ESL Pro Series Nordic

Cologne, November 24, 2010 – Turtle Entertainment, the leading eSports company from Germany, presents the final of the Scandinavian league for professional gamers (ESL Pro Series Nordic) at the DreamHack Winter 2010, the largest LAN party in the world. The event will take place on November 25 – 28, 2010 at the Elmia Exhibition Center in Jönköping, Sweden. The best professional players from Norway, Denmark, Sweden and Finland will compete for their share of 12,800 Euro in total prize purse in the following disciplines: Counter-Strike 1.6 and Starcraft 2. The tournament will be broadcasted live from the venue by ESL TV, ESL’s web-TV service.

The final event held at the DreamHack Winter 2010 will be the highlight of the third season of the ESL Pro Series Nordic. After eleven weeks of online competition four teams in Counter-Strike 1.6 and four players in Starcraft 2 will clash in a battle to determine Scandinavia’s best in each discipline. The list of the participants includes such international eSports celebrities like Fredrik “MaDFroG” Johansson in SC2 or team FnaticMSI in CS1.6. Apart from the titles, the winners of the competition will take home a share of 12,800 Euro in cash prizes. The final event is supported by Intel and Alienware, the official partners of the ESL Pro Series Nordic.

“The Nordic ESL Pro Series is without doubt one of the toughest eSports leagues in the world,” says Sebastian Weishaar, the Vice President for International Business at Turtle Entertainment. “We are very happy to be bringing its excitement to the world's most important LAN party,” he adds.

DreamHack is currently the largest LAN party in the world. With about 10,450 computers connected to the network, it holds the official record in the Guinness Book of Records. Apart from the numerous professional computer games competitions, it stages a variety of tradeshow booths, public service stalls and a lecture area (“DreamExpo”). Last year’s event attracted over 14,000 video games enthusiasts.

ESL TV, ESL’s web-TV service, will report live from the venue throughout the entire show. At www.esl.tv all eSports fans can follow the action from home.

ESL Pro Series Nordic

Intel® The ESL Pro Series is the national league for professional gamers. Only the best of the Scandinavia region qualify for the league and fight for the championship. 12,800 Euro is at stake. More than 500,000 Euro in prize money were paid out across Europe in the year 2008. The system and structure is comparable to established national leagues from traditional sports. The main sponsors of the EPS Nordic are Intel and Alienware.

The ESL Pro Series in Scandinavia consists of the games like Counter-Strike 1.6, Counter-Strike:Source and Starcraft 2. From 12 to 14 teams or single participants in each game compete for 12,800 Euro. The winners of each season are found at the ESL Pro Series Finals at the end of each season. The season is played using the round robin system - each team plays another team exactly once using a fix schedule of playdays. Winners of the ESL Pro Series can qualify for the Intel Extreme Masters - the eSports league of champions. The ESL pro Series Nordic is in its 3rd season. Qualification for the ESL Pro Series is handled through the ESL Amateur Series in which any clan can participate.

The main sponsors of the ESL Pro Series are Intel, Alienware, Nokia Trend Micro and Sennheiser. Further information available at: www.esl.eu/nordic/pro-series/season3/

Intel Corporation

Intel (NASDAQ: INTC), the world leader in silicon innovation, develops technologies, products and initiatives to continually advance how people work and live. Additional information about Intel is available at www.intel.com/pressroom and blogs.intel.com

Alienware

Alienware Systems from Dell's gaming group have earned an unparalleled reputation by creating best-of-breed products that offer superb, uncompromising quality. Widely recognized as faster, more powerful, and more innovative than competing machines, Alienware systems consistently win awards from publications such as the New York Times, Home Theater, PC Gamer, Computer Shopper, PC World, and more. With an unwavering passion to build the world’s most powerful computers, Alienware will continue to set the high-performance standard.

Turtle Entertainment GmbH

Turtle Entertainment was founded in 2000. The company quickly grew to be the European leader in the sector of electronic sports (eSports). The Electronic Sports League (ESL), operated by Turtle Entertainment, is active in 37 different countries worldwide. The league portal www.esl.eu reaches above ten million visits a month generated by more than 2,5 million registered users. Turtle Entertainment broadcasts ESL events via IPTV channel ESL TV since 2007. The headquarter has 160 employees and is located in Cologne, Germany. Turtle Entertainment owns the majority of the Chinese eSports league PGL (Pro Gamer League) since 2007. Important business partners of Turtle Entertainment are global corporations such as Intel, Alienware, ASUS, adidas, Volkswagen, Nokia, Trend Micro, Sennheiser, Windows 7, Sidewin der, SteelSeries and gamed.de.

Further information is available at www.turtle-entertainment.com

All links at a glance:

- This Press Release as PDF at: www.turtle-entertainment.com/Dateien/PM_EPS_Nordic_Dreamhack_EN.pdf

- Further information about the ESL Pro Series Nordic III Finals at: www.esl.eu/nordic/pro-series/season3/news/141445/

- Further information about the ESL Pro Series Nordic at http://www.esl.eu/nordic/pro-series/season3

- Photos from the ESL Pro Series events in Germany at: http://www.flickr.com/photos/eslphotos/collections/72157621893323553/

- Further information about Electronic Sports League at www.esl.eu

- Further information about Turtle Entertainment at: www.turtle-entertainment.com

- Company Trailer Turtle Entertainment GmbH (browser flash movie): http://files.turtle-entertainment.de/video/eslpromo.html

Contact:

Turtle Entertainment GmbH

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