UK eSports Weekly News Feb 10th - 16th

epic.LAN took place this past weekend in Kettering and if you want to know about the result then there is a separate post here.

And with epic.LAN this week, news has been a bit slow but nevertheless we shall continue.

Dota 2

ASUS ROG sponsor Dota at Insomnia for 2014

Earlier this week Multiplay announced that ASUS Republic of Gamers is going to sponsor all 3 Insomnia tournaments for Dota 2 in 2014. Almost £15,000 has been guaranteed as a minimum spread across the 3 events. i51 and i53 have minimum prize pools of £4000 and i52  having a massive £6500 prize pool being promised. With this there are also going to be online qualifiers with the winners reviving free tickets to the event. i51 is the 18th-21st at Coventry's Ricoh Arena.   

Call of Duty

EGL12 announced

The European Gaming League has announced the next iteration of their offline events and this event will be in Sheffield. They have said Call of Duty: Ghosts will be their flagship tournament so suggesting that there will be other games at the event. Prize pool and sponsors will be unveiled later but tickets are already available on their site.  

General

Gfinity announces 3 online tournaments

Gfinity known for their large prize pool, offline Call of Duty tournaments is doing something different. They have announced online Dota 2, Starcraft 2 and CS:GO tournaments all with significant prize pools. Each game has a 'Pro League' or  'Elite Division' were the larger prize pools are. Dota 2 and CS:GO have $7500 and Starcraft 2 has $3000. But also for amateur teams there are weekly tournaments for small prize pools.

If you want to attended an event this year check out Insomnia Gaming Festival and epic.LAN. Don't forget ESL UK do lots of tournaments and ladders.

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