October 16th, 20150California tech giant Yahoo is currently involved in talks regarding the purchase of the Major League Gaming esports organization, sources close to MLG told breitbart.com.
September 26th, 20150The ESL One New York brackets and schedule have been released as the event begins to draw closer. The eight teams - Evil Geniuses, Team Secret, Virtus.Pro, CDEC Gaming, Vega Squadron, Fnatic, FIRE and EHOME - will compete next weekend, October 3-4, at the Madison Square Garden in New York City. The winning team will receive at least...
September 23rd, 20150The first Dota 2 Major will be held in Frankfurt, Germany at the Festhalle Messe, from November 16th through the 21st. Sixteen teams will compete at the main event for a total prize pool of $3,000,000 and ESL will be in charge of production.
September 2nd, 20150Evil Geniuses are the fourth team to receive a direct invitation to ESL One New York and will be joining Team Secret, Virtus.Pro and CDEC at the Madison Square Garden in New York City, between October 3rd and 4th.
September 1st, 20150ESL One New York is already shaping up to be one of the best Dota 2 tournaments of this fall. The International 5 sensations CDEC and CIS stars Virtus.Pro have been confirmed as directly invited teams and will be making the trip to New York. Team Secret - ESL One Frankfurt reigning champions, were the first to receive an invitation, on...
August 18th, 20150ESL has released information about three Open Qualifiers for their upcoming ESL One New York event, scheduled to take place this fall, between October 3-4, at the Madison Square Garden. ESL One New York Open Qualifiers will be held for three regions: Europe, Southeast Asia and the US. Sign-up links, dates and rules for the European and...
July 6th, 20150Two weeks have passed since Team Secret stormed their way through ESL One Frankfurt and claimed the championship title, after destroying Evil Geniuses, 3:1, in the Grand Finals. ESL have pulled the statistics from Europe's biggest Dota 2 event and put them all together in an infographic.
July 1st, 20151Modern Times Group (MTG) has signed an agreement to acquire 74% of Turtle Entertainment, the world’s largest esports company that operates under the well-known ESL brand. The ground breaking €78 million acquisition gives MTG - a non-esports based company, the majority of ownership.
April 27th, 201512Big news from Valve regarding a revamping of the current approach and introduction of a new system and format for the competitive scene. Valve will be sponsoring, in partnership with third party organizers, three additional "marquee" events to take place quarterly, with The Internationals being the pinnacle of all the events.
The...