ESL’s calendar for Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 2021 rounds off with Intel® Extreme Masters Winter, in Stockholm, Sweden. In Sunday’s grand final, the French powerhouse Team Vitality defeated the Swedes Ninjas in Pyjamas in a Bo5 round robin with a swift 3-0 victory, taking home their stake of the USD 250,000 prize money.
At the end of November we will get things rolling again with ESL PUBG Open as we have the qualifiers for Open: Winter starting November 22nd! The full tournament will take place in the first two weekends of December to round off the year of ESL PUBG and once again there is $2,000 up for grabs!
ESL introduced its first non-fungible tokens (NFTs) for IEM Cologne 2021 and has since endeavored to find a partnership that ensures esports and Counter-Strike fans can have access to NFTs in a secure, carbon neutral, and gas-free way.
After ESL PUBG Open: Summer we are back once again with yet another iteration of the tournament series, the ESL PUBG Open: Fall.The qualification for Open: Fall starts on September 22nd, so it’s time to sign-up your squad!
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.
We are tweaking the ESL World Ranking to restore an imbalance within the system to ensure ESL WR points are allocated proportionally in online regional competitions.
The exclusive ESL x Kappa limited edition merch is now available on the ESL Shop!
