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ESL has announced that the Intel Extreme Masters Katowice event was the biggest eSports event in history. 173,000 people attended the event over the two weekends, which is well above any other eSports event, while online broadcasts reached more than 46 million unique online viewers, a 35% growth from last …
Read More »Intel talks IEM, VR, money, TV, and the future of eSports
IEM Katowice is one of the largest tournaments in eSports, so big in fact it’s split across two weekends. While official stats have yet to be released, many thousands of fans swarm on the Spodek Arena in the small Polish town to watch the best LOL, Starcraft 2 and CS:GO …
Read More »IEM Katowice CS:GO schedule released, final is a best of five
ESL has released the schedule for the Intel Extreme Masters Masters CS:GO event that starts next weekend. The teams have been split into two groups of six and will play a round robin format on the first two days. From this the top placing team in the group will advance …
Read More »EDward Gaming drop out of IEM Katowice a week before the event
EDward Gaming has announced that they will not be able to make it to the Intel Extreme Masters Katowice event this week due to visa issues. Players were apparently unable to attend visas, so the team was forced to pull out, however the most skeptical fans will remember that EDG …
Read More »SLIVER.tv and ESL to launch first virtual 360° eSports stadium experience at IEM
SLIVER.tv and ESL will create the world’s first VR eSports stadium experience at the Intel Extreme Masters. The stream will sit viewers in a massive stadium, recreating the experience of actually being at the event in person. They will be able to see the avatars of other people who are …
Read More »G2 head to IEM Katowice in place of Cloud9
G2 Esports will compete in the League of Legends competition at the Intel Extreme Masters Katowice event. The top team in the EU LCS will be replacing Cloud9, who dropped out of the competition over fears that some staff may not be allowed back into the US due to current …
Read More »Trump’s travel restrictions force Cloud9 to drop out of IEM Katowice
Cloud9 has announced that they will not be competing at the Intel Extreme Masters Katowice later this month, partly due to the new US travel restrictions. According to the announcement from IEM, Cloud9 have chosen not to travel over to Poland to compete in order to focus on their run …
Read More »Gillette sponsors IEM Katowice
ESL has announced a new partnership with Gillette, who will sponsor the upcoming Intel Extreme Masters Katowice League of Legends event. The male grooming company will sponsor the LoL portion of the event, which runs in Katowice between February 24th and 26th. Gillette will allow fans to customize Gillette razor …
Read More »IEM Katowice to hold $30,000 female CS:GO tournament
At the Intel Extreme Masters Katowice event eight of the best female CS:GO teams will compete for a share of $30,000. The group stage of the competition will take place on March 2nd with the playoffs happening on March 3rd. All the action will take place on the floor of …
Read More »IEM Katowice World Championship to take place over two weekends
The Intel Extreme Masters World Championship will once again return to Katowice Poland for 2017, but the event will be split over two weekends. The IEM League of Legends World Championship will take place, providing they can actually get teams to attend, on February 25th and 26th 2017 in the …
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