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  • TOKYO PLAYS HOST TO THEATRICAL eFootball CHAMPIONSHIP OPEN WORLD FINALS

    TOKYO PLAYS HOST TO THEATRICAL eFootball CHAMPIONSHIP OPEN WORLD FINALS

    KONAMI crowns new set of champions at eFootball Championship Open World Finals at the esports Ginza studio
    26th July 2023 – Windsor – After five months and several rounds of qualifiers, the top eFootball™ players from around the world convened in Tokyo, Japan for the eFootball™ Championship Open World Finals.
    Across the weekend of 22nd-23rd July, the best individual mobile and console playe

  • Nine Players Selected for WBSC eBASEBALL™: POWER PROS in the Olympic Esports Series 2023

    Nine Players Selected for WBSC eBASEBALL™: POWER PROS in the Olympic Esports Series 2023

    Konami Digital Entertainment B.V. today announced that nine players have been selected to compete in the baseball competition using WBSC eBASEBALL™: POWER PROS in the Olympic Esports Series 2023.
    Qualifiers were held as part of the Olympic Esports Series 2023 in March and April for players both in Japan and globally with eight qualification spots on the line for a place in the Finals, which wi

  • UK, IRELAND AND EUROPEAN TEAMS WILL FACE IN AN INTENSE, MULTI-STAGE CONTEST

    UBISOFT ANNOUNCES RAINBOW SIX SIEGE “UKIN RAINBOW RUMBLE” ESPORTS TOURNAMENT

    ASSETS: DOWNLOAD
    LONDON, UK – 19TH OCTOBER, 2021 – Ubisoft are proud to announce the 2021 UKIN Rainbow Rumble, a multi-stage Rainbow Six Siege tournament that will take place over several months and feature hundreds of hours of top level esports action and a prize pool of £25,000!
    The event begins on Saturday 30th October, where teams from across the UK, Ireland and Europe will take part in

  • FC SCHALKE’S BOUJELLAB CLAIMS VICTORY AGAINST ARSENAL’S LENO IN #StayHomeWithPES TOURNAMENT FINAL

    FC SCHALKE’S BOUJELLAB CLAIMS VICTORY AGAINST ARSENAL’S LENO IN #StayHomeWithPES TOURNAMENT FINAL

    Following a thrilling series of matches broadcast on Sunday, Konami Digital Entertainment B.V. has today shared the results of the #StayHomeWithPES Tournament, with FC Schalke’s Nassim Boujellab emerging victorious.
    KONAMI’s #StayHomeWithPES Tournament pitted some of biggest names in football against each other in eFootball PES 2020, including FC Barcelona striker Antoine Griezmann and Juventus

  •  Intel, NSE and ESL launches professional development initiative

    Intel, NSE and ESL launches professional development initiative

    Offering UK students a unique leadership programme designed to enhance their careers
    The initiative builds on the successful partnership, forged in 2018 between Intel and ESL, to identify the next outstanding esports commentator. Now Intel and ESL have teamed up with National Student Esports (NSE) to offer the next Intel FutureGen programme, specifically designed to identify esports talent amon

  • Sergioramos:) Crowned World’s Best Clash Royale Player at the Crown Championship World Finals

    Sergioramos:) Crowned World’s Best Clash Royale Player at the Crown Championship World Finals

    Mexico’s Sergioramos:) Defeats More Than 27 Million Competitors from Around the Globe to Win the Golden Crown, $150,000 and a Spot in Clash Royale History in the World’s Biggest Mobile Esports Competition
    Sergioramos:) from Mexico is officially the world’s best Clash Royale player, taking home the Golden Crown, $150,000 and a spot in Clash Royale history at yesterday’s Crown Championship World

  • Biggest Mobile esports Tournament Ever Culminates at London’s Copper Box Arena on 3 December

    Biggest Mobile esports Tournament Ever Culminates at London’s Copper Box Arena on 3 December

    Tickets Available now for the Clash Royale Crown Championship
    Fans Can Attend In Person or Watch The World Finals Livestream on YouTube and Twitch
    The competition began in August with more than 27 million players, but this December, only one will remain. The Crown Championship, Clash Royale’s first-ever official global esports competition designed to find the best player in the world, will

  • Counter-Strike legend Jonas “bsl” Alsaker Vikan joins ESL’s Product Team

    Counter-Strike legend Jonas “bsl” Alsaker Vikan joins ESL’s Product Team

    ESL is happy to announce the appointment of the former professional Counter-Strike player, Jonas “bsl” Alsaker Vikan, to the position of the global Tournament Director. In this new role, Jonas will oversee the seamless execution of all high profile ESL tournaments, including events in its flagship series ESL One, Intel® Extreme Masters and ESL Pro League.

  • Bluehole and ESL Announce Gamescom Playerunknown's Battlegrounds Invitational

    Bluehole and ESL Announce Gamescom Playerunknown's Battlegrounds Invitational

    Top Eighty Players and Influencers to Compete in First LAN Invitational


    SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA AND COLOGNE, GERMANY – July 25, 2017 – Bluehole, Inc., developer and publisher of PLAYERUNKNOWN’S BATTLEGROUNDS (PUBG) and ESL, the world’s largest esports company, announced today they’re partnering up to bring the popular Battle Royale title to the world’s largest video games and gaming conventi

  • Record attendance and digital engagement for ESL One Cologne 2017

    Record attendance and digital engagement for ESL One Cologne 2017

    Cologne’s LANXESS arena was once again host to ESL’s flagship independent Counter-Strike: Global Offensive event in the ESL One series. The world’s best CS:GO teams battled for a share of the $250,000 prize pool in a six day long competition that concluded on July 9, when Brazilian team SK Gaming was crowned the champions of ESL One Cologne 2017. This win is also the first that will count towards

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