With the sc2 group stage right around the corner it is time to give a little preview of what you can expect this upcoming weekend! Sixteen players will be fighting for 8 spots which will guarantee them a place in the Intel Extreme Masters American Championship Finals which will take place in New York, NY on October 8th through October 10th.

Intel Extreme Masters Season V American Finals are almost here, and as stated before, there are 2 spots open for Counter Strike teams from South America. Starting today, teams from South America may apply for spots at the IEM American Finals in NYC on October 8th - 10th.

Detailed information about the future and past of ESL Anti Cheat.

SK Gaming and ESL TV? That's a perfect match for sure! We will show you the brand new fourth episode of BTS on September 9th 2010!

Sunday at 08/29/10 19:00 CEST live on djWHEAT & Chill's Weapon of Choice, Intel Extreme Masters American Group Stage selections will happen. Four groups of four will be selected from the following seeds. Each group will feature one high seed, one medium seed and two low seed players. Group Stage will take place September 4th-5th starting at 09/04/10 20:00 CEST

The 2010 New York City ComicCon event will be the host of the first ever IEM American Finals from October 8th to 10th with $59,600 in prizes to be given away for StarCraft 2, Counter-Strike, and Quake Live. Sponsoring the event will be none other than Intel and Razer.

To enjoy all the competition that is happening at Gamescom, we have announced a free competition with some prizes! You can find out how to win the 3 months of ESL TV Premium if you continue reading below. Good Luck to all!

on Friday and Saturday ESL TV will bring you the e-Stars 2010 live from Seoul to your PC. See the clash of the best western teams and players meeting the Asian elite. Join the ESL TV stream and see some of the biggest international stars in eSports. The Livestreams are up and will show you the matches till Saturday!

National ESL is Proud to bring you Quake Live from the Video Games Hall of Fame. We will kick this off with a 4 v 4 Freeze tag Exhibition Match.

In preparation for the 2010 qualification of Intel Extreme Masters, Turtle Entertainment releases its new league for North America, National Electronic Sports League (National ESL). The league will feature major community leaders to run its league operations with a focus on building from inside the community.

The ESL has a complete new look and feeling. After over one month beta and different announcements, now's the day at which we proudly present the new menu, skin and ESL logo official. For the most active users this isn't really new, because they already acclimatise with the new site. But for all others this news gives an overview about all new features.

After a long break, /QRY from and with Dennis 'TaKe' Gehlen is finally back - with nobody less than Manuel 'Grubby' Schenkhuizen, one of the best Warcraft 3 players in the world. TaKe visited the dutch Pro Gamer at his home, got to know his family and of course his girlfriend, Cassandra. They also talked about his life as a pro as well as about the beginnings.

Last night we reached a milestone in the history of the Electronic Sports League. Nearly 10 years after the first account has been created, the two millionth user registered an account here at the ESL. The number of users who have registered across the ESL network has surpassed 2,000,000!

The brand new international eSport news page readmore.eu visited the company Turtle Entertainment GmbH in Cologne, which is the operator of the Electronic Sports League. In conversations with the staff of different departments the deputy editor-in-chief Nils 'hellphyte' Johannsen collected impressions from behind the scenes of Europe's biggest league for eSports.

We are more than happy to finally be able to announce the offline finals for the Scandinavian ESL Pro Series. Visit Inferno Online at April 25th to follow the action live! It will be a day long event with the best four Counter-Strike 1.6 teams and WarCraft 3 players. See the best of Scandinavia battle it out in a clash of great teams and players!