World of Tanks (WoT) joins the list of the disciplines of the ESL Major Series, one of the most important tournaments in the Electronic Sports League (ESL) - the largest gaming league in Europe. Apart from that, the ESL introduces a new Go4-series (Go4WoT), which will last for the next five months. It consists of 21 single cups and five monthly finals.
The overall prize money will be 18,000 Euro and the sign-ups for the first Go4WoT-Cup are already open (www.esl.eu/eu/wot). The Free2Play game by Wargaming is a team-based Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO) game, for which the sense for strategy and teamwork are necessary in order to triumph over the enemy‘s tank division. World of Tanks is the world record holder for the largest amount of players playing at the same time on the same server.
"Wargaming developed a game with huge potential to be accepted by the eSports community,“ says Ibrahim Mazari, the Director of Public Relations at Turtle Entertainment. „It combines the complex standards of the different genres such as action, simulation, role-play game and shooter – and it is for free. World of Tanks can definitly become a huge eSports game”, he adds.
"ESL is the acknowledged leader in holding championships in cyber gaming realm. We are honored to launch the strategic partnership with such a highly acclaimed and trusted organization that became the one-and-only choice for professional gamers all over the world,” says Alexey Kuznetsov, the Event Manager at Wargaming.net.
"The World of Tanks' huge success and the army of dedicated die-hard fans merged with ESL's experience and reputation guarantee both parties achieving even higher standards in management of championships aimed at eSportsmen," he adds.
