Hell, It's About Time. StarCraft II becomes part of the Intel Extreme Masters, as the third main title alongside Counter-Strike and Quake Live. The highly anticipated PC game will hit the stores tomorrow and will undoubtedly be a milestone in eSports history. Therefore we have chosen StarCraft II to be a new game game in the fifth season.

Real time strategy stages comeback at the Intel Extreme Masters after Warcraft 3 made its appearance in seasons 1 and 2. StarCraft II will have its Intel Extreme Masters début at the Global Challenge gamescom in three weeks. StarCraft II will be a full main title of the global league of eSports champions.

More information on how to qualify for the Continental Championships will be announced soon!

Intel Extreme Master last season gave away $530,000 and was held at CeBIT, the World's Largest electronic event. The current games list will include Counter-Strike and QuakeLive along with StarCraft 2. In North America and South America your only chance to qualify is right here at National ESL, assuming you don't win a Global Challenge.