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Gambit Esports duck out of ESL One Cologne Qualifiers tor extended May vacation
Gambit Esports have declined their invite to the ESL One Cologne 2017 qualifiers, and will be giving their slot to Tricked Esport. Gambit declined their invitation for the closed qualifier, which will take place on May 20-21 with 12 teams battling for two slots in the main event. “We regret …
Read More »ESL One leaves Frankfurt and heads to Hamburg for Dota event
ESL has announced ESL One Hamburg as the replacement to its annual ESL One Frankfurt event. The yearly German Dota 2 event has been held in Frankfurt for the past three years usually around June. This year however the even is making the switch to Hamburg and will take place …
Read More »ESL One New York returns to the Barclays Center until 2020
ESL has announced that it will run a tournament at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn for the next four years. ESL One New York will return on September 16th and 17th 2017, and then will come back again in 2018, 2019 and 2020, although exact dates for those events are …
Read More »ESL One New York breaks digital engagement records
ESL One New York, which took place in the Barclays Center last weekend, brought in six million unique viewers and broke engagement records. Online viewership peaked at more than 450,000 concurrent viewers, which is presumably split across both the CS:GO and Street Fighter V action. This translated into six million …
Read More »ESL One Genting Dota 2 tournament announced
ESL One is heading to the Genting Resort in Malaysia for a $250,000 Dota 2 tournament. The competition will take place between January 6th and 8th 2017 in the mountaintop resort that is just an hour away from Kuala Lumpur. Eight of the best Dota 2 teams in the world …
Read More »ESL One New York is returning as a CS:GO event
ESL has announced that ESL One New York will return for its third year, but will now primarily be a Counter-Strike event. The previous two iterations of the event have been Dota 2 tournaments with top teams from across the world attending to field new rosters after The International. This …
Read More »ESL One Cologne to become next Valve backed CS:GO major
Valve has announced that the upcoming ESL One Cologne tournament will be the next Counter-Strike: Global Offensive major. The event, which is set to run between July 5th and 10th at the LANXESS Arena in Cologne, will feature a one million dollar prize pool for the top eight teams from …
Read More »Dota’s next Manila Major announced as Shanghai continues to disappoint, baffle
Valve have announced details of the next stop on their seasonal Majors tour, with Manila’s Mall of Asia playing host to a second Dota 2 tournament of the year. The Manila Major will take place over June 7-12, two months after ESL One Manila hosts another premier Dota tournament in …
Read More »Team Secret on independence and why they’re seeking sponsorship
After taking their fourth major Dota 2 title in a row at ESL One Frankfurt last weekend, Team Secret are ready to finally take on sponsorship. Team manager Matt "CyborgMatt" Bailey explained the core ideals of Team Secret to eSports Pro at the ESL event, and their unique approach to …
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