Joystiq http://www.joystiq.com Joystiq http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/http://www.joystiq.com/media/feedlogo.gif Joystiq http://www.joystiq.com en-us Copyright 2013 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/<![CDATA[Firefall tournament to be held at Gamescom, sponsored by ESL]]>http://www.joystiq.com/2012/08/07/firefall-tournament-to-be-held-at-gamescom-sponsored-by-esl/http://www.joystiq.com/2012/08/07/firefall-tournament-to-be-held-at-gamescom-sponsored-by-esl/http://www.joystiq.com/2012/08/07/firefall-tournament-to-be-held-at-gamescom-sponsored-by-esl/#comments Firefall tournament to be held at Gamescom, sponsored by ESLRed 5 Studios will be holding a Firefall beta tournament at Gamescom next week, so if you're in the neighborhood you could jump in and play in the ESL-sponsored tournament for a total of £10,000 in winnings.

Qualifying matches will be held on Thursday and Friday, August 16 and 17, after which semi-finals and finals will be held on Saturday with a final 5v5 Team Deathmatch. Players will be able to register on Red 5's own website, so stay tuned for that.

Red 5 just recently hit 500,000 registered beta users, so it can't be long now until we see an open beta and a full public release for the long-awaited free-to-play shooter.

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Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>betaelectronic-sports-leagueeslfirefallfree-to-playgamescompcred-5-studiostournamentTue, 07 Aug 2012 05:45:00 EST<![CDATA[eSports draw record viewership numbers at Gamescom]]>http://www.joystiq.com/2011/08/27/esports-draw-record-viewership-numbers-at-gamescom/http://www.joystiq.com/2011/08/27/esports-draw-record-viewership-numbers-at-gamescom/http://www.joystiq.com/2011/08/27/esports-draw-record-viewership-numbers-at-gamescom/#comments Last year, 254,000 individuals attended Gamescom. This year that figure grew to 275,000 and amongst those attendees, 223,000 stopped by the ESL (Electronic Sports League) arena to check out competitive gaming live in both StarCraft 2 and League of Legends, as well as several console titles. Perhaps more impressive was the ESL's live feed, which was visited by 500 percent more people than last year.

Turtle Entertainment, the organizer of ESL at Gamescom, is clearly happy with the turnout of what was the first stop on the ESL Pro Series Winter season 2011, Germany's national video game league. "The response of the visitors in our hall was overwhelmingly positive," said Turtle Entertainment's managing director Ralf Reichert. "Gamescom has proven once again that eSports has thousands of enthusiastic followers, not only in the world but also in Germany."

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