The Esports Championship Series (ECS), a ground-breaking esports initiative founded by FACEIT and supported by Twitch, the world’s leading social video platform and community for gamers, announced the replacement for Natus Vincere in its Development League.
The ECS Development League was created to nurture new talent in the Counter-Strike: Global Offensive scene, giving them the opportunity to compete in the $3.5M main league of ECS. Eight teams per region will compete to fill two slots in ECS. The Development League is set to begin on September 9.
Epsilon eSports is the final team to receive an invite for the European division of the ECS Development League, replacing Natus Vincere. The full list of teams can be found below:
Europe:
•Godsent (invited)
•Flipsid3 (invited)
•Gambit (invited)
•Epsilon eSports (invited)
•Team AGG (qualified)
•Tricked eSports (qualified)
•Heroic (qualified)
•Team Prep (qualified)
North America:
•Immortals (invited)
•SK Gaming (invited)
•Renegades (invited)
•Selfless (invited)
•RONIN (qualified)
•sKg (qualified)
•Prospects (qualified)
•paiN (qualified)