February 24th, 20170OG will grace the stage of Mall of Asia Arena once again as the second invite to the Manila Masters. Eight teams will battle it out in front of the highly energetic and passionate fans of the Philippines May 26-28th. With $250,000 prize pool on the line and Evil Geniuses already claiming a place on the stage, Manila Masters is shaping up...
February 17th, 20171ESL and the Mineski-Events Team have collaborated to bring the SEA region another knockout event- Manila Masters. Eight teams will battle it out in the famed Mall of Asia in front of the highly energetic and passionate fans of the Philippines. With $250,000 prize pool on the line and Evil Geniuses as the first team to accept a place on...
February 1st, 201732ESL plans to elevate esports into television style production. The first step in their venture has been to partner up with former Fox TV executive David Hill. Plans include TV best practices, recruitment of broadcasting talent and considering incorporation of a pay per view model for big events.
According to Variety, ESL has made big...
August 27th, 20160ESL have announced the ESL Dota 2 Major League. The first season will kick off on September 2nd, with a Pre-Season Qualifier open to all European, CIS and African teams. The top 248 teams will be distributed into five Divisions, while the remaining teams will be placed in the Starter Division. At the end of the two-month season, the top...
July 5th, 201616The UK has established an esports governing body, authorized by the UK Government's Department for Culture, Media and Sport. The British Esports Association aims to provide representation and support to British players and develop the region's esports scene.
The British Esports Association will be acting as the national governing...
April 27th, 201615Two full-time Esports Television channels are on their way. ESL has announced their full-time channel to go live starting in May 2016. The station will broadcast all of ESL’s biggest events plus focus on local content. On the same day, Astro television service in Malaysia announced they would be instituting an Esports Television...
March 30th, 20161In a press conference in Shanghai, China, AliSports has announced a new tournament - WESG (World Electronic Sports Games). The event will feature various disciplines including Dota 2 and CS:GO with $1.5 million dollar prize pools each. WESG is boasting a $5.5 million total prize pool across all of the gaming divisions that will...
February 21st, 20160An esports law panel will be included in the second annual sports law conference - LawInSport, to be held in London, between February 24th-25th. The panel titled "Is esport the new frontier for sports lawyers?" will feature well known James Lampkin, Vice President Pro Gaming at ESL, among the speakers.
An esports law panel has been...
December 8th, 20150ESL have officially announced ESL One Manila - the organization's first Dota 2 tournament to be held in Southeast Asia. ESL One Manila will be organized in collaboration with PLDT Fibr and GameX and is expected to be Southeast Asia’s largest esports event to date. A local Filipino Dota 2 team will be invited to compete alongside some...
November 12th, 20152MTG (Modern Times Group) has purchased 100% of DreamHack. This is MTG's second important transaction in the esports market, having acquired 74% of Turtle Entertainment - the world’s largest esports company that operates under the well-known ESL brand, earlier this year.
