Tag: ESL

ESL’s Upcoming Hearthstone Trinity Series

2016 has been a big year for Hearthstone, and Blizzard is making a lot of changes to make the competitive scene even more vibrant in 2017. Blizzard’s new Championship Tour includes more global championships in the form of season championships, regional season playoffs, an overhaul of the points and cups system, a prize pool of ...

Categories: eSports, NEWS, TRENDING GAME NEWS

Tags: 2017, Blizzard, ESL, Hearthstone, Trinity Series

ESL disqualifies mousesports from their CS:GO Pro League

The Electronic Sports League, or ESL for short, has decided to disqualify German team mousesports from their Pro League. The Counter-Strike: Global Offensive scene is currently involved in a major scandal due to several players getting banned last week for cheating. One of the first players to suffer this fate was Simon “smn” Beck who was banned ...

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Tags: Counter-Strike Global Offensive, ESL, mousesports, Pro League, Simon “smn” Beck, Valve

Here are the Counter-Strike Global Offensive teams invited to participate in the ESL Pro League

About a week ago, ESL announced their new league system for Counter-Strike Global Offensive with $50,000 on the line as prize money. The system consists of three different leagues: Professional, Major, and Open. The Pro League will feature sixteen of the best CS:GO teams around, eight of which will need to qualify while the other ...

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Tags: Cloud 9, ESL, Fnatic, iBUYPOWER, invitations, Ninjas in Pyjamas, Pro League, teams

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive is getting an ESL league system with $50,000 prize pool

ESL is finally implementing a league system for Counter-Strike: Global Offensive with $50,000 on the line per season. Each season will feature three different competitive leagues: the ESL Pro League, the ESL Major League, and the ESL Open League. This system is very similar to what other eSports games have but I’ll give you a quick ...

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Tags: Counter-Strike, ESL, Global Offensive, Major League, Open League, prize, Pro League, qualifiers

Halo is stepping back into the eSports limelight this weekend

Before Counter-Strike: Global Offensive and various Call of Duty titles there was yet another FPS that dominated the eSports shooter scene. That game is Halo and it will be returning in style this weekend with the ESL The Master Chief Collection tournament. As you might imagine, this tournament aims to celebrate the upcoming Halo: the Master ...

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Tags: ESL, eSports, Halo, invitational, The Master Chief Collection, Tournament

Nosgoth will have its own ESL Cup Series starting next month

The eSports scene is going to include yet another game very soon with the arrival of the upcoming online action-adventure title Nosgoth. The game is still in its Closed Beta phase and a release date has not been announced yet, but that didn’t stop publisher Square Enix from creating a series of competitions in collaboration with the ...

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Tags: Closed Beta, Cup Series, ESL, eSports, Nosgoth, Square Enix

Guild Wars 2 partners with ESL for a new series of eSports tournaments

It seems like ArenaNet wants to make Guild Wars 2 a bigger part of eSports by hosting a new series of PvP tournaments. The developer has even partnered with the Electronic Sports League so that it can offer some money to talented gamers who can prove their worth at player vs players combat. The competition ...

Categories: eSports, MMORPG, NEWS, PC

Tags: cups, ESL, eSports, Guild Wars 2, Prize Pool, tournaments