The North American Last Chance Qualifier came to a close and now the best Halo teams in the world are decided. After fighting through the qualifiers, 12 teams will head to the Halo World Championship 2017 Finals from March 24-26 …
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Mar 17
Intel and ESL Welcome 173,000 Fans at World’s Biggest Esports Event in History
Intel® Extreme Masters (IEM), the longest-running global pro gaming circuit in the world, celebrated the climactic finale of its 11th season as it returned to Katowice, Poland for the 2017 World Championship. The world’s best teams, including champions from IEM …
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Mar 17
Announcing the ANZ qualifier for Intel® Extreme Masters Sydney!
Intel Extreme Masters is going down under! On May 6-7, IEM will host its first ever event on the Australian continent, with eight CS:GO teams battling it out for AUD260,000 at the Qudos Bank Arena. One of these competing teams …
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Mar 17
Revealing the WCS Challenger format for 2017
2017 will be a busy year for StarCraft II with everyone fighting for a slot at the WCS Global Finals. Of the 16 players that will eventually qualify for the US$500,000 final, eight will come from the various DreamHack stops …
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Mar 17
Millenium Acquire Infused Call of Duty Lineup
Just hours before the start of the Call of Duty World League event in Dallas, Millenium have announced their signing of the Infused lineup.
The British lineup is currently sat in 2nd place in the European Call of Duty Pro …
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Mar 17
Optic part ways with CS:GO coach
Optic Gaming have removed CS:GO coach Luis “Peacemaker” Tadeu from the organization. Peacemaker had been on a trial period since February, however the team decided he wasn’t the right fit for them after poor results over that time period.
Peacemaker …
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Mar 17
Optic owner addresses Rush and Mixwell concerns
Optic Gaming owner, Hector “H3CZ” Rodriguez, addressed the rumours that have been circulating around his Counter-Strike:Global Offensive. Reports had been circulating that players Will “RUSH” Wierzba and Oscar “Mixwell” Canellas would be leaving.
Though it wasn’t all clean sailing. H3CZ …
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Mar 17
PGL CS:GO Major announced in Krakow
Krakow, Poland is the destination for the 11th Valve Counter-Strike: Global Offensive major, tournament.
The event will take place between July 16-23 and will be hosted at the TAURON Arena, which has played host to esports in the past, when …
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Mar 16
Official GWENT: The Witcher Card Game tournament organized in partnership with ESL
CD PROJEKT RED, creators of The Witcher series of games, announce GWENT Challenger — an official GWENT: The Witcher Card Game tournament organized in partnership with ESL.
The tournament will pit 4 best players from the community against professional gamers: …
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Mar 16
UBISOFT® AND ESL ANNOUNCE YEAR 2 OF Tom CLANCY’S RAINBOW SIX® Pro League
Ubisoft®, together with ESL, the world’s largest esports company, announced that the Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six® Year 2 Pro League competition will begin its global second year program on March 20th in North America, March 23rd in Europe and March …
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