL One at New York Super Week viewership numbers and more!

Last weekend the Theater at Madison Square Garden once again played host to the East Coast’s largest Dota 2 esports competition, hosted by ESL, ReedPOP and Twitch. Peak concurrent viewership doubled from last year as VEGA Squadron caused upset upon upset, knocking out the winners of the US$18 million “The International” competition to sail into […]

Esports industry leader ESL joins forces with Sportradar

Sportradar to provide a full suite of data and integrity services At the Leaders Conference taking places in London’s Stamford Bridge stadium, the world’s largest esports company ESL announced their multi-faceted partnership with the world’s largest sports data service provider Sportradar. Under the terms of the agreement between the two organisations, Sportradar will develop a […]

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