ESL One Cologne, one of the largest Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS:GO) events of the year will go ahead, but without a live audience. The Intel Extreme Masters (IEM) event in Melbourne has also been rescheduled to 2021. Since March, CS:GO competition competitions have been played entirely online, with teams on lockdown in their respective countries. […]
ESL, DreamHack Enter Three-Year Twitch Broadcast Partnership
Both ESL and DreamHack, the two esports businesses owned by Swedish parent company Modern Times Group, have just announced a three-year long partnership with Twitch. ESL is the oldest still-operational esports business in the world as well as the world’s largest. DreamHack is likewise a long-running company that has gone through a series iterations, beginning as […]
Nevada regulators approve ESL One Rio betting
Licensed sportsbooks will have the opportunity to offer wagers on the ESL One Rio Major, per an approval notice issued by the Nevada Gaming Control Board. With this exemption, Nevada licensees are permitted to post and accept bets on the Counter-Strike: Global Offensive event in three different wager types: head to head, match winner, and […]
ESL One: Road to Rio CSGO groups breakdown along with schedule
ESL has finally revealed the full groups and a schedule for the ESL One: Road to Rio tournament. This tournament was announced after the ESL One: Rio major’s postponement to November due to the coronavirus. The pandemic has led to the more traditional minor tournaments in CSGO being completely scrapped. The Road to Rio tournament […]
ESL One Cologne at risk of being cancelled due to coronavirus
Germany has announced that all major events will be canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic until Aug. 31. This puts one of the biggest Counter-Strike: Global Offensive tournaments, ESL One Cologne, at risk of being canceled. The ESL is currently looking into the matter further. To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading […]
Team Secret almost pull a four Spirits prank on Team Spirit
Team Secret and Team Spirit are the top two seeds in Group B at ESL One Los Angeles Online and today the CIS squad was given the chance to take down the Goliath. Game one was almost like Secret were toying with Team Spirit. In what was a very dominant game from the top European […]
Team Liquid win ESL Pro League season 11 North America
Liquid reign in North America. Team Liquid defeated Evil Geniuses 3-0 today to win ESL Pro League season 11 North America. Stewie2K and crew confirmed the favoritism at the North American CS:GO derby. They had a 1-0 advantage for coming from the upper-bracket and comfortably won two maps to take the series: 16-11 in Dust […]
OG roll over Nigma at ESL One Los Angeles Online 2020
It’s like they never left. This article is brought to you by StatBanana, the best Dota 2 strategy tool. It might just be an online tournament. They might be missing two of their superstars. Yet, OG’s Dota 2 roster remains exciting, flashy, and most importantly for them, utterly dominant. OG clashed against Nigma in a rematch […]
PSG.LGD and iG are eliminated from ESL One LA Online
ESL One Los Angeles Online had reached its final day of group stage action for all regions except Europe/CIS and for China, it meant that two teams would be eliminated from the event. Having performed well in recent times, in non-Dota 2 Pro Circuit events, PSG.LGD finally seemed to be back to their old form, […]
ESL One Rio CSGO Major moved to November due to coronavirus
This year’s first Major tournament in Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, ESL One: Rio 2020, has been postponed to November due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. The tournament was supposed to take place in early May. Additionally, the second Major tournament has been canceled, effectively increasing the prize pool of the event in Rio de Janeiro to $2,000,000. […]