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.

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!

Playday 3 continues with what I am calling German Monday as all 4 German based teams face off at the same time. sTa vs Wicked where the clear favored here is Wicked, but they have been giving away easy wins lately by their players not showing up to matches, so sTa maybe able to steal some points in this clan war. we also have n2o vs sfto, two teams that haven't been doing too bad but need to gain more points to avoid playdowns.

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!

It is the starting of Playday 3 with Revolution Games vs All For One. Both teams have recently been accepted into the WC3L qualifications, so which ever team comes out on top here could be a very good sign of who is going to be stronger in the upcoming qualification.

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!

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!

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.

In this autumn the old school WarCraft III: Reign of Chaos have their chance to strike back! In another 64 players cup, they have to chance to proof that RoC is still a game worth playing.
After an interesting forum debate the ESL made it possible to provide even a second RoC cup. Make sure to participate!

Finally, we can present the winners of the WarCraft III Summer Cup tournament. After a long groupstage and a single-elimination bracket, the best four players are ready to grab the prizes.

Congratulations to: