Half-Life is the game behind many of gaming and eSports best games: Counter-Strike, Team Fortress, Day of Defeat and many more. It might sound weird that some people have not played such an epic game, but it's a fact! Valve is going to help - 98 US-Cents for the good old Half-Life.

Something that has long been missing in the forums of the European section are boards to chat about more than the ESL. That has changed today with the creation of the new community forums to talk about everything from Gaming to TV, Movies, Sports, Music and Politics.

Twenty-three teams have qualified, their groups have been decided, it is time to begin the third season of the DotA ESL Major Series! The Teams are ready and want to win the third season to win fame and of course the prize money.

IceFrog seems to have many freetime at the moment, because he floods us with many new DotA Versions. We want to recompense him for this nice work by announcing that all ESL DotA Ladders will use 6.57b till today. We hope you think the same way then we did and accept our dicision.

In cooperation with the ESL the Hamburg Media School is conducting a survey on eSports in Europe. They want to find out, for example, what you like about eSports, what games you play and how often and with whom you practice.

Next year, the innovative strategy game Battleforge from Electronic Arts will be released. You now have a chance to get a first glance at the upcoming hit RTS and give it a test. We have 2,000 beta keys to give away!

Runes of Magic is a free MMORPG dedicated to be the next big thing. To impede the rise of Demon Lord, you fight enormous creatures and face various challenging quests in the first chapter. Take your chance to grab a beta key and experience the versatile features before the game is actually been released!

The EPS Qualifications are under way for the past few weeks; Counter-Strike and Warcraft III attendees made their way through the different National qualification tourneys.

Eight CS teams plus eight Warcraft III players gained a slot in the first Scandinavian EPS season already. But that by far not the complete attendance list!

Five Months ago we announced the DotA International Premiership and now this special event will begin. The Premiership will be featured with 2100 Dollar prize money in three disciplines. There will be the Premiership for 1on1, 2on2 and finally 5on5. So read on to get more information about the DotA International Premiership.

Two new heroes, four new items, many changed items and so on... The new version 6.56 has changed DotA pretty much and many of you have wished to play the new map in the ladders.

The Most Matches Competition (MMC) continues into it's second month with more games. See inside to find out which ladders can get you free premium for just playing and who won last month!

The national qualifiers are over and now we will see who faces who in the Qualifying Round to determine the remaining 12 teams. Remember the ESL Major Series DotA Season 3 features €1.500 prize money. Now we want to give you all the information you need!

On 18th November the latest creation from Valve hits the shops: Left 4 Dead. We don't need to introduce Valve. Ten years ago they rushed to the top ranks of game developers with the release of Half-Life. This is reason enough to have a closer look at the completely new game Left 4 Dead. We were invited by Valve to have an eyes on preview of Left 4 Dead in Seattle next weekend.