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ELEAGUE | Road to the Boston Major – Grand Final in Series Finale

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Turner and IMG’s ELEAGUE | Road to the Boston Major will revisit the thrilling Grand Final match of its most recent Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Major Championship, spotlighting Cloud9’s historic victory as the first American roster to win a Major, Friday, March 9, at 10 p.m. ET/PT on TBS. The final episode of the five-part series has explored the relationships between the game’s elite players and their loved ones, their inspiration to follow their dreams and their experiences competing on the world’s most prominent stage for CS:GO.… Read the rest

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ELEAGUE: Road to the Boston Major – Final Stage, March 2, at 10 p.m. ET/PT on TBS

Turner and IMG’s ELEAGUE will follow the elite Counter-Strike: Global Offensive teams that advanced to the pinnacle of its recent Major Championship in Boston when ELEAGUE | Road to the Boston Major returns with the fourth of five episodes Friday, March 2, at 10 p.m. ET/PT on TBS. The latest episode, The Big Stage, will focus on players’ unique experiences as they travel to Boston for a chance at CS:GO’s biggest prize: A Major victory.… Read the rest

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ELEAGUE: Road to the Boston Major Continues, Feb. 23, at 10 p.m. ET/PT on TBS

ELEAGUE, the premium esports content and live tournament brand from Turner and IMG, will continue exploring the narratives of six of the world’s best Counter-Strike: Global Offensive teams when ELEAGUE | Road to the Boston Major returns with an all-new episode tonight, Feb. 23, at 10 p.m. ET/PT on TBS.  The five-part documentary series provides in-depth looks at player and team dynamics as it follows each squad throughout their training for and competition at The ELEAGUE Major: Boston.… Read the rest

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FACEIT London Major CS:GO competition in September, tickets on sale in April

FACEIT, the leading competitive gaming platform and creators of the Esports Championship Series (ECS), will host the first UK-based Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS:GO) Major at London’s SSE Arena, Wembley from 20th-23rd September. One of the first tournament organizers and competitive platforms in the CS:GO community, FACEIT has grown from hosting small open competitions and $1,500 monthly tournaments to becoming the leading competitive CS:GO platform and distributing $3M for its Esports Championship Series (ECS) per year.… Read the rest

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Everything you need to know about the Intel Challenge Katowice 2018

Joanna Duda, ESL Gaming

Intel Challenge Katowice will feature eight top women’s CS:GO teams who will travel to Poland to compete for a prize pool of US$50,000 on February 23-25 at the IEM EXPO. Here’s everything you need to know about the tournament.

Groups

Group A

  • Team Dignitas (invited)
  • VivoKeyd (Brazil qualifier)
  • Team GoHome (Asia qualifier)
  • Team Unknown (EU qualifier)

Group B

  • RES Gaming (invited)
  • CLG RED (NA qualifier)
  • Sq.Prospect
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ESL Pro League, teams settle into the new season

Leonard Schilcher, ESL Gaming

The so-called “Silly Season” brought us quite a few high calibre roster moves. Astralis add Magisk. North field Kjaerbye and mertz. NiP with dennis. And OpTic once again dropping the bomb with a wild, unexpected new quintet – k0nfig, gade, stanislaw, cajunb, ShaZaM. Wow.

Of course we also have a trio of new teams who came through MDL in AGO, Space Soldiers and Team Dignitas.… Read the rest

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ELEAGUE | Road to the Boston Major Continues Friday, Feb. 16, at 10:30 p.m. ET/PT on TBS

ELEAGUE, the premium esports content and live tournament brand from Turner and IMG, will continue telling the stories of six elite Counter-Strike: Global Offensive teams as ELEAGUE | Road to the Boston Major returns with an all-new episode Friday, Feb. 16, at 10:30 p.m. ET/PT on TBS. The five-part documentary series provides in-depth looks at player and team dynamics as it follows each squad throughout their training for and competition at The ELEAGUE Major: Boston.… Read the rest

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Counter Strike: Global Offensive ESL Premiership, Seventh season starts on February 19, 2018

ESL announced the 7th season of the Counter Strike: Global Offensive ESL Premiership powered by Intel and Gaming from Currys PC World will begin on Monday 19 February, making it the longest running CS:GO tournament in UK history.

Following the success of the 2017 Autumn season won by Team Endpoint, the 2018 Spring season has been expanded from eight to ten teams competing across two groups of five.… Read the rest

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ELEAGUE: Road to the Boston Major to Premiere on TBS

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ELEAGUE, the premium esports content and live tournament brand from Turner and IMG, will offer fans complete access to six elite Counter-Strike: Global Offensive teams with the debut of ELEAGUE | Road to the Boston Major, Friday, Feb. 9, at 10 p.m. ET/PT on TBS.  The five-part documentary series will provide a unique look at player and team dynamics as it follows each squad throughout their training for and competition at The ELEAGUE Major: Boston.… Read the rest

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ELEAGUE’s Second CS:GO Major in Two Years Sets New Twitch Record for Single Channel Concurrent Streams During Grand Final

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Turner and IMG’s ELEAGUE set new Twitch records and generated unprecedented levels of  engagement with its cross-platform content throughout its second Major Championship – The ELEAGUE Major: Boston. Sunday’s Grand Final of The ELEAGUE Major: Boston – Cloud9’s historic win over FaZe Clan – peaked with more than 1,130,000 viewers, an all-time Twitch record for single channel concurrent streams.  … Read the rest

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ELEAGUE Announces CS:GO Premier 2018 Key Dates & Format

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ELEAGUE, the premium esports tournament and content brand from Turner and IMG, today announced plans to bring back its leading Counter-Strike: Global Offensive franchise with the CS:GO Premier 2018 set to begin Saturday, July 21, with exclusive live coverage on Twitch.

ELEAGUE shared initial details on the CS:GO Premier 2018 during its live coverage of The ELEAGUE Major: Boston Grand Final on Twitch and ELEAGUE’s innovative Game Command video player.… Read the rest