Today, we are proud to announce ESEA Fast-Path, built on technology from our partner Network Next, that automatically improves your connection to ESEA gameservers! Over the last 6 months, ESEA has been silently running Fast-Path across our platform to scale up, identify any possible issues, and most importantly help improve our players’ experience.
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Update: ESL One Rio 2020 Major
October: IEM New York 2020 - Online
November: IEM Beijing-Haidian 2020 - Online
December: IEM Global Challenge 2020
2019 was a big year for ESL, with multiple tournaments racking up record-breaking numbers!
Intel Extreme Masters returns to the Land Down Under this August for its fourth anniversary, but this time it’s heading to Melbourne!
ESL are delighted to announce the extension of the partnership with Odense Sport & Event, therefore bringing another quality tournament to ODINCON in 2020.
With the release of Warcraft III: Reforged, the exciting new remake of the classic RTS game, ESL are delighted to announce a new weekly WC3 cup similar to the recently created ESL Open Cups for Starcraft II.
The agreement represents a group effort to ensure continued growth and professionalization for competitive CS:GO.
We are proud to announce a three-year-long strategic partnership with Activision Blizzard Esports that will see ESL and DreamHack join forces to bring two new ESL Pro Tour formats to life.
We love Music. And we love Games! That's why we want to find and support artists that can give you the perfect for your gaming experience. Artists that give you all the chills, all the feels and all the HYPE! This time we introduce TheFatRat.
The time has come to announce the transformation of the ESL Pro League for Season 11.
ESL’s European National Championship winners will face a clear path from Challengers up to the Masters via LAN Qualifier and direct slots to DreamHack Open thanks to improved model.
We’ve been brewing in anticipation and excitement to announce that ESL One Rio 2020 will be coming to full fruition next year during May. In a world’s first, we’d also like to declare that ESL One Rio 2020 will stand as Brazil’s first Valve sponsored Major Championship of all time. Harbouring one of the most passionate fan bases of Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, Brazil’s calls for a Major tournament have deservingly been answered.
European side mousesports flabbergasted thousands around the world as star player Finn “karrigan” Andersen led his squad to a gruelling victory at Odense’s Jyske Bank Arena in his native Denmark. The victory saw mousesports claim a variation of spoils, namely the main share of $600,000, the newly designed trophy and a direct invite to the IEM Katowice 2020 Masters Championship.
ESL One Hamburg 2019 has been wrapped up, and a new team has been crowned Champions. As one of the first major tournaments post-International, both fans and players alike were keen to see the results of countless roster reshuffles and transfers. Time for the recap!
We'll host our 33rd SC2 competition with 76 players competing for their share of a US$ 400,000 prize pool in Katowice, Poland.
ESL and SAP continue their partnership to provide a better viewing experience at ESL One Hamburg 2019!
We are proud to announce our exciting new partnership with LG Electronics as an Official Partner for Season 3 of ESL Mobile Open presented by AT&T. This marks the first-ever phone provider and second sponsor for the ESL Mobile Open in North America.
Can you measure esports greatness? We have a good idea on how to do that for CS:GO and Dota2 esports.
The typhoon of ESL One New York 2019 has settled with the debut of Evil Geniuses’ shiny new roster conquering recent Major champions Astralis in 3:1 fashion. The mostly American squad lead by coach “ImAPet” & IGL “stanislaw” prevailed, claiming the lion’s share of $200,000 and their first Intel Grand Slam contribution victory in the Barclays Center!
ESL One powered by Intel® will again return to the LANXESS arena, Germany’s largest indoor arena and most renowned center of elite gameplay.
Put on your national team jersey and represent your country in the first ever UEFA eEURO in 2020. Sign up and qualify with your country for next July’s final tournament in London.
