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DreamHack Montreal from August 12-14 will feature the second North American stop of DreamHack ZOWIE Open, and will host the $150,000 StarCraft II WCS Circuit Summer Championship where the winner will earn a direct seed into the WCS Global Playoffs! DreamHack is making its first ever stop to Canada this August 12-14 with an event …
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The 2016 Mid-Season Invitational (MSI) starts on May 4. Tune in for a clash of regional champions from North America (NA LCS), Europe (EU LCS), mainland China (LPL), Korea (LCK), and the LMS region (Taiwan, Hong Kong, Macau), plus a wildcard slot (IWC) to be determined at the International Wild Card Invitational on April 16-23 …
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PAX East is just around the corner and ESL will be bringing you a ton of excitement directly from the show floor in Boston, Massachusetts! The event runs from Friday, April 22 through Sunday, April 24 and ESL has a lot going on for both show attendees and via livestream. Here’s a guide to keep …
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ESL, together with Ubisoft and Xbox, is excited to announce Season 2 of Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Pro League! The global competition is set to begin on May 30 for Xbox One and June 2 for PC, with this second season to give players the chance to compete against some of the most seasoned Rainbow …
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The ESL Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Pro League continues! Last Thursday, the PC teams kept the competition close with some epic matchups during Play Day 5. We also saw the top Xbox One teams from both regions battle it out on Monday for their spot at the Season 1 Finals and a share of the …
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A few weeks ago, we saw the top Halo teams in the world fight for the title at the Halo World Championship 2016 along with a share of the $2.5 million prize pool, where we made the first announcement of the Halo Championship Series Pro League. Now 343 Industries and ESL are happy to announce …
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In less than two weeks, eight of the best European Heroes of the Storm teams will fight for honor and their share of the US$100,000 prize pool as well as a spot at the US$500,000 Global Summer Championship at DreamHack Summer in Jönköping. While there is still one more European Regional ahead of us, securing …
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See who will be facing who and when at Southeast Asia’s first premium Dota 2 tournament. ESL One Manila is less than two weeks away and with it Southeast Asia’s first premium Dota 2 event featuring eight top teams from around the world as they fight for the ESL One championship title and their share …
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CS:GO’s Next Major Today we’re excited to announce that the next CS:GO Major Championship will take place in July at ESL One Cologne, with playoff matches held in the LANXESS Arena. Taking place July 5 – 10 in Cologne, Germany, the next CS:GO Major Championship will feature the top eight teams (Legends) from MLG Columbus …
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It’s April, and anyone who has been an MVP for long enough knows that it’s time to announce our next FREE weekend MVP event, the Spring Fling CS:GO Tournament. The Spring Fling is an online weekend rush style CS:GO tournament taking place on Saturday, April 23rd and Sunday, April 24th, 2016 open to both European …
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In less than two weeks, the first Heroes of the Storm Europe Summer Regional will be held at the ESL UK studios in Leicester, England. Last Saturday, the best eight non-qualified teams from the open qualification went head to head for the remaining four spots at the event – let’s take a look at who’ll …
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ECS – Counter-Strike, Powered by FACEIT and Twitch, Begins April 12 www.Twitch.tv/FaceitTV ; $3.5M Payout The Esports Championship Series, the revolutionary new esports initiative by FACEIT and Twitch, has revealed the powerhouse lineup of professional Counter-Strike: Global Offensive teams that will participate in the debut season of the Esports Championship Series (ECS) – Counter-Strike league.… Read the rest
ESL One Cologne, the world’s largest standalone Counter-Strike event, has once again been named an official Valve Major. This marks ESL’s fifth Major to date out of an industry total of nine. The stadium event, hosted in Cologne, Germany’s LANXESS arena (July 8-10) will host the playoffs of the US$1 million international esports tournament, with …
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College gamers can compete for a chance at a $5,000 scholarship pool this April thanks to a partnership between the American Video Game League (AVGL) and Call of Duty® to introduce a two week long Call of Duty®: Black Ops III eSports competition. Any team with members over the age of 18 can join the …
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In an effort to avoid any potential scheduling overlaps and to make the Summer season of the Heroes Global Circuit as open and fair as possible, we’ve decided to make a few adjustments to the dates and format of the North America Qualifiers. You can find the new dates and adjusted format below.… Read the rest