As we close the first month of the new year, it’s time to look at what the rest of 2021 will bring from ESL Gaming. As we all continue wading into this new reality, we will all, together, also continue to tackle challenges while finding creative ways to serve our fans and community — whether in person, online, or both.

As we close out 2020, consider putting aside the laptop to take part in the festivities of the holiday season. While our holiday experiences may be different this year, just as most of 2020, one thing remains consistent — our commitment to our gaming community and fans.

“DreamHack Day” has always been a celebration of the company’s early beginnings in 1994 — 26 years since a gathering of friends and their computers in a school cafeteria with no online access has grown into a beacon of internet culture, and a gathering place for gamers worldwide.

This month, we proudly celebrated 20 years of ESL Gaming. When it all began, the year was 2000, which marked the beginning of the new millennium with headlines circling about the first-ever resident crew on the International Space Station, the dreaded Y2K bug, the bursting of the dot.com bubble, the Sydney Summer Olympics, and more.