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ESL One New York will feature a $75,000 Street Fighter V competition alongside the already announced CS:GO tournament. The Brooklyn Beatdown competition will hit the Barclays Center on October 1st and 2nd, and can host up to 1,024 players, with anyone being able to register for just $10. However to …
Read More »ESL’s CS:GO Pro League Season 3 sees 44% growth
The third season of the ESL Pro League saw a peak year-on-year growth of over 44% for online content consumed, making it the most successful cycle to date for the competition. Viewership for the season broke records once again with more than 61 million online sessions throughout the nine week …
Read More »FaZe Clan leaves WESA just weeks after the organisation was revealed
After speculation last week, FaZe Clan has announced that it will no longer be a part of the WESA organisation. Rumours first started appearing last week that said the organisation was looking to back out of WESA, after being unhappy with certain areas. Today FaZe confirmed in a statement on …
Read More »FaZe Clan rumoured to be leaving WESA
FaZe Clan is set to leave the WESA organisation, just a week after the group was formally announced. Sources have informed IGN that FaZe will announce its intention to leave the World eSports Association as early as next week, having already told WESA commissioner Petro Fringuelli. This move will supposedly …
Read More »World eSports Association announced, aims to professionalise eSports
The World eSports Association has finally been announced after multiple leaks throughout the week. Billed as open and inclusive organisation, the main aim of the group is to further professionalise the eSports world. They will do this by introducing elements of player representation, standardized regulations, and revenue sharing for teams. …
Read More »Intel Extreme Masters Season 11 Prize Pool will be over $1 million
The eleventh season of the Intel Extreme masters has been announced and will feature a prize pool of more than $1 million. Players and teams in League of Legends, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive and StarCraft II will battle it out over three events during the course of the year in an …
Read More »Initial details on the World eSports Association leak
Initial details on the World eSports Association have been leaked ahead of an official announcement on Friday. Late yesterday an image, which has since been deleted but can be seen here, popped up on Imgur that showed a poster for the World eSports Association featuring the logos of many large …
Read More »ESL One New York is returning as a CS:GO event
ESL has announced that ESL One New York will return for its third year, but will now primarily be a Counter-Strike event. The previous two iterations of the event have been Dota 2 tournaments with top teams from across the world attending to field new rosters after The International. This …
Read More »ESL to launch first 24/7 eSports TV channel
ESL has announced a new 24/7 eSports TV channel that is due to launch in May. Known as esportsTV, the channel will feature ESL’s core competitions and tournaments including ESL One, the Intel Extreme Masters and the ESL Pro League. The channel will run 24 hours a day, seven days …
Read More »Team YP banned from all ESL events
ESL has banned Team YP from competing in any ESL hosted event, along with any other team sponsored by a company known for adult content. The rule bans any sponsors widely known for pornographic … or other adult/mature themes and products,” from any ESL organised event, according to an email …
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