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  • Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord shows multiplayer for the first time

    ​TaleWorlds Entertainment is excited to show Captain Mode for the first time, a multiplayer mode of Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord, the upcoming prequel of their acclaimed game Mount & Blade: Warband. In Captain Mode, players command their own detachment of troops against other players’ armies in massive and epic battles of up to 5 vs 5.

  • 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.

  • $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

  • 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

  • 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:
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  • ESL Arena at gamescom 2017 to feature 5.000 m² of esports action, eight games, two competitive stages, community playground and more!

    The ESL Arena returns to gamescom’s Hall 9, bringing the largest esports production the world’s biggest gaming convention has ever seen. With more than 5.000 m² of exhibition space, ESL Arena will offer the best of esports to over 350,000 fans that are expected to attend this year’s event. Two Esports Stages fully packed with live competitions, and an Esports Zone for live demos, giveaways, meet

  • 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 convention. The

  • ESIC Statement on Appropriate Sanction for Cheating in Esports

    The Esports Integrity Coalition (ESIC) has today closed its survey canvassing community opinion on the appropriate sanctions for those caught cheating in esports. The headline results are set out as an appendix to this statement below.
    “Esports is primarily about the community around each game – the players, fans and teams that participate and watch - and it was entirely appropriate for us to c

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