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.

Tired of getting destroyed by Diamond players? We hear ya. Sign up for tonight's Get Better Fast Novice Cup 2 to compete on an even playing field. You can only get better if your challenge yourself!

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.

Intel Extreme Masters American Championship is just around the corner, and with SC2 Regular Season coming to an end it was the time to draw groups for the Intel Extreme Masters American Group Stage. The draw happened on djWHEAT's show "Weapon of Choice" on Sunday August 29th.

Battle it out to be the best 2v2 team on National ESL in our first 2v2 Tuesday Cup! Do you and your partner have what it takes?

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 13:00 EDT 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 14:00 EDT

For all you Bronze-Gold SC2 Ladder players, this is the cup for you. Sign-up today for our first ever Get Better Fast Novice Cup. Play against competition at your skill level instead of getting stomped by a high level Diamond player.

Come join our fourth ESL Open Cup! Players of all skill levels are welcome!

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.

The ESL is proud to announce the first fully organized StarCraft 2 League with the top US players qualifying for the Top Divisions.

Click here to find out details about the Intel Extreme Masters Regular Season Cup IV

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!

The third installment of National ESL's Open Cup series. The Open Cup series is open to all players. Try out new strategies, counters, and just have fun. Details for the cup are below.

A new version of ESL Wire has been released. The main change for this version is the complete new and better plugin interface. From now on, it's much more easier and more convenient to create and develop ESL Wire Plugins.

Last night was a flurry of activity on the National ESL’s third Intel Extreme Master’s Regular Season Cup for SC2. As many in the community have seen there was an issue with our #1 seed IdrA. There has been a lot of confusion on said issues, let’s clear it up. There were two situations last night.

Follow by Blizzard’s new release of StarCraft II - Wings of Liberty on 27th, July 2010, as the one of the leading eSports organization in Asia, ESL-PGL is proud to present our ESL-PGL Go4 SCII League is going to be launched on the 21st Aug.

New date and specific Group Stage and NYC Event details revealed!

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!

Click here to find out details about the Intel Extreme Masters Regular Season Cup III

Want to experiment with a new build? Not sure how your skills are with a certain race? Just want to have fun? Join the 2nd ESL Open Cup now! Map info and starting times in here.

With the Starcraft 2 cups well underway it is about time to release our Ladders! We have created 3 ladders based on your skill, there is: diamond, gold, silver and an Open Ladder. Within each ladder there will be one match per week, which must be played so the activity of the ladder will be constant. More information regarding the schedule of the matches, and where to sign up can be found below:

Tonight's Semi-Finals and Finals will be casted by Gosugamers.net and BigTV!

Tonight's streams will be brought to you by "Puremiss" of Gosugamers.net and BigT of BigTV!

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.

This Sunday, 8/8/10, our 2nd Intel Extreme Masters Regular Season Cup will start. Don't miss out on some exciting match ups!

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!