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  • 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.

  • Guild Wars 2: Path of Fire Elite Specialisations Dev Diary

    ​ArenaNet has launched its first of three Dev Diary videos on the Guild Wars 2: Path of Fire expansion. This first video focuses on elite specialisations and includes interviews with behind-the-scenes footage from the development team.

  • $1 million Pro League CS:GO Season Six Finals find new home in Denmark

    ESL and WESA partner with the City of Odense to bring the Pro League Finals to Scandinavia
    ODENSE — August 10, 2017 — ESL and WESA are pleased to announce their first offline Counter Strike: Global Offensive event in Denmark, as the Pro League Season Six Finals are set to take place in Odense on December 8-10, 2017. The twelve best CS:GO teams from Europe and North America will battle it out fo

  • Blood Bowl 2: Legendary Edition's Content Reveal Trailer enters the pitch!

    The Legendary Edition will be available as a stand-alone game for newcomers, and as an affordable expansion for all Blood Bowl 2 players
    The Blood Bowl 2: Legendary Edition’s release is just around the corner! The highly anticipated Legendary Edition will bring in September a wealth of new content, notably all the official races and Star Players from the original board game! To celebrate this m

  • Guild Wars 2: Path of Fire Preview Weekend Aug 11-13

    As you may have seen last week, ArenaNet revealed Guild Wars 2: Path of Fire, the second expansion coming to Guild Wars 2. We are only days away from a special preview weekend for Path of Fire that will all allow players and fans to experience a slice of content from the upcoming expansion. In case you missed it, watch the teaser trailer here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KBVpfsCOick
    All pla

  • Toy Fair 2018 95% sold out

    Greenhouse area extended and fully booked
    09 August 2017: Toy Fair 2018 is set to replicate the success of the 2017 show, with just 5% of the overall space remaining. The exhibition is almost sold out nearly six months in advance of the show opening on 23rd January, with space in the popular ‘Greenhouse Area’ already completely sold out. 
    This year the Greenhouse Area, dedicated to helping s

  • UBISOFT® AND ESL ANNOUNCE UK GO4 CUPS FOR RAINBOW SIX SIEGE ON CONSOLE

    LONDON, UK — August 8th 2017 — Today Ubisoft®, together with ESL, the world’s largest esports company, announced that Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six® Siege will kick off three months of Go4 cups in the UK from 15th August 2017 until 28th November 2017. The competition will be open to UK players on Xbox One™ and the PlayStation®4 computer entertainment system and will feature weekly prizes of £100 per p

  • (gamescom appointments) Focus Home Interactive & Talewords

    We are taking appointments for Focus Home Interactive and Taleworlds (Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord) at gamescom. Details for each below:
    Focus Home Interactive
    Vampyr
    45 min presentation slots with developers Phillipe Moreau and Vincent Eustache
    15 min interview slots also available
    Call of Cthulhu
    30 min presentation with Diane Quenet and Romain Wiart
    Limited number of

  • ESL One Hamburg confirmed as $US1 million Dota 2 Valve Major

    ESL One Hamburg powered by Intel, Europe’s largest Dota 2 festival, has been confirmed as the next official Valve Major. The event, which has found a new home at the Barclaycard Arena in Hamburg after being hosted in Frankfurt’s Commerzbank Arena for the past three years, will welcome the world's top eight Dota 2 teams at the playoffs on October 28-29, 2017. The teams do battle not only over quali

  • ESL UK Brings Esports to EGX with Premiership Finals

    Autumn Season League of Legends and CS:GO Finals to take place on ESL Main Stage
    2 August 2017: Today, ESL UK announced the live finals of the UK’s National esport league, the ESL Premiership will be held at EGX for the very first time, with over £20,000 in prize money.
    Two ESL Premiership Autumn Season finals will be held during the four day event: the League of Legends Finals and Counter S

  • ArenaNet Reveals Guild Wars 2: Path of Fire™ The Second Expansion to Guild Wars® 2

    Mount-up and return to iconic Crystal Desert and Elona on September 22
    Pre-purchase from today for bonus items
    Bellevue, WA – August 1, 2017: ArenaNet™, publisher and developer of the acclaimed Guild Wars franchise, today announced Guild Wars 2: Path of Fire™, the second expansion to Guild Wars 2, which will launch September 22, 2017. Watch the new teaser trailer here:
    youtube.com/watch?v

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